Hiring a professional photographer for your child’s cake smash photos in Houston.

Yay or nay?

First of all, congratulations on the most exciting first birthday of your little love! Now let’s move on to why you need to hire a professional photographer to take your child’s first year portraits. Let me just say you must for the sake of your child get pictures of his or her first birthday including you, yes you, in them. I know, I know, you still have that baby weight to lose and those sleepless nights don’t look good on your face. I assure you not having pictures of your little family is what you will regret the most in the future. Plus, I’m a Photoshop guru and can make you look 15 years younger and 50 pounds skinnier all jokes aside.

First birthday photos shouldn’t be stressful on anyone especially you, the already exhausted young mom. That’s why we at Barberries Photography studio provide everything you need for the cake smash of your little one including props, outfits, cake and décor and even a fun bubble bath. You just need to show up with a happy baby and have fun.

We have done many themes in the past and are open to your ideas and Pinterest boards. Our most popular theme is baby’s name custom set up. We’ve done lilies for Lillie, irises for Iris, trains for Thomas, summer blooms for Summer, and many more.

Every little cake smasher gets a tangible memory from our studio, no one leaves with just a USB drive. Our most popular keepsake is an heirloom acrylic album with a custom keepsake box for some of the 1st year treasures. We also offer some unique wall art pieces such as wood canvas & barn wood frames and metals and acrylics.

Let’s create memories together!

Houston Cake Smash Photographer | River Oaks, Montrose, Galleria | Safety First

Cake smash sessions at Barberries Photography consist of 2 sessions most of the time. It is a studio cake smash session in Houston (River Oaks area) with a bubble bath and an outdoors family and child portrait session using props and boutique outfits. Very often I hear from moms that unfortunately they can't use my props as they are not safe for their child to sit on unsupported, so I decided to write a quick post about safety. I will never ever ever let a child younger than 2 years old sit on the carousel horse or floral swing unsupported at any time. Not one second a baby is on a prop unsupported. I spend hours editing out parents and assistants to make sure the image is perfect and it is as nobody ever thinks those are all composites. Here are several examples of before and after shots.

The final image on the right took 3 images put together to create as mom was too close to the baby & was not easily edited out. 

I hope you enjoyed this little article and before and after edits. Safety first always!

Newborn poses are also composites most of the times it looks too pretty to be true :)