When it comes to a first birthday photo shoot, then you have time to both smash a cake and splash in the tub in your session.

You also have time to add in clean photos and a family picture into the mix. It’s a relatively fast paced session for sure but we can easily get all that done – the sessions are scheduled for an hour but generally we shoot for about 45 minutes before your little one is worn out.

There’s a general idea that all babies will love to get messy and go nuts when they get unfettered access to a cake but that really is a bit of a misconception.  Many babies are a little bit confused initially when they’re sat behind a cake and, while there are a few that really do go to town and create a whole heap of mess in the process, most of them don’t!

That’s not to say that you don’t get great cake smash images if they aren’t smearing it everywhere – you definitely do!  Total cake devastation isn’t necessary to get perfect pictures to celebrate that first birthday milestone!

The tub splash is actually the part of the session that more babies tend to really relish.  I guess it’s just a bit more a familiar set up for them and who doesn’t love a good old splash in the tub? The added advantage of including the tub splash part is that you do get to take home a baby that is a bit less sticky from the icing so that’s always a benefit that’s worth considering!