Follow me on
Based in Gilroy California
Est 2020
Seasonal Sessions
Full Sessions
Home
Blog
backdrops
The Experience
Contact
Cake Smash Sessions
Cake Smash sessions celebrate your baby’s big first birthday in a fun, relaxed, and thoughtfully guided way. These sessions take place in my studio and are designed to fit whatever vibe you’re imagining — from simple and sweet to playful and styled.
Whether you want a quick smash with minimal setup or a custom theme created just for your child, there’s an option that fits your vision and makes this moment feel meaningful and joyful.
What To Expect From Each Session:
Whether you want a quick smash with minimal setup or a custom theme created just for your child, there’s an option that fits your vision and makes this moment feel meaningful and joyful.
What To Expect From Each Session:
- Natural posing and light direction during your session
- A mix of posed and candid images
- Professionally edited digital images
- Online gallery for viewing and downloading + a print release
- Please allow 2-3 weeks for editing and delivery
- All sessions require a non-refundable retainer of 50% due at booking to secure your date and time.
What Cake Smash Sessions Are Like
Cake Smash sessions are playful and child-led.
We start by giving your little one space to settle in and get comfortable. I guide gently throughout the session so you never feel unsure of what to do, but there’s plenty of room for your child’s personality to shine.
Some babies dive right into the cake, others explore slowly, and both are absolutely perfect. We follow their pace and capture all the sweet, silly, and candid moments that make these sessions so special.
We start by giving your little one space to settle in and get comfortable. I guide gently throughout the session so you never feel unsure of what to do, but there’s plenty of room for your child’s personality to shine.
Some babies dive right into the cake, others explore slowly, and both are absolutely perfect. We follow their pace and capture all the sweet, silly, and candid moments that make these sessions so special.
Smash and Splash
60 minutes | 50 digital images
Starting at $800
Starting at $800
The Deluxe Cake Smash Session is a fully custom experience designed just for your child.
Each session is built from the ground up and goes far beyond a simple backdrop. From playful balloon garlands and layered setups to specialty props and custom details, every part of the session is designed around your theme, colors, and overall vision to create something fun, playful, and completely unique to your little one.
This session moves at a slower, relaxed pace and includes time for milestone portraits before the cake smash, all the messy cake smash fun, and a bath finale in my little clawfoot tub to clean up and finish the session.
What’s included:
• Up to 60 minutes in my Gilroy studio
• 50 professionally edited digital images
• Fully custom cake smash setup designed for your child
• Balloon garlands, specialty props, and themed décor
• Milestone portraits before the cake smash
• Cake smash portraits
• Bath finale in a clawfoot tub
• One child only please
• Online gallery for viewing and downloading your images
• Print release
Click here to view all the backdrops available to help jump start your ideas.
Please note: cakes are provided by the family.
Each session is built from the ground up and goes far beyond a simple backdrop. From playful balloon garlands and layered setups to specialty props and custom details, every part of the session is designed around your theme, colors, and overall vision to create something fun, playful, and completely unique to your little one.
This session moves at a slower, relaxed pace and includes time for milestone portraits before the cake smash, all the messy cake smash fun, and a bath finale in my little clawfoot tub to clean up and finish the session.
What’s included:
• Up to 60 minutes in my Gilroy studio
• 50 professionally edited digital images
• Fully custom cake smash setup designed for your child
• Balloon garlands, specialty props, and themed décor
• Milestone portraits before the cake smash
• Cake smash portraits
• Bath finale in a clawfoot tub
• One child only please
• Online gallery for viewing and downloading your images
• Print release
Click here to view all the backdrops available to help jump start your ideas.
Please note: cakes are provided by the family.
Creating a personalized session for your littles...
When booking a Cake Smash or Milestone Session, you’ll be able to browse through a variety of backdrop and theme options available in studio. You can view those setups HERE. If you have a specific theme in mind that you do not see listed, please reach out before submitting your inquiry form so we can discuss creating something custom for your session.
Custom themes can be as simple as balloon garlands in specific colors or as detailed as your little one’s favorite character, tv show, hobby, or themed setup with custom cutouts and props. I also create mockups beforehand so you can get an idea of the overall look and feel of your session before the setup is created.
Simple themed setups are already included within the packages above. Fully custom themes and specialty setups are available for an additional $100 custom styling fee.
Custom themes can be as simple as balloon garlands in specific colors or as detailed as your little one’s favorite character, tv show, hobby, or themed setup with custom cutouts and props. I also create mockups beforehand so you can get an idea of the overall look and feel of your session before the setup is created.
Simple themed setups are already included within the packages above. Fully custom themes and specialty setups are available for an additional $100 custom styling fee.
Booking Your Session
Milestone sessions are a beautiful way to preserve this sweet stage of your child’s development. Because little ones grow and change so quickly, booking early helps ensure your preferred date and style are available.
When you’re ready, choose your session and pick a date then we’ll confirm details together and make sure the session feels intentional, relaxed, and fun for your child.
Book your Cake Smash session below.
When you’re ready, choose your session and pick a date then we’ll confirm details together and make sure the session feels intentional, relaxed, and fun for your child.
Book your Cake Smash session below.
Backdrops for Cake Smashes
camping
Football
Magic Castle
toy box
out of this world
Car Oasis
Princess Carriage
Up and away
cowboy
Wild things
Scary One
football
Groovy One
One Rodeo
Sunny One
Far Far Away
Love you Forever
One Sweet Pumpkin
One happy Camper
Honey Bear
Once Upon a Time
Fairest of them All
Winter Wonderland
You're a wizard harry
Toy Tale
Magic land pink
MAgic Land Blue
purple carousel
fire truck
Mermaid
Purple Butterfly
Butterfly Garden
Raceing
cowgirl
cowboy
IT's A me, Spaghetti
One happy boy
Pink arches
blue arches
go go racer
never grow up
wonderland
Cute As Can Bee
Dinos
Vintage Blue Planes
Donut grow up
top Flight
Cake Smash Backdrops
