We started with some quick photo portraits of the 1yo boy along a dirt path.

Then we took some first birthday photos of the little guy. Here is the wooden crate and a banner saying “I’m one.”

Then we added more to the cake smash setup, arranging it with some balloons (with a blue-green palette), large letters spelling ONE, and the soon to be smashed cake. They went with a giant cupcake (using a giant cupcake mold) with blue frosting.

And Let the Cake Smash Commence!!

How adorable is this little boy with the big ole cake?!

I think this next photo has to be one of the cutest cake smash photos we have seen. It went viral on Pinterest when we posted it there.

And here’s a closeup of him stuffing his face with cake.

And look at that smile!

Cake smash photography is something that we’ve noticed becoming more popular as a one year old birthday tradition. The combination of sweet frosting, a curious little now toddler, and an open space that we can get dirty leads to cute and adorable first birthday photos. Judy is great at capturing this fun moment and we have even done the same with both of our own children on their first birthdays. Make sure to check out our family photography Instagram account for more recent examples of our work. Also make sure to check out the rest of our blog for more examples of first birthday photos.

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Here is our purple and pink cake smash setup, with a super cute owl banner.

We then took her to the side to do some quick portraits on a chair on a dirt path.

And here is where the cake smash starts! It’s always neat watching a kid react to a cake, especially when they look up as if asking “can I really just touch this?!”

And you gotta just fall in love with that super cute smile!

This is the cake smash photography session for our second kid, Hayden. Judy has been capturing families and their little ones for over a decade now, and our own family experience has only made it that much more special. Cake smashes are a popular option for a first birthday photo session, mostly cause it’s a perfect age to let a kid innocently tear apart a cake! It does require a sacrificial cake, but in this case we just got ours from the local grocery store (sometimes you are just too tired to do everything, especially with 2 kids)! You can see many more examples of our work on our family photography instagram page, along with many more examples of cake smash photos and more on this site.

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