CAKE SMASH

Cake Smash photography is a popular part of your 1-year-old’s birthday celebration. We are now even doing older kids, up to 5 years or so, possibly holding a cupcake with a candle! Your 1-year Cake Smash Session can also include tub-time photos a the end, in our beautiful, antique wash basins!

THEME

Tell us which theme you would like for your shoot from the examples you see below or from our Cake Smash Themes Gallery – Click Here, where we have over 70 custom themes (and counting) to choose from! Hover over or look below each picture for the Theme Number (3 digits) and Theme Name.

We provide the balloons and the 5″ round cake if you would like what we call our “basic cake” – see examples below! We also provide most of the outfits you see – but not all. You are welcome to bring outfits you know will look good and then we can choose what to use at your session together. We can create a brand NEW theme for your shoot if you prefer. We typically charge a $50 Creative Fee for brand NEW themes, but if we already have what is needed, then there is no need for the additional fee.

John and I create all of our sets from scratch – usually with a little help from our friends at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and various vendors we find online. The themes we create for you are similar to what you see on our website, but not exactly the same, due to their hand-crafted, custom nature.

A 1-year-old Cake Smash Session is a great way to capture that first birthday with flair! You could do your shoot a few weeks early and use the best photo on the cover of your birthday invitations. Some do it as part of the birthday week celebrations! We will have your edited, high-resolution jpeg images back to you via Dropbox link, 7 days after your session – usually LATE at night, when I get back to my computer for the night shift!

If you have additional questions about Cake Smash Photography or to request your Cake Smash Photography Information and Pricing Guide, please go to our Contact Us page or text (480) 938-8606 or email: Kristi@StudioKristi.com.

FAMILY PHOTOS

We can do one quick photo of immediate family (parents, siblings, and the birthday child) on the cake-smash backdrop at the start. Babies usually cooperate for about 25–30 minutes, so we don’t do grandparents, aunts, uncles, or multiple family combinations in the same session. If we spend his or her best minutes on family photos, the cake-smash photos may not be as strong. That is the tradeoff. A separate family session is available if you want more.

We only do a quick family photo so we can focus on getting great cake smash photos of your child. Here is a link to what we can do with Family Photos on the day of your Cake Smash.

YOUR CAKE

Most of the cakes that we use are custom-made, basic 5″ round cakes that we provide for you as part of your shoot. The vast majority of the cakes shown on our website ARE included in the cost of your session, as are the three cakes above and the three cakes below! A few require you to bring your own upgraded cake, as we no longer provide upgraded cakes. The Session price remains the same whether you do your session with or without a cake.

Three “typical” cakes (shown above) are examples of cakes that are included with your Cake Smash photo shoot. If your child has an allergy or needs a gluten-free cake, we will not provide that cake. We do have a white cake that is made out of styrofoam, a faux cake that may work in certain situations.

Here is our Cake Smash Theme Gallery on Pixieset at this link – it is devoted to showing over 120 different cakes that are included with your session.