The Art Of The Cake Smash
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Author: Natasha Simpson
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Study time: 1 Hour
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Video time: 40 mins
Overview
What will I cover?
PRINTED PROPS
How I make all my printed background props.
Background setup & props
Watch me setup & run through three different cake smashes. Showing a bit of pack down as well and how I re-use props.
Watch a session
Watch me shoot a cake smash session, hear my interactions and how I work with children.
My Camera & gear setup
My camera settings, lenses and essential equipment required for successful cake smash
Tips & tricks
Editing
Exploring post-production techniques to enhance and refine cake smash images.
Meet the instructor
Natasha Simpson
My name is Natasha. I am a mum of two beautiful crazy kids, Ava & Riley, wife to Adam and we also have two cats.
Photography has always been my passion. From such a young age I knew what I wanted to do. Growing up, I had a Polaroid camera that I used to absolutely annoy the crap out of my family! Needless to say, I have always loved capturing moments.
After having Ava in 2012, I really started going for it. I photographed weddings for a few years, until I found that after capturing 100's of weddings... they just were not what I wanted my main focus to be.
From there, I began capturing family photos, portrait work and cake smashes! I took a leap and set up my own small studio at home. I put most of my attention to capturing babies and families... Oh, how I did fall in love fast. I decided that was my calling!
It was in 2016, after the birth of Riley, I quit my full-time day job and jumped into professional newborn photography. I dedicated my home studio to newborn sessions. My husband left his job as well, to look after our beautiful children and gave me total support!
It was a hard few years, but flash forward to 2023 - now we have a separate, beautiful and private commercial studio in Samford Valley.
I LOVE every moment of my day. I have captured upwards of 1,000 babies in my career so far. Now I'm sharing my passion and skills with others! This course is a complete labour of love. Designed to get your started and wanting to continuing earning and growing with in your photography career journey.
Well that’s a little bit about me!