Cake Smash

I’ve wanted to do a cake smash shoot for some time. Fortunately, I have a friend who’s baby turned one last week. And she was totally up for letting her son get messy!

Cake Smash shoots are an new-ish trend in this country, to mark a child’s first birthday. The idea is the baby is presented with a birthday cake, which, as they’ve never seen one before, they explore it in the way only babies know how; digging into it with his hands, smearing it all over his face, and generally making a mess. The process is photographed in all its messy glory, and the images often serve as invites or thank you cards for the party.

Rather than doing this at a first birthday party, where guests may actually want to eat the cake, the Cake Smash shoots happen either a little before or after the birthday.

It was such a fun shoot; fast, but fun. After a nap, during which we set the scene, the boy didn’t hesitate to investigate the cake. Cream and cake went everywhere, so we popped him in an enamel tub I had brought along, and blew some bubbles. That went down VERY well…

If you’d like to book a cake smash shoot, please email me or call me on 07779 036 222.

Mini Shoots!

The light is beautiful this time of year… the trees are on the turn, the sun (when it’s out!) is nice and low… creating a beautiful backdrop for portraits. So, in order to honour this and launch the family side of my business, I will be doing some mini-shoots in Crystal Palace park on Sunday 20 September.

A mini shoot is a short photographic session of 30 minutes, in which I photograph you and your wonderful family. I will then upload them onto a private web gallery for you to look at, and you can download high res images from there at your will. The shoot itself is £45, and includes three free digital files; any further you’d like to download after that will be £10 each. A great opportunity to get professional photos done in time for Christmas! (Yes, it is creeping up on us and will be here before you know it…)

Times available are:
(please note the session is 30 mins; I’m leaving 15 mins between each to allow for latecomers/any overrunning)

10 am

10.45 am

11.30 am

12.15 am

1pm

1.45pm

If you’d like to book, you can email me on info@caroleevans.co.uk, or call me on 07779 036 222. Alternatively, contact me via my Facebook page.

The shoots will be weather permitting – although I love pics of kids splashing through puddles and brollies, it’s probably not the wisest idea!

WE ARE ONE!

It’s amazing how time flies. The first year in a baby’s life is such a steep learning curve (mainly for the parents!) and at the end of it you can’t imagine life without this little person who has stolen your heart.

On Sunday, I had the pleasure of photographing a party which marked the completion of the first year for five babies, whose parents had all met through an NCT group. After a week of autumnal weather, we were blessed with beautiful sunshine, and spent the afternoon in the garden with a barbecue and some bubbly…

If you’d like me to come and photograph a first birthday party or similiar event, do not hesitate to email me or give me a call!
info@caroleevans.co.uk
07779036222