i've always loved those photo sessions where a one year old tears into a cake. i think they are so fun. so i asked a friend if i could try it out on her beautiful baby girl who had just turned one. i wanted to get a "studio" look, so i searched all over the internet hoping to find out the best way to do that. one of the options i came across was to use a sheet. so i got everything set up - time, place, awesome cake (made by a good friend, emily) and a pink sheet with all the wrinkles ironed out (i thought a pink background would be cuter than white) and off i went. well... it didn't work out as great as i'd hoped. the pink sheet didn't work, so mom and dad offered up one of their white sheets; it was a little too late by the time i got there, so the lighting was off; and i can't figure out how to fix the darn pictures in photoshop. the pictures of lily are super cute, but i can't get the wrinkles smoothed out in the background. (if anyone out there knows how to do that, please let me know!) anyway, after getting over the discouragement of it all, i decided to try it again.
i asked emily (who made the cakes) if she'd let me try it out on her handsome baby boy who had just turned one. lucky for me, she agreed! i did a little more research this time around and found that seamless paper would be a better option. so, to make an even longer story short, it worked! and i couldn't be happier!
a big thanks to the eks for all the trouble and a huge thanks to emily for the gorgeous cakes, endless patience and the second chance :)
now, without further ado, here are the pictures...
lily:
lincoln:
p.s. if you, or anyone you know, has a baby turning one soon i'd love some more practice. :)
9 comments:
they really look awesome Mikelle! Love it!
I like the texture with Lily. I don't think it looks bad but I am also very impressed with Lincoln's background. I want you to explain this trick to me, it looks awesome!
Cute messiness!!!
So cute! Great job Mikelle! Did you get your paper at Tall Mouse? I have considered doing the same thing. It's a bummer you can only use it once, but I think it's worth it.
You need to put Jeremy in a diaper and let him go after a cake, I would pay big money for that print.
Hello Mikelle! As one of Lincoln's proud grandpas, I'm a little biased here, but the entire sequence is priceless! We couldn't get him to get into it nearly that much at his real birthday party. I think photos #4 & 5 could win prizes, seriously! Great job!
Dan Seibel
Boise, Idaho
You are so good at taking pictures. they look like a pro did them!!!!! i miss you so much!!!! when are you going to come back to UTAH????? you should take some picutres of me!! haha!!! you don't have to but that would be so awesome!!!! See you later :)
You are so good at taking pictures. they look like a pro did them!!!!! i miss you so much!!!! when are you going to come back to UTAH????? you should take some picutres of me!! haha!!! you don't have to but that would be so awesome!!!! See you later :)
Very cute! I can't wait to see Paxton's!!
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