Cake Smash and Splash Photoshoot – one special first birthday to celebrate!
A cake smash and splash photoshoot is a fun and memorable way for parents to celebrate their baby turning one. The expressive and unrefined moments as your little one explores the texture and the taste of their first birthday cake, are truly unique and often surprising. Why surprising? Well, often at a cake smash and splash photoshoot, it is the first time most children have ever touched and eaten cake. Some babies love the experience of covering their faces and hair with a birthday cake. Other times the child is shy about exploring new textures, shapes, or tastes and may need a little help from mommy and daddy to show him how much fun playing with the cake is.
This first birthday photoshoot is such a joy and the pictures are something for the parent to treasure, as well as remind them what a long way they’ve come in such a short amount of time. Not to mention, it is the one time when your baby is allowed to make a huge mess and eat as much of the cake as they want.
Our cake smash and splash photoshoot are entirely unique and individual. We will work our sock off to design you a set that is to your liking and brings your baby’s personality. You can also go through the images in our Cake Smash Gallery for ideas and inspiration.
The session begins with a Birthday portrait, where we get some lovely photographs of your baby in their clothes specially selected for the occasion. You are welcome to bring your own outfits to the cake smash, but I always have a collection of outfits to choose from.
Once we get “clean” pictures, we get your baby changed and the fun begins…..smashing the cake! We want them to get messy, have fun, and capture their cute reactions. This is where I ask the parents to really step in and make sure they keep their little one in place so we don’t let the camera down at any point and take the best 1st birthday photos from the best angles.
Finally, we will pop your little one into our bathtub and capture a few amazing photographs of them splashing about…ensuring that they go home clean too!
By the end, you will get a good mix of photos that you can use for announcements, invitations or framed prints. A cake smash photoshoot is an experience most parents will never forget and is also lots of fun for everyone involved.
Our top newborn photographer Tamara Kublashvili is first and foremost a mother of three amazing little humans. She has always had a passion for capturing meaningful moments, which led her to the exciting world of baby photography. While she was raising her babies, she followed her passion and embarked on the journey of becoming a professional newborn photographer. Tamara is trained by a world recognised photographer and London’s leading authority in that field. She is eager to follow in his footsteps of capturing new life and creating art, eternalising your most precious memories. Tamara is also qualified in Infant First Aid and has done extensive training with a maternity nurse to ensure she is well-prepared for looking after your dearest during the photoshoot.