First Cake Smash for 2010

artoledo · Mar 24, 2010

Please C&C. Thanks!

JimmyO · Mar 24, 2010

What an awesome idea. Really like this and im sure the parents were blown away.

artoledo · Mar 24, 2010

JimmyO said:
What an awesome idea. Really like this and im sure the parents were blown away.

Thank you Jimmy!

LBPhotog · Mar 24, 2010

Love it! Looks great!

My only one critique would be that the picture above the #10 and the picture below the #10 are too similar for my taste (minus the cake) but that is a minimal thing ... very, very cute.

artoledo · Mar 24, 2010

LBPhotog said:
Love it! Looks great!

My only one critique would be that the picture above the #10 and the picture below the #10 are too similar for my taste (minus the cake) but that is a minimal thing ... very, very cute.

Thanks for pointing that out. We thought about it too but weren't too sure about placement. Do you think I should move them around or replace 1 with another shot?

LBPhotog · Mar 24, 2010

I can see the progression through the shoot ... and I think the one WITHOUT the cake is a great way to finish it ... IF you have another great shot that you can replace the one WITH the cake then maybe ...

But, again, the parents are probably going to be blown away with this (what size are you printing this, if at all) that they aren't going to notice the little things that we pick apart here.

BuZzZeRkEr · Mar 25, 2010

Excellent! Great shots, nice background vs. cake color. Great idea, only thing is I wish I thought of doing something like this for my kids. Keep it up!

artoledo · Mar 25, 2010

LBPhotog said:
I can see the progression through the shoot ... and I think the one WITHOUT the cake is a great way to finish it ... IF you have another great shot that you can replace the one WITH the cake then maybe ...

But, again, the parents are probably going to be blown away with this (what size are you printing this, if at all) that they aren't going to notice the little things that we pick apart here.

Ok Thanks. This is a 20x20 story.

BuZzZeRkEr said:
Excellent! Great shots, nice background vs. cake color. Great idea, only thing is I wish I thought of doing something like this for my kids. Keep it up!

Thank you I really appreciate it.

dancingsphinx22 · Mar 25, 2010

This is adorable! And typical for a first birthday. I love it.

I would just like to add something -
I'm thinking, perhaps the whole image would look a little simpler without the top row? Each of the other rows has a solid block, which unifies them, but the top row seems a little out of place, imho. Then again, I like things "even" so maybe its just me.

artoledo · Mar 25, 2010

dancingsphinx22 said:
This is adorable! And typical for a first birthday. I love it.

I would just like to add something -
I'm thinking, perhaps the whole image would look a little simpler without the top row? Each of the other rows has a solid block, which unifies them, but the top row seems a little out of place, imho. Then again, I like things "even" so maybe its just me.

Thank you! Since its a storyboard, I really can't take out the top row. I see where you are coming from though.

dancingsphinx22 · Mar 25, 2010

Oh, its a Storyboard! Cool! My bad I thought it was something else, like an image or postcard kind of thing. I can't really explain what I mean...:blushing:

So, uh, never mind my comment then.

artoledo · Mar 25, 2010

dancingsphinx22 said:
Oh, its a Storyboard! Cool! My bad I thought it was something else, like an image or postcard kind of thing. I can't really explain what I mean...:blushing:

So, uh, never mind my comment then.

Its ok. If anyone wants a copy of the story board feel free to send me a pm with an email address. I can most certainly share! :sillysmi:

twocolor · Mar 25, 2010

Excellent work! When I do my cake smash shots, I place a piece of plexi glass underneath the 1 yr old. You get an awesome reflection, and clean up is a piece of cake (pun intended!)!

Beautiful!!!

artoledo · Mar 25, 2010

twocolor said:
Excellent work! When I do my cake smash shots, I place a piece of plexi glass underneath the 1 yr old. You get an awesome reflection, and clean up is a piece of cake (pun intended!)!

Beautiful!!!

Thank you! I tried the plexiglass with my boys. Somehow the effect I got wasn't too pleasing. It wasn't a soft reflection like in most cakesmashes I have seen.