Murfreesboro, Tennessee Newborn Baby Photographer | Cake Smash Tips

Cake smash photo sessions are a great way to capture such an important milestone. Celebrating one full trip around the sun is a great time to update your images of your baby. At these sessions I do portraits of baby only and family poses on a classic backdrop. Then we get to the fun decorated backdrop for their birthday, give them a cake that they hopefully make a mess of, then to wrap it up I put them in a bubble bath for some extra adorable pictures.

Tips for these sessions:

~Work around nap time. I always ask what time is best for baby. The last thing we want is to try and do a session when baby is overdue for a nap.

~Expose baby to some frosting/cake in the weeks leading to the session. Grab a couple cupcakes from the store and let the baby get used to it. When its the babies very first time to try cake and frosting at their session there is a very good chance they will not know what to do or want to touch it.

~Be patient. 1 year old sessions can be very exhausting. Babies are mobile and constantly wandering off set, so be ready to get lots of steps in. Also they have entered the age of stranger danger and sometimes it takes a while for them to warm up to having their photos taken. I do not have a set time on sessions. They take as long as they need based off of baby, some are super happy and ready to go right away and are in and out super fast. Some others take a while to get used to me and the studio, so don’t have set plans for right after their session in case we need more time.

~Bring something for baby to drink and don’t have them come hungry. We want them to eat the cake of course but if they are cranky from being over hungry then chances are the session won’t go as smoothly.

Contact me today to schedule your 1 year milestone session!