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How to Choose the Perfect Theme for a Cake Smash Photoshoot

Your baby’s first birthday is a huge milestone—and there’s no sweeter way to celebrate than with a cake smash photoshoot! One of the most exciting parts of planning your session is choosing a theme that reflects your baby’s budding personality (and let's be honest, your style too!). Whether you're dreaming of something whimsical, wild, or wonderfully minimal, this guide will help you pick the perfect theme that photographs beautifully and feels meaningful to your family. Why First‑Birthday Portraits Matter (Cake…

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Watermelon Summer Cake Smash / Farmington, CT

Baby Cake Smash is one of my favorite types of photography! Firstly, I am dealing with babies - that in itself is a big reward, secondly, babies at this stage are fairly easy to entertain, thirdly, what can be cuter than a baby digging into a cake?! Celebrating this cutie-pie's first birthday, the family wanted to also celebrate the season that she was born into - heat, sun, fun, watermelons and strawberries! So, I set out to work: real watermelons…

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5 Things To Expect From Cake Smash Photoshoot

While every birthday is important and is one in a lifetime event, first birthday is truly special. Probably, because it's more of a milestone for the parents than for the baby: they made it as parents, they survived, and the fruit of their love is now striving, crawling, walking, and demanding to be played with. Fist birthday is an official start of the end of the "baby phase": the cheeks are still plump, the lips are still pouty, the gait…

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