1st Birthday Cake Smash and Celebrations

My little boy turned 1 at the beginning of December. It doesn't seem possible that it's a year since he was born, but then again it seems like he's been with us forever.

I wanted to mark the occasion, but without spending too much money. The main things I wanted to do was a cake smash the weekend before his birthday. Then the Saturday after his birthday we'd be free to have a day out, without too many time restraints.

Family Photos - Recreating a Wedding Photo

As part of my little boys 1st birthday celebrations I wanted to get some up to date family photos. It's not always easy to get photos where you're all in them, even harder to get decent ones. No offence to those who may take a family photo of us, but I do come with my own set of high standards of photography and unless you understand lighting, composition etc..etc... it's hard to get someone else to do what I have envisioned in my mind. That's not to say that I don't like the fun ones that may be snapped and captured. It's more when I want a specific shot.

So off we went to a local park with the camera, tripod and remote control. We ended up going late afternoon after Tommy's nap and I was so worried that it would be too dark. Although it was getting on the dark side, it was probably the perfect time in the day to take the photos as earlier that day the sun had been beaming bright.