My first Cake Smash

[ababysean]

I said I would never do a cake smash because they kind of gross me out........

Well I did it. The kid cried most of the time!

but we got in some cute shots....

 

[JenLavazza]

They look great!! What set up did you end up using?

Smash cake sessions are one of my favorites! My cheeks hurt afterwords from smiling so much!

 

[HWesh]

I really love the way the photos were presented in the first photo.

 

[MissCream]

I really like them, although they gross me out too I would have liked to see a really messy face cake smash one

 

[thatfornoobs]

Loving the blue & green!

 

[aprock83]

That is so precious. I have never done a cake smash fear of messing up things. But, always a site to see.

 

[3bayjunkie]

they look a bit over exposed but otherwise i think they are really cute. good idea =)

 

[ababysean]

I really like them, although they gross me out too I would have liked to see a really messy face cake smash one

Thing is, he did NOT like the cake! funny kid. The cake was yummy, mom made TWO and we had some during in hopes he would smash it more, but it actually made it worse because he really got a sour puss face when he tasted the icing....
lol

and my set up was a white roll of seamless, my sb-600 with shoot thru umbrella at seamless, TTL with commander mode but I +2 the compensation to get it really to flash...
Kid was lite with natural light from my sliding glass door. I'm sure some of the flash got him too because it was not flagged, but I think that was a good thing....
Reflector (silver side) camera left to kind of bounce the spill light from flash back onto that side of kid.

I did get the 40 dollar acrylic from Lowes, the largest size they had, it was not sharp so I'm not sure what another poster was saying??? but it did get slippery from the icing so if you try this make sure to tell mom be on standout at all times if kid is to slip...

 

[Robin Usagani]

Nice.. but I wouldnt give a fork to a 1 YO. Let him eat with his hand.. better pics.

 

[ababysean]

yea, that fork was like the last 30 seconds of the shoot. His brothers had it, I begged mom no fork.... she said it was fine.
I gave her a spoon (plastic) but he wouldn't take it.
Fork scared me too.
and he would NOT touch the cake, seriously....
you see him touching the cake in some pictures because we put those puffy gerber things on top, and he was picking them out, but otherwise, nope.

 

[RauschPhotography]

Wow, I love it! The color scheme works so well, and the collage is wonderful! Congrats

 

[misstwinklytoes]

In your collage, what is the 10 for? It's probably simple, but I am working on lack of sleep. I really like these, though. Even though he didn't get all messy, it's still really cute. Maybe he knew it'd gross you out.

 

[RauschPhotography]

10 months?

 

[ababysean]

10 months?

the 10 is for the year, 2010. Even though I just did these yesterday, his birthday was at the end of dec. 2010.

I think I need to add a '10? maybe that will make is clearer?

 

[ababysean]

and I'm going to redo the collage again because I just learned of clipping masks, I mean really??? wow. so simple, yet for some reason I thought I was told I could not do it in elements, but you can!