Celebrating One Year
It's a Big deal
Yes! You made it. The first year. Now, it's time to celebrate with the best party ever. We've created the perfect package to capture this time.
It starts with your favorite outfit (we have a variety of one year outfits for boys or girls that you can use) to capture this milestone. Then we move into the Cake Smash in a different outfit. We can have fun planning this one!
We finish our time with a splash in the tub with little duckies, soap and lots of giggles!
Inspiration for ONE Year!
ONE YEAR PORTAITS
Once you book your collection, we will be in touch to ask some questions and plan your session. If you added Decor/Cake to your Collection, we will take care of ordering every detail and having it all set up prior to your arrival.
We start the One Year Smash & Splash Session with your child's first Outfit. We will capture regular images of them in 2 areas of our studio to provide you with some portrait images of this phase. We have outfits for both boys and girls that you are welcome to use or you can bring your own. If you chose to add parents/sibling to this Collection, we will do that pose in the beginning in their first outfit.
THE SMASH
The next part of the One Year Smash & Splash Session is the SMASH! Prior to your arrival, we will have the studio ready with a fun balloon arch, backdrop and/or decor that we've already picked out together. We will have the cake and stand ready to go! You will change your child into their Cake Smash Outfit. We will capture a few images of your child on a small chair in front of the fun backdrop (before we put the cake down) so you can add these portraits to your final images. Then it's GO Time! We will put the cake down and let your baby DIG IN! Get ready to be messy too. Don't worry, we have done this many times and we have all the clean up supplies!
THE SPLASH
The best way to wrap up this fun session is to bring out our vintage tub filled with some bubbles and little duckies. We will place the little tub right in the midst of the mess and let your child splash around while we capture some more candid images. Once we have some images, we will give you a towel to get them all cleaned and dried and ready to go. We will clean everything up and you are set to go home while they fall asleep in the car. Plan to have a fun evening at home remembering this special day!
THE GALLERY
When your proofing gallery is ready, we will send it via email with all the little details on how to pick out your favorites. You will see a proofing gallery of just your portraits (the first outfit/the cake smash portraits before the cake). When you are finished choosing your favorites, we will finely edit each of your favorites. Then we will send you a new final gallery that will have your favorite digital images and ALL of the candid digital images of their actual Cake Smash and Tubby Splash. We provide these to you because they are candid and we do a quick edit on those and leave them as fun and messy as they are. This is a wonderful combination collection of both nice portraits and fun candids so you can remember this special occasion.
Just a little review on preparing for the Session:
The Classic Portrait: Our one-year session is generally scheduled for one month prior to their birthday. This gives time for us to complete your gallery so you can have images for their birthday. This session begins with one outfit for classic portraits. The first outfit pictures are done on our off-white bed and the natural light area. Both of these are timeless and allow for a variety of outfit options. For the first outfit, if you are choosing a dress (we have some available in our studio for you to use too), please bring along a diaper cover that matches. We suggest bare little toes and no shoes. We also have a few boy outfits that you can use too. We suggest if you are bringing your own outfit to keep it simple and timeless by purchasing from H&M or mebiebaby (online). We always encourage you to keep it simple. Then we transition into a different outfit for the cake smash and finish up with a tubby splash. This helps us plan the session. Please wash, iron, and try on all clothing PRIOR to your session. If you added family/sibling portrait to this session, we will do that in the beginning with their first outfit. This is a simple family portrait so we can focus on your child's special day!
Who Can Come Along? Please definitely bring along your spouse/grandparent/friend to give you a hand. In order for me to fully focus on quickly capturing those smiles and an active one, we will need extra hands (one to help them smile close to the camera and one for safety while on chairs/stools/running away from me). Also, it's great to have extra hands for the Smash and Splash portion. However, we ask at this time you do not bring small siblings along or the entire family. It can be overwhelming and distracting to have to care for/guide another sibling while focusing on the 'Star of the Show.' Let this be a special time that you are fully focused on the Birthday Baby! If you have older siblings that can be an asset and helping hand, please connect with me to see if that would work to bring them.
Smash and Splash Details: We now offer the option for you to order your cake through us. You choose the color scheme and we will make sure the cake is here for the big day! You can also provide your own cake and we suggest a white/yellow cake and non-fondant icing. We have a variety of simple cake smash outfits that you can use. Once you book, we will share what is available and you can choose. We have towels and clean up supplies. We also provide the option to have us create the balloon arch (with your color scheme to match the cake) and have that ready for your arrival. We use an all white background and floor. We will figure that out once you book and choose what you want for your session. On the day of the session, we will do the portrait outfit first and then have you change them into their cake smash outfit. We will finish up with our vintage bubbly tub with ducks so they can have some splash time (plus this helps them get cleaned up). Please plan to get messy! Once they've splashed a bit, we are finished and you can get them dressed and I will clean up!
After the Session: We will sort through and prepare a proofing gallery. We will send you some sneak peeks on social/email and your proofing gallery within 1 week. You will choose your favorites and then we will edit those for your final gallery. You can choose more digitals from the proofing gallery. In your final gallery, you get your chosen edited digital images and all of the candid images of the Smash and Splash (we do a very light edit but leave them natural therefore choose to provide you with all the candids!). Your final gallery will be done between 2-3 weeks after your choose your favorites. You can order prints from your gallery which will be shipped directly to you. You also get a print release for your digitals if needed.
