Hunter had such an inquisitive personality! He wanted to explore my studio more than he wanted to eat his cake! It was hard to get some smiles out of him, but part of my job as a Lifestyle or documentary children's photographer is to capture children just being children. I absolutely love every minute of that! Hunter's mother contacted me well in advance for her desires to have a Wild One themed Cake Smash Session, and we worked together by sending photos back and forth via

I'm so excited to share images from a new cake smash theme I am offering! I had a client come to me with the idea of a "Wild One" theme, and I was in love! I started researching some props and backdrops just to see how other children's photographers handled it, and I just melted at the cuteness. Of course I used some common threads when making and picking out props such as the teepee, feathers, wood stumps, etc, but I crafted the set up to be unique to my style. This part

Like many children, Canon was a little scared of getting his cake on him. Just look at that inquisitive expression on his face! "Mom, are you SURE this is ok?" Mom bribed him with cheerios by putting them on top of the cake. We made duck noises, we played peek-a-boo, I sent my husband to grab a tablet full of toddler games, we got out the rubber duckies and bubbles, we did everything we could to try an ease him into the cake and out of a tantrum, but Canon has a very stron