Cake Smash/Rustic Cake Smash Photography

Bronwyn Parsons Photography offers Canberra indoor studio cake smash photography and outdoor rustic cake smash photography sessions. Cake smash photography is a wonderful way to remember baby's 1st birthday in or around the Canberra area.

Rustic Outdoor Cake Smash

Rustic Cake Smash sessions are held outdoors in Canberra at a beautiful location in the first two hours or last two hours of soft natural light. We bring onsite a rustic themed set-up consisting on two natural tree stumps, a crate to sit the cake on, lanterns, bunting and natural foliage to style. We welcome you to bring the cake or a standard round buttercream smash cake can be arranged for you at an additional cost. We include a warm bubble bath at the end. Sessions average up to 1 hour and include a photo of your immediate family (2 adults and the birthday persons siblings) with the birthday person, individual pre-smash portraits of the birthday person, individual portraits of the birthday person exploring and demolishing the cake and individual portraits of your child enjoying a splash and play in the great outdoors. We provide clients a full service experience ensuring you are fully prepared in advance of the session. Clients receive a comprehensive session guide, design questionnaire to personalize the session, a pre-session consultation and ongoing communication with us from start to finish.

Studio Cake Smash

We are currently not taking bookings for Studio Cake Smash Sessions during the cold and flu season and until such time the public health alert is lifted. We are continuing to offer rustic outdoor cake smash sessions where social distancing can be practiced.

Studio cake smash sessions come with pre-set inclusions and are held in our Kambah studio. We provide a basic round buttercream smash cake, a balloon garland, neutral backdrop, an outfit and a warm bubble bath at the end. Sessions typically take 1 hour (with breaks as needed) and include pre-smash portraits, a family portrait, portraits of your child exploring and demolishing the cake and portraits of your child enjoying a warm bubble bath We provide clients a full service experience ensuring you are fully prepared in advance of the session. Clients receive a comprehensive session guide, design questionnaire to specify preferences for balloon colours and cake colours, a pre-session consultation and ongoing communication with us from start to finish. Clients are welcome to provide any other desired decorations to include in the set-up in advance of the session date.

Designer Cake Smash

Let us design the cake smash of your dreams. At our in person consultation, we establish your theme, colours, backdrop, props, outfits, decorations and style of cake. We prepare a quote for your approval, source everything, set it all up, photograph it and deliver you a selection of beautiful images to choose from. This is definitely something you will want to have professionally printed and a complimentary in person viewing, print consultation and ordering appointment is extended to clients wishing to invest in the high end printed products. Designer cake smash sessions are held in our Kambah studio and typically take around 1 hour. We provide pre-smash photography of the birthday person, photograph the birthday person in action and provide a warm bubble bath at the end to wash it all off. We ensure you are fully prepared for the session by providing an initial design consultation, session guide, pre-session consultation and in person viewing and ordering appointment.

Cake Smash Packages

Rustic Cake Smash Package
$490
Single Local outdoor session (1 hour)
15 high resolution digital images
The same 15 images watermarked in low resolution for social sharing
Round cake with your choice of ombre blue, ombre pink, blue, pink or cream butter cream rosette icing
Pre-session consultation, design questionnaire and session guide
25 naturally edited images to select from in a private online gallery
Pre smash portraits of the birthday person including a group family portrait with immediate family
Cake smash portraits
Splash and play portraits
Private online gallery preview and delivery of 25 retouched images
Private online gallery download
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Studio Cake Smash Package
$599
Studio Session (1 hour)
Neutral backdrop
Choose from one of our pre-set designs
Cake, bunting, balloons and outfit included
25 high resolution digital images
The same images in low resolution
Pre smash portraits of the birthday person including a group family portrait with immediate family
In person consultation, design questionnaire and session guide
Private online gallery preview and delivery of 25 retouched images
Private online gallery download
Private online gallery download
Private online gallery download
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Printed Products

Fine art prints with art mount start at $85.

Fine art canvas wall mounts start at $165.

Premium metal wall mounts start at $215.

Traditional famed fine art wall mounts start at $290.

Acrylic wall mounts start at $400.

