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Being a motherhood photographer, in which capturing maternity, newborn, and baby milestones is the biggest part of my business, I document a lot of cake smash sessions. If left to my own devices, those cake smash sessions would be relatively understated (more on that in a second), but more and more frequently moms are requesting […]

Themed One Year Cake Smash

February 5, 2021

Cake Smash

white naked cake on wooden cake round

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Let me tell you about my friend Landon, one of the first (in a long line of!) gingers I photographed this past summer. By the end of this post, you’ll know why Landon’s cake smash still counts. I actually met Landon as a newborn. His mother contacted me in March of 2019 after she was […]

This Cake Smash Still Counts

December 15, 2020

Cake Smash

this cake smash still counts

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I love my job. I adore that my job description includes clicking a little black box in the face of a toddler who is covered in cake and icing. Not gonna lie, I’m a little OCD so of course I prefer when that cake-and-icing-covered toddler is outside and not in my studio…but I’ll clean up […]

Smash that Cake, Baby!

October 23, 2020

Cake Smash

smash that cake! one year cake smash photos

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If you’ve visited the details page of my website recently, you’ll see that one of the package offerings is something called the First Year Membership, otherwise known as birth to first year photos. This is a photography package that follows your baby’s first year milestones, from those tiny, precious newborn days, to the sitter stage […]

Birth to First Year Photos | Maryland Newborn Photographer

February 11, 2020

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baby is one birth to first year photos

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A big trend these days is the one year cake smash photo session. Picture this: you’ve spent all year making decisions about the best way to teach your baby about food. The first six months were all about milk: whether you breast or bottle fed, the goal was to nourish your baby enough so that […]

One Year Cake Smash Photos | Renley

October 9, 2019

Cake Smash

One year old baby poses for photos before the big event: the one year cake smash

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It is always a privilege to be asked to come into a client’s home and document a special time in their life. To be asked back is even more special because, truthfully, the first time was a leap of faith…the second time is trust, belief in and appreciation of what I provided the first time. […]

First Birthday Photos | Kensington, Maryland

February 4, 2019

Cake Smash

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Alrighty, this is blog #2 of the new year and I’m still on track with my goal of blogging as soon as I deliver a gallery! Check back with me in March to see if I’m still being as diligent as I am right now (no guarantees) but it *was* fun to look back on […]

Cake Smash | Henry Thomas is ONE!

January 20, 2019

Cake Smash

baby boy with blue eyes and blue cake at his cake smash session