I am ALWAYS ready for a cake smash portrait session. This little guy was about to turn 1 year old, and I haven't seen such cake-eating joy in a long time!
We started out with a few clean portraits...
And then the real fun began. He was a natural.
His mom made this really cute Mickey cake, I was impressed.
My favorite is when feet get involved. Mmmmm.
Cake smash baby portraits are always fun. But this darling little guy was 100% happy to play with cake, which made it extra fun!
He didn't mind sticky fingers or toes, and actually wanted to eat the cake! (This is not always true.)
Here's my favorite. What a lovely moment!
And you can always tell when a cake smash session is over... sometimes it ends in tears, and sometimes it ends when the baby leaves the scene. No tears today!
Thanks so much to my friend for bringing me her sweet baby for his one year old portraits!
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I have an extra fun session to share today. It's a double birthday session - these are sisters who are both so very fun to photograph. The baby is just finishing up her "Baby's First Year" of photography, and I'll tell you what, I'm a tiny bit sad that she's turning one year old because she is so happy and darling in front of the camera! (Check her 8 month session out here!)
And here is the picture that really makes me miss having a baby. I miss those kisses!
Big sister is another of my favorites. I have loved her smile ever since she was a baby herself. (See her 6 month session here.) She likes photography so she helps me out with ideas, helping the baby to smile,
and I love that she wanted to wear the same hat she wore for pictures when she turned one year old herself!
Her parents brought balloons, and even though two of them escaped up to my high ceiling, she was okay with it and kept on smiling. (This would not have been the case when my kids were her age.) The second awesome thing about that is that her parents brought extra balloons just in case this happened, I love it. (We got the balloons back down later with a ladder.)
We liked Baby's princess hand in this picture.
Some babies don't love changing clothes, but she didn't mind at all. I love this outfit, it just (again) makes me miss having a baby girl around!
This is the age for standing up and loving it!
I don't think I can pick a favorite picture from this session. But maybe this is it.
And here's that birthday hat again. How many babies keep hats on for pictures? Not many.
After that it was time to get out the cake! Babies are so funny with cake smash photo sessions. Sometimes they love it, and sometimes even if they like cake they don't want to eat it right then.
She never minded having the cake around, and she didn't mind having her fingers sticky (that is often a problem), but she did not want to eat the cake.
Here she is waving bye-bye because she is all done with the cake. I love it.
Notice that she is so happy, and there is a little frosting on her, but there is very little frosting near her mouth. Today was not the day for actually eating cake. (Bonus - with a little re-frosting, the cake is still good to use later on.)
Any cake smash session with smiles is a success in my book! I'm just glad she was happy, and I'm so grateful that this awesome family has trusted me with their baby photography again this last year!
I have a bunch more baby photography, along with some info on my baby plan options, on this blog page - check it out!
I offer four different options for baby photography collections. If you are interested for yourself, or if you have a friend or family member you might like to gift a collection to, I have an online magazine with more information that you might like to see. You can send me your email address below and I will email you a link right away.
This family had a great idea. Instead of a normal family portrait session (which we have done in the past), they invited me to their daughter's birthday party!
I do enjoy my regular portrait sessions, but there are a so many really fun things about combining your photo session with an event. Here are 10 things I thought were great:
1. I love doing photo sessions with two and three year olds at their home - they tend to feel happy and comfortable. And what could be more fun than riding your new trike, right?
2. Giant balloons and bears. I love including your child's favorite things, whatever they may be.
3. Sometimes family is visiting from out of town - the perfect time to take a multi-generational portrait.
4. Grandpa time. She was happy to share her m&m's with her grandpa so that he could also smile for the picture.
5. No posing (or not much anyway), just fun!
6. Sometimes it's a family reunion and a birthday party all in one! How often will all these people be together in one spot? I know my family is spread across the country - it's tricky to get together!
7. Candid moments like this - just because she's young doesn't mean she doesn't know what she wants to do next! Enough with pictures outside, let's go in and get back to the party!
8. Blowing out the candles as many times as you want. If you find that it's especially fun, having a photographer there will ensure that you get to do it a lot, at least five times...
9. Remembering funny quirks like two year olds who not only love cupcakes, but also love getting clean after eating one.
What, more cake? Mmmmmmm. Let's blow out the candles some more!
How about another cupcake too? It's a party!
10. Pictures playing with Dad.
Pictures opening presents with Mom.
I love pictures that show your family relationship - because as your children grow, your relationship inevitably changes as well. My memory is not up to the task of remembering all the good stuff, so to me it's really important to have pictures of my family interacting and doing what we love to do together. I want to remember my children's favorite books (this cutie is a reader like my babies were!), toys, and what made us laugh.
If this appeals to you as well, I'd love to talk with you about a family or child photography session (with or without a party)! Give me a call or email and we can chat about a session for you or your family.