Additional Information:

Please Contact us for a Quote for Designer Cake Smash Sessions

We presently do not provide birthday photography or event photography services

Additional Digital Images:

Single digital images $50 each

5 additional digital images $ 200

10 additional digital images $ 320

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Gagan Nav Multani

2020-01-12T09:55:34+0000

My husband and I had a great experience with Bronwyn. She handled our newborn with a lot of patience and love. 5 star for the quality of photos, customer service and professionalism.

Kate Jessop

2019-08-06T03:17:29+0000

My husband & I had a fantastic experience with Bron. She is friendly & professional & our photos were absolutely perfect! We opted for the bump to baby package (maternity & newborn) & we couldn’t fault our final photos, they are great! Thank you Bron for producing wonderful photos for us to treasure!

Dink Newman

2019-06-21T03:57:16+0000

We could not be happier with the newborn photos Bronwyn took for us. She was so helpful and thorough throughout the whole process and really did an absolutely incredible job. We would definitely recommend to anyone.

Jopol Antony

2019-05-18T22:55:33+0000

great photography ,especially her approach to babies is exceptional.she is very patient and very friendly.tha nks for precious baby photos .

Harriet O'Larner

2019-05-01T05:48:29+0000

Thank you for our amazing cake smash photos, you were very friendly and chilled out which is what we wanted and you got amazing photos of us all including the dog al looking in the right direction. Thanks again :)

Usmaiza Qadir

2019-04-05T05:08:17+0000

lovely experience, great professional attitude.

Sam Adam

2019-03-19T11:05:59+0000

Bron is an amazing photographer who takes her time to get to know you and ensures your session will run exactly as you expect. I have had 2 sessions with Bron and would absolutely recommend her. We had an absolute blast with our recent smash session for our 1 year old, so much fun we forgot the camera was even there. thank you so much, couldn't be happier with the beautiful photos we received.

Kathie LP

2018-05-30T10:16:47+0000

Bronwyn booked us in at the last minute and despite us requesting a very particular and challenging photo shoot, her patience and determination for perfection, made magic happen. I can not thank you enough for these absolutely magical photos. I will treasure them forever and I can’t wait to book our next session in with you!

Ashwani Devi Prasad

2018-04-19T14:52:02+0000

I was so happy with the photos! And not only did she do an amazing work, she was also patient and gentle with our little one.

Beth Pollard

2018-03-22T23:50:54+0000

We love our photos so much. Thanks Bronwyn �� We get so many compliments about our beautiful daughter's photos.

Kristen McDonald

2018-02-02T03:01:17+0000

I'm a bit late but wanted to say thank you so much for the beautiful photos of our son. You were so patient and caring with him. Even though he was a bit grumpy and my husband and I were completely exhausted you worked so hard to settle him and create beautiful photographs for us. We are thrilled with how the photos turned out. We won't hesitate to recommend you and look forward to you capturing future milestones for us.

Jess Wade

2018-01-15T10:07:50+0000

Bronwyn is amazing ! We cannot speak highly enough of her work, she is just incredible and our pictures of our little princess are absolutely perfect �

Novi Lewis

2018-01-13T20:48:33+0000

We looooove our newborn photos!! Bronwyn did such an amazing job and she was really lovely and approachable through the entire process. She was very gentle with Ashton and put our mind at ease. Thank you so much, you definitely exceeded our expectations and more �

Jaimilee Keir

2017-12-08T05:39:21+0000

Madeleine Picker

2017-10-17T02:57:11+0000

We had a wonderful experience with Bronwyn and she was great with our kids highly recommend having photos done with Bronwyn

Robert Archer

2017-08-21T11:31:56+0000

Catherine Darragh

2017-06-23T08:58:38+0000

Bronwyn captured our little darling just beautifully we have pictures to cherish forever. We spent a lovely afternoon with Bronwyn watching her work her magic - her patience is outstanding! Delighted with the results at such a reasonable price, will def be back for more.

