Cake Smash Session

A cake smash session can be a really fun way to celebrate a first birthday. Essentially, near your baby’s first birthday you do a portrait session of them eating a birthday cake. Most babies haven’t had cake until this point in their lives, so it becomes doubly special to place the cake in front of them and let them go wild!

Each baby reacts to a giant cake in front of them differently. Some go crazy and stick their head or their face in it and some babies just aren’t so sure about the cake. It’s so fun to be able to watch and capture their reactions.

Where do we shoot a Cake Smash Session in Utah?

When you book a mini cake smash session with one of our photographers you have access to our studio lease at White Space Studios. These studios are full of beautiful light and are perfect for  a cake smash session in Utah.

How to Decorate for a Cake Smash

A fun part of the cake smash experience is decorating and creating a backdrop for the session. Some of my favorite trends or decorations include:

• Giant Balloons: These are fun and interesting. They are definetly “a trend” but I believe that in 20 years when your baby is looking back on these images they will laugh and think “oh, that’s so 2017.” Kind of like I do when I look back on my baby pictures, “oh, that’s so the 90’s.” It makes it fun! These cute balloons can be found in tons of places, but my favorite place to get them is Zurchers
• Banners: There are lots of various cute banner options for these types of sessions. There are the cute triangle banners, the trendy fabric scrap banners, and even banners with your baby’s name. I love them all! They add an interesting background for the images and, a lot of times, at color! My favorite place for name banners is Etsy and to get other banners is Zurchers

This little guy took a little warming up this session. He wasn’t quite sure about all the excitement, which is totally normal and totally okay! He loved playing with the balloons that were all around on his session, which made for some cute shots and started to get him warmed up.

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