Your baby’s first birthday is a huge milestone. While you’re busy planning the theme, gathering decorations, sending out invitations and ordering the cake; it’s so easy to overlook one very important element: the photography.

Below are steps to plan for your little ones 1st birthday photoshoot

Be Flexible. As much as you can hope that everything will go as planned…it probably won’t ???? Just be flexible and roll with the punches. Maybe your baby won’t smile at all – that’s okay! They might be more interested in crawling away than standing in the perfectly posed position. However, I think capturing the candid moments are the ones you will want 20 years down the road anyway!

Find a fun outfit.
For this shoot, we went with a unicorn theme. Mom found some amazing deals on Amazon.com for her daughters first birthday outfit, and all for under $15. Try and pick colors that go well with your baby’s skin tone, hair color, etc. You should also keep wardrobe changes to a minimum. I think that most babies have just a short amount of time where they are happy, smiling, and ready for their pictures to be taken…and I don’t think that you want to waste that time changing into a million different outfits!

Have some fun!
The pressure is off, there are no guests to entertain and no decorating to be done. So have fun with your little one. Make them laugh, make them smile. Genuine happiness cannot be duplicated, so let it shine through in your pictures.

It seems like yesterday that I was taking maternity shots of Neha! And now, baby Savi is already ONE! I can’t believe it! But, she was definitely all about her cake smash session! Take a look at how her cake smash went.

Contact me today to book your baby’s first birthday session.