Simple Sophistication

Newport Beach, CA & Gilbert, AZ • Sessions by appointment only

Birthday Cake Smash – Ice Cream Shop Theme

11.30.17

Birthday Cake Smash – One Year Old

Well this little one didn’t feel like getting messy but can you blame her? This birthday cake was too adorable to smash! Once again, French’s Cupcake Bakery may have made the cutest cake, EVER! We discovered this awesome 2 piece set at Intuition backgrounds. It even has a little awning at the top! Birthday cake smash sessions are always a blast!

Custom Designed Birthday Cake Smash Sessions

Every Gilmore Studios cake smash set is unique. You tell us your vision and we go to work! For $250, we create a one of a kind set with props, and even a matching cake! You can always check out our birthday cake smash Pinterest board to see some of our latest creations.

How to prepare your child for their first birthday cake smash session

Let them eat cake! Be sure to let your little one eat cake the day before your session. Some kids love to get messy and it doesn’t bother them. Others DO NOT like messy hands! This is why it’s important to do a trial run in your own home. Cake is yummy, they just don’t know it yet!

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ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Gilmore Studios is a photographer team specializing in maternity, newborn, children and family photography in Orange County, CA.

Contact us for more info about booking your studio or on location session in the Southern California area. Brian and Jennifer Gilmore specialize in studio & natural light photography in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, and surrounding areas in OC and Los Angeles.

Call 949-698-3968 or email us to book your fall and winter 2017 photography sessions. Cake smash sessions are $250 and by reservation only. Puppy themed 1st Birthday cake smash photography session.

All birthday cake smash sets are custom built to the client’s theme or color scheme and include a yummy cake.

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Meet the Gilmores:

Gilmore Studios serves Orange County, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. We specialize in wedding photography, family portraits, newborn and branding photography. Our studio has been in business since 2002.

Fun Facts:

PLace we call home:

Newport Beach & Queen Creek

Number of kids:

3 boys

Years in business:

Since 2002

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One of my favorite parts about this job after 24 years?

Watching clients become part of your life without even realizing it. 🤍

I photograph their engagement… then their wedding… then their newborn… then somehow you’re doing family photos years later wondering how their kids got so big so fast.

At some point clients stop feeling like “clients.”

And honestly?
That’s my favorite part of all of this. ✨

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One of my favorite parts about this job after 24 years?

Watching clients become part of your life without even realizing it. 🤍

I photograph their engagement… then their wedding… then their newborn… then somehow you’re doing family photos years later wondering how their kids got so big so fast.

At some point clients stop feeling like “clients.”

And honestly?
That’s my favorite part of all of this. ✨

“You don’t have to know how to pose… that’s my job.” 👏

Honestly, most business owners walk into branding sessions saying the exact same thing:

“I’m awkward in photos.” 😅

But here’s the thing…

You already know how to do YOUR job.
You know how to connect with clients.
You know how to make people feel comfortable.

My job is simply to help translate that into photos.

That’s why during branding sessions I guide everything:
where to stand, how to move, what to do with your hands, and how to make the photos feel natural instead of forced.

Because strong branding photos shouldn’t just show what you do…

They should show who people are trusting. ✨

Would you ever book a branding session for your business? 👇

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“You don’t have to know how to pose… that’s my job.” 👏

Honestly, most business owners walk into branding sessions saying the exact same thing:

“I’m awkward in photos.” 😅

But here’s the thing…

You already know how to do YOUR job.
You know how to connect with clients.
You know how to make people feel comfortable.

My job is simply to help translate that into photos.

That’s why during branding sessions I guide everything:
where to stand, how to move, what to do with your hands, and how to make the photos feel natural instead of forced.

Because strong branding photos shouldn’t just show what you do…

They should show who people are trusting. ✨

Would you ever book a branding session for your business? 👇

Every session before this one, he was part of the group.
Now it’s just him.

And he showed up like he’d been doing sessions his whole life. Relaxed, easy, completely himself in front of the camera.
That’s what a few years of family sessions does. By the time senior year comes around, being in front of the camera isn’t awkward - it’s familiar.

Some of the best senior sessions are built on something that came before.

Follow to see what that looks like.

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Every session before this one, he was part of the group.
Now it’s just him.

And he showed up like he’d been doing sessions his whole life. Relaxed, easy, completely himself in front of the camera.
That’s what a few years of family sessions does. By the time senior year comes around, being in front of the camera isn’t awkward - it’s familiar.

Some of the best senior sessions are built on something that came before.

Follow to see what that looks like.

People think photography is about cameras, posing, or taking pretty pictures.

But honestly?

It’s about people.

The relationships.
The memories.
The little moments that feel ordinary right now but won’t someday.

After over 20 years of photographing families, weddings, seniors, and newborns… I’ve realized the photos themselves are only part of it.

What really matters is how they make people feel years later. 🤍

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People think photography is about cameras, posing, or taking pretty pictures.

But honestly?

It’s about people.

The relationships.
The memories.
The little moments that feel ordinary right now but won’t someday.

After over 20 years of photographing families, weddings, seniors, and newborns… I’ve realized the photos themselves are only part of it.

What really matters is how they make people feel years later. 🤍

Absolutely.

But here’s what I really want moms to notice…

Not just the baby.

The way you’re looking at them.
The tiny little fingers.
The way this season feels before it changes way too fast.

Because newborn photos aren’t really about perfect poses.

They’re about remembering what life looked like when everything was brand new. 🤍

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Newport Beach, CA & Gilbert, AZ

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