Mehak Fahad

2017-05-20T00:07:15+0000

I had already booked my newborn session with another photographer but then I came across brownyn parsons page and fell in love! I was happy to leave my deposit at the other photographer and try brownyn. A part of me was feeling unsure if this was worth putting a 100 dollars down the drain. The day finally came when my bub arrived. The best thing about brownyn is that she keeps in touch. She messaged me if I had delivered and since I was over due she happily accommodated me on another day. On the day of the photoshoot she came out to get my 9 day old out of the car seat. My Bub pooped and peeped throughout the session and she was so calm and cooperative about it. Not once did I feel embarrassed. She was so gentle with my baby, making sure bub is happy throughout the session. Even the way she holds the baby is so professional that as a new parent I was at absolute ease! I will definitely go back for my baby's 6 month and 1 year shoot. Now I can confidently say I am happy to have chosen brownyn parsons photography and not once do I regret letting go of my deposit at another place. Her picture results are to die for! She really does justice to the pictures! My bubs pictures are something I would cherish for the rest of our lives!

Jess Lee

2017-02-04T04:00:21+0000

Hannah Bates

2016-12-07T22:53:33+0000

Very Happy with our babies newborn photos and extremely happy with Bronwyns homely service, I didn't realise how busy photographers are and how short of a window the "newborn" stage was but Bronwyn answered all of my questions quickly and found us a spot so we didn't miss out on capturing the perfect photos

Sarah Newport

2016-12-03T12:32:10+0000

Thank you! Our little Edward looks adorable and we are so happy with all our photos. Bronwyn is amazing with babies and captures truely special moments. Could not recommend highly enough.

Nikki Pants

2016-10-27T04:14:30+0000

Thank you for all your hard work Bronwyn at my recent maternity session. You made me feel so relaxed and the photos are beautiful. It was the best decision I've made to get photos done with you. The perfect way to remember my pregnancy.I'm really looking forward to the newborn session soon!

Shannen Ares

2016-08-14T08:39:18+0000

I chose bronwyn for my daughters cake smash and family photos after seeing the gorgeous photos of my niece. I am so happy with the photos she captured, they are perfect. It was such a great experience i will definetly be having bronwyn as our photographer in the future. I highly reccomend her to anyone looking for someone to capture there special moments

Kylie Ellis

2016-07-05T22:43:20+0000

We saw Bronwyn's newborn photo shoots and knew that we wanted her to capture our newborn. She didn't disappoint. Bronwyn took time to work with our baby and capture such beautiful photos that we will treasure. We will recommend Bronwyn and hope to work with her in the future. Thank you!

Chloe Vincent

2016-07-04T02:43:54+0000

Thank you Bronwyn for the beautiful photos! You are so professional and dedicated to your job and we can't thank you enough for squeezing us in just days after the birth of your baby boy. We all had such a fun time in the studio on the day and you made Olivia so comfortable for the shoot. I will highly recommend you and I will most definitely be back

Leonie Walz

2016-07-01T10:53:11+0000

We can't thank Bronwyn enough for the photo's she recently took of our daughter! Our beautiful little girl decided to be somewhat difficult to settle that day but Bronwyn was so patient and persisted with her and took some awesome photo's. You were so lovely to deal with from the very first contact. Thanks again Bronwyn! We will definitely come back to you in the future

Danitsa Rosewarne

2016-05-03T01:18:19+0000

Thank you for the beautiful newborn photos! Bronwyn was fantastic, professional and really good with baby Bill! I definitely recommend her to capture those precious moments!Fast forward another year and we had our cake smash photos done. Wow, wow, wow! I just loved it! Bronwyn is amazing! Photos are perfection! We'll be back next year!!!

Alyson Jones

2016-04-19T12:18:58+0000

Bronwyn photographed our twins cake smash session and she was great, very patient and happy to have cake everywhere. She even let my big two have a small slice of the cake, I mean action. I'm really happy with the photos we received my biggest issue is working out which ones to frame and display (first world problems). Thanks Bronwyn

Leonie Will

2016-04-14T10:34:14+0000

Bronwyn was wonderful and we now have a beautiful range of professional photos of our little family. Bronwyn was very easy to work with and made the whole process very easy, even rescheduling on very short notice when our son became sick right before our shoot. Bronwyn took the time to shoot a range of photos and edit them beautifully. We couldn't be more pleased with the selection we received and will happily recommend Bronwyn to our friends and family.

