Lindsey’s First Birthday Photo Session!

I love love love love looovvee getting to see my clients grow! It’s so special to me when my client come back for milestone updates with their kids and family. I had the privilege of photographing Lindsey since she was in her mama Heathers belly, to her newborn photos and again for her first birthday, which are always such fun sessions.

Now I absolutely love first birthday sessions because there are just so many different images to capture. This leads to a nice variety of photos for you to choose from and helps tell more of a story. I typically start with just standard posed and lifestyle images of the family if they life, then move to the birthday kiddo by themselves once they are comfortable.

Then we move on to the fun part, the smash cake! Now not everyone wants to do a smash cake, which is totally fine! I did an art smash with my first baby, with my next I did a fruit smash and with my third I made a cake out of literally beans because I can be overly crunchy lol don’t worry it was actually good and super cute! Some kids also may not react like you would think to a smash cake but it is always fun anyways.

I remember watching my husband’s smash cake home video and he would just touch it and yell at the cake for being too sticky for his liking. Not exactly the smile filled sugar surprise you may have expected but entertaining if not more so! After we do a smash session there is also the option for a milk bath, to help get them cleaned up but also because they are so sweet!