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Beckham’s face is probably pretty familiar if you’ve been around my facebook page or blogsite before. He is the uber adorable son of a good friend and neighbor, and I have been lucky enough to get to photograph all his milestones over this last year from his newborn shoot through his first birthday party just last weekend. And while I am more than lucky to have such a cutie grace my lens on a regular basis, it does have it’s drawbacks. His mom and I now joke that I’ve somehow given her child “photographer’s child syndrome”….the same affliction my son suffers from due to seeing me with a camera to my face a few too many times. The very first photo in this series is as real as it gets. When mommy set him down and I raised my camera up to take a few “pre-cake” shots, you can almost hear him saying “come on, not this again!!” But alas, the rest of the shoot went amazingly well and I officially am in love with cake smash sessions. I laughed SO hard capturing these. There is nothing funner than watching a baby do what they do best – make a giant mess.
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Still quite possibly one of my most favorite shots from this session!
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Don’t worry…the tears didn’t last long!
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insert cake….
first taste…not too shabby.
happy baby!
making some pretty good headway on that frosting…
gotta love those little toothies!!!
sugar high wearing off…?
and of course, all good things must come to an end.
To round this out, I have to post one last little flash back to Beckham a year ago at his newborn session. I always feel so honored that I get to watch my clients grow
Happy Birthday, Beckham!
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Haley Johnston - Oh my gosh! He is the cutest!! I love these.
Jackie - OMG, these are precious! Just beautiful! That first one made me say “awww” out loud.
Shannon - So sweet! I love cake smashes, and it looks like he really went for it. Love all his faces! Gorgeous photos!
Emily Combs - It’s his party and he’ll cry if you wants to! lol I love it!
Becky - These are too adorable!!! Love them!!!
Renee - Love them!!! That last one with the cake in the hair and everywhere- so funny! Great capture there!! Love it!
rachel - I love this cake smash, his face is precious. Perfect captures!!
Fran - Love all these photos!!
Sarah Hawkins - adorable! I love the last one, priceless!
Stephanie - Love this cake smash session! What an adorable lil guy, I simply LOVE the smiley shots with his face covered in frosting! So sweet! But I can’t lie those super serious faces of his with those gorgeous deep brown eyes, WOW… can’t beat that! Great session!
Jessica H - Oh I LOVE these!!! So stinkin’ cute! What an adorable little child!
Carolina - These all look so precious! I also even love one of just the cake up top… you’d make a great food photographer too, Cristen! But my absolute biggest fave is the third from the bottom. GREAT shot!