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Turning one is a monumental milestone for any baby, and what better way to celebrate than with a fun, beautiful cake smash photoshoot? Cake smashes are a celebratory experience in and of themselves. You as parents especially deserve this moment. Parenting in the first year of a baby’s life has it’s challenges! What better to…

Today’s cake smash is meant to showcase how a simple, clean cake smash can be classic and beautiful without all the accompanying props and accoutrements. It can be this way to showcase your baby and their family, instead of a theme. Baby C’s family showed up in street clothes and with a little help from…

It is a repeat client session for today’s cake smash! This family have been longtime clients, ever since their first baby, little H., came in for his 6 month sitter session. He was as well behaved and delightful at 2 as he was for that session. Seriously, he was a fantastic listener, kept his hands…

I’m finally catching up on blogging my 2020 sessions! I have a wall of bookings from September through mid-December so while that is a good reminder to ensure you are thinking about your 2021 sessions early, it is also to say that I barely have time to blog. Late last fall I started to provide…

A pre-pandemic cake smash for you today. This family came to me with great timing – back in November of 2019 (yes, I’m pretty behind with blogging!) for their son’s cake smash. It aligned well with holiday card season, so we snuck in holiday portraits, family portraits, toddler portraits and a cake smash in one…

For C.’s first birthday portraits, his mom was all about the simple, pure white backdrop. I love that look – it ensures the baby is the focal point of the session, and any cake colors or additional props pop nicely in the photo. Little C. was pretty chill for a one year old, I know…