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 :)