Smash Cake Sessions

So it's your baby's First Birthday? Where did that year go? Sleepless nights, coo's and giggles, Rolling over-sitting-crawling-walking, driving you nuts, then making your heart burst with happiness. So celebrate in a way that will preserve them this way FOREVER! Celebrate their first year birthday by smashing some cake! It could be great or it could be “interesting”.

Petite Cake Dreams experience

$75 deposit to book

If you are looking for a cake smash and that is it, this is the option for you. Bring the baby and the cake and let us create a custom scene for your little one to destroy their cake on while Matt & Shea capture every single moment. This session gives you 15-20 images to choose from when making your selections.

• 30-minute studio session that will take place in our custom-designed 1500-square-foot studio

• showcase your little ones smash cake/one year old outfit

• You’ll have access to our props and decorations if desired.

• Ordering and Viewing Consult in our studio’s viewing room, about a week later, to look at your images and make your selections.

Double the Smash experience

$100 deposit to book

If you're seeking more than just a cake smash photo, consider our signature session. This one-hour session includes outfit changes and family photos. Begin with showcasing your little one in cute outfits, then move on to a quick family portrait if you desire and finally end the session with a messy cake experience. This session gives you 30-40 images to choose from when making your selections.

• 1-hour studio session that will take place in our custom-designed 1500-square-foot studio

• Up to 3 outfit changes

• You’ll have access to our props and decorations if desired.

• Ordering and Viewing Consult in our studio’s viewing room, about a week later, to look at your images and make your selections.

when booking your session

Here are some things to consider when booking your session

1. When booking your session, it’s imperative to take into account your baby’s feeding and nap schedule. That can easily be the difference between a “rough” session and a great one.

2. If your child falls asleep in the car, try to arrive at your session a little early to give them ample time to wake up and be in a playful mood. Babies who just wake up traditionally do not like someone in their face playing peek-a-boo and making funny noises.

3. Newborn Sizes are never true to size, so we recommend not bringing outfits to the session, and stick to bows and wraps that you can provide, or you can select wraps and bows from our selection

4. If you are booking a studio session, feel free to contact the studio and ask about scenes and outfit options that would work with our sets. Having our little ones’ outfits work with the color schemes and scenes we design will improve your images.

5. BRING FOOD, hungry babies ARE NOT happy babies. Pack an emergency bag of snacks, diapers, and even a blanket that they are used to to make them feel right at home.

Following these simple steps will help us tremendously in capturing a happy and beautiful portrait for your children or family.

If you still have questions about our newborn session offerings, feel free to call or text us by using the buttons below or fill out the form below and we will get back to you within 24 hours

If you still have questions about our smash cake session offerings, feel free to call or text us by using the buttons below or fill out the form below and we will get back to you within 24 hours

session booking policies

1. Session fees are non-refundable. If, for some reason, you need to cancel your session, the session fee that was paid is forfeited, along with any promotional credit or items. If a model session is booked, upon payment, it is agreed that images from your session will be used for promotional, portfolio, and advertisement purposes. Should you not want your Child’s picture on Social Media, please do not book a model session.

2. Due to our strict scheduling, your session will be rescheduled if you are 15 minutes late for your session. Please contact us with any unforeseen scheduling conflicts. This ensures we have adequate time to capture a successful session. Primarily dealing with babies and toddlers, it’s good for them to get here a little earlier to acclimate to the surroundings. It provides much better smiles!!!

3. If you need to reschedule your session, please give us 48 hours’ notice to attempt to fill your spot. You can reschedule your session two times (not including weather reschedules). On the third time, your session fee and any promotional credit or items are forfeited. If an emergency arises and you can’t make your appointment or call, please let the studio know by email, Facebook Message, or call us at (423)521-7427. We will evaluate the reschedule on a case-by-case basis.

4. If you are a no-call, no-show for your session, your session fee and any promotional credit or items are forfeited automatically

5. If, for some reason, your child isn’t in the picture-taking mood, Matt or Shea will decide whether to keep going or reschedule the session to another time or day that fits the little one’s nap schedule or feeding schedule better. This reschedule does NOT count toward you at all; we just want the best pictures possible of your little one.

6. Please note that once you purchase your experience, downgrading your experience isn’t an option once it’s scheduled, and upgrading is on a case-by-case basis and contingent on our schedule’s availability that day.

7. The remainder of the session fee is due when you arrive at the studio. No images will be created until the session fee is paid in full.

8. No digital files are included with the session, the session covers the time and talent of the photographer, and use of studio supplies and services such as cleanings and props. Digital Download and prints are available for purcahse at your ordering session with prints starting at $15 and digital downloads with unlimited print release starting at $40 per image.