Andrina McLean Dreyfus

2016-03-26T05:02:05+0000

I was very impressed by Bronwyn's service and photos! She was very patient with my lil boy who keeps grunting at her. She was very accommodating with timing and her photos are gorgeous. I would not hesitate to recommend her to my family and friends!

Vanny Kevin

2016-03-11T10:59:32+0000

Bronwyn is such a talented, warm and patient person. My partner and I wouldn't have gone to anyone else for our new born photo's. We were extremely happy with the result from the photoshoot. The whole 3.5 hours we knew our child was in safe hands with Bronwyn when she was changing positions. Thank you again Bronwyn, your work is fantastic!

Lauren MacDonald

2016-02-15T05:27:07+0000

Professional, patient and beautifully captured images. Thank you so much Bronwyn for photographing our little family. We will cherish these gorgeous memories of our little ones first weeks.

Renee Rosin

2016-01-19T11:25:10+0000

My husband and I are absolutely in love with the Cake Smash photo's of our son! We will cherish them for a very long time and we could not be happier with how wonderfully you have captured Leonardo's eyes and his big, cheeky personality!!! We were so happy with the affordability, service and experience you provided for us at this special milestone. Thank you for a wonderful session which was so relaxed and fun for us as well as for our son. I have not hesitated in promoting you to our friends and family.Renee.

Stephanie Robinson

2016-01-19T04:54:06+0000

We had a newborn photoshoot with Bronwyn a couple of weeks ago and my husband and I both thought she was fantastic. Our son was a little older than normal for a newborn session, but Bronwyn managed to get some gorgeous photos of our son doing newborn poses. She was also fantastic and super patient with our toddler who came along (and was a little unsettled that day) and we now have some wonderful family photos as well. I highly recommend Bronwyn.

Rohini Ramesh

2015-11-01T09:00:22+0000

Bronwyn, we received the photos today and they look so great! Bronwyn, you are so creative and talented. We are so glad that we chose you. And you have done a fantastic job of capturing lovely moments of our baby and family! We can't thank you enough!

Jasmine Apps

2015-10-10T08:48:09+0000

Absolutely AMAZING!! Bronwyn was fantastic with my baby!! I can't wait for future sessions with her!!! You won't be disappointed!

Michelle Burston

2015-10-07T09:52:07+0000

Bronwyn is amazing and so talented. Bronwyn captured beautiful images of my 6 month old son, Aidan. She was so great with Aidan that he didn't want to leave. Bronwyn made us feel comfortable and had so many great ideas to capture different moments. I would highly recommend Bronwyn and can't wait to get more photographs done in the future!!

Melissa Pryor

2015-09-06T11:04:35+0000

Bronwyn recently captured my three children as a surprise for hubby for Fathers Day. The photos she took were gorgeous, it was hard choosing which ones to take home! Bronwyn was happy to cater for my children's needs and my own ideas. Thanks Bronwyn for my beautiful photos :-)Edited to add: Had a second session with Bronwyn for my daughters cake smash. Bronwyn's warm nature brought my usually shy bub out of her shell immediately (even Grandma struggled to get a cuddle, Bronwyn was the favourite!) and her cheeky side was captured beautifully. Recommend to everyone!

Rachel Reid

2015-08-30T23:28:25+0000

Bronwyn came to the Tommy and Me Cafe 1st birthday where she snapped gorgeous photos of the event and the kids attending... She has a real eye for catching moments in time and does so in a way that is very relaxed and comfortable. I am thrilled with all the snaps she got of my girls!

Lauren Carlson

2015-08-24T09:52:58+0000

Bronwyn did an amazing job with my baby girl highly recommend. I'll be definelty getting more photos done

Jenny Moon

2015-08-18T02:40:15+0000

Bronwyn recently did a newborn session for my daughter, Ivy. Bronwyn's creative ideas are amazing and on top of taking absolutely exquisite photos, She took all the time needed to make sure baby Ivy was very comfortable and calm during the shoot as well. We had a wonderful experience and can't recommend Bronwyn Parson's Photography highly enough.