cake smash

• This is a great way to commemorate their first year of life with photos of them smashing cake and enjoying themselves. A cake smash session includes capturing your little one while they're taking turns smashing the cake and playing with it.  For some babies, this is their first taste of cake or a sugary dessert, so it’s a fun milestone to capture and celebrate their birthday. Certain families do heavy theming, with props and custom outfits to match a color scheme or idea, while others stay with a minimalist approach with the baby, cake, and perhaps balloons.

• Cake smash sessions last approximately an hour. This allows time for a mini photo session of the child in a clean outfit, followed by the cake smash and ending with getting cleaned up. 

• This session is held in my Home Studio located in Houston, Texas 77087. This allows for me to control lighting with studio lights, have everything prepped in advance, and isn’t weather dependent. 
• We can also pick a time of day that works around your child’s nap time.

• If you want your images to display at their birthday celebrations, share on social media on the day or for invitations I recommend booking 4-6 weeks before their birthday to allow enough time for editing and ordering. If you want the images to display at home and to be a true reflection of them as close to their birthday as possible I'd recommend booking in on the most convenient date just before or after their birthday. Due to allergies, I do not provide the cake, but I have cake stands, props, and other theming items to acomodate. 

      ROOM TEMPERATURE

• Please make sure cake is room temperature the day of the session. Little ones don't like to play with cake if it's too cold, and it’s difficult for them to break it apart and eat pieces if the icing is hard on the outside.

      FROSTING COLORS

• When picking frosting colors, please stay away from red, black, and brown. During the smash, those colors can look like blood and/or poop – no need to say more!

       PLAN TO POTENTIALLY GET CAKE ON YOUR CLOTHES

• You may get some icing or cake on your clothing, especially at the end when cleaning up your child. Please consider wearing clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. 

• Also, please bring some of your child’s favorite finger snacks, like puffs or cheerios. It’s extremely helpful before the cake for their nice photos to help them sit still. Then later I can stick some inside their cake to entice them to reach for it, especially if they don’t have interest in their cake.