Cake Smash & Splash Experience
Celebrating your baby's first birthday in style
OMG … Your gorgeous bundle of joy is turning ONE!
Can you believe it? You have kept this kid alive for a WHOLE YEAR.
Let’s not mention the copious amounts of Wine that got you there. Or the time you found them on top of the kitchen bench reaching for the shiny butchers knife.
They’re still ALIVE … Go you!
This is worth celebrating! If not to just for their first birthday, but for YOU winning at this parent thing. 🎉 🎊
And what better way to celebrate than filling your baby up with ALL the sugar, demolishing a GINORMOUS Birthday Cake and letting them SMASH it to smithereens. 🎂🔨
THEN, if you think that’s not enough, wash all the mess off with a bath in a fancy smancy tub! 🛁 🧼
Sound like fun? AWESOME.
We’re now taking bookings for our $99 Signature “Cake Smash & Splash” Photography Experience where we celebrate your bub’s 1st Birthday with a fun-filled Cake SMASH and then a SPLASH in our fancy clawfoot bathtub! 🎈
Your Smash & Splash Starter Package Includes:
- A session prep guide
- A Signature “Smash and Splash Experience”
- A 48 hour online gallery to view and order your photos
- Cake perfect for smashing
- Decorations in your choice of colour(s)
- $100 credit towards your choice of digital photo package
Total value $400, NOW ONLY $99
🚨 Limited spots available, secure session TODAY. 🚨
This is the PERFECT birthday present for your little one or simply a fun experience to share with your gorgeous bub you’re managed to keep alive.
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The experience
Let me walk you through what to expect from your portrait experience and how it all works here at Laura Ridley Photography.
Step 1 - Booking
You love my work and are ready to book! Yay!
Since I also work as an ECE teacher (and I am actively studying towards my Bachelor of Teaching), I can only take on limited sessions each week.
Your due date will be scheduled into my calender and then once baby has arrived, and you are all settled - get in touch and we will schedule your session.
Step 2 - Pre-Consultation
A quick chat to get to know you and what you'd love from your session.
Step 3 - The session
This is where the magic happens!
When you arrive, the studio is bright, happy, and ready for fun — balloons, bubbles, and all the cozy details that make it feel like a little celebration space just for your baby 🎉
We’ll move completely at your little one’s pace. If they need a cuddle, a snack, or a quick break before diving into the cake, that’s all part of the magic. Nothing is rushed — the goal is for your baby (and you!) to feel relaxed, playful, and free to just be themselves.
I’ll gently guide them through the session — starting with a few sweet, clean portraits before the real fun begins! Once the cake comes out, we let your baby explore, squish, taste, and giggle their way through it. Those frosting-covered fingers, messy smiles, and wide-eyed wonder are what make these photos so full of personality 🥹💛
We’ll finish with a mini splash bath to rinse off the icing and capture those irresistible post-cake giggles.
Parents and siblings are always welcome to jump in too — those shared laughs and frosting kisses often become the most cherished images of all.
Step 4 - Online gallery
See your photos for the first time in your online gallery. Your gallery will be available to view and order from for 48 hours.
You will then be able to decide which photographs you would like to purchase and how you would like to display your photographs.
For more information on our products and pricing, see here
Meet your photographer
Hi, I’m Laura! I am a mum of three – for the past 15 years, I’ve been creating award winning photographs which adorn the walls of my clients homes and are proudly shared with family and friends.
It wasn’t till I had my own children that I truly realised how much of a treasure a single “photograph” could be. Memories so precious, but oh so fleeting, can be frozen in time and preserved for future generations. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to capture the memories of families across New Zealand. Everyday I am reminded that photography isn’t for today, it’s for our future. I literally am so grateful to do this for a living.
There’s nothing I love more than capturing those first precious weeks of a baby’s life. These weeks pass by so quickly, i want every parent to be able to look back on these moments and re-live these first few weeks through the photos that we capture together.
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