Happy 1st Birthday, Wyatt! I was fully content with how every single one of these photos came out to celebrate baby Wyatt’s first birthday. Wyatt’s mamma, Liz, had so many amazing ideas and outfits picked out, which made my job easy in the creative process. Its better to come over prepared than under! We had so many options to choose from and every outfit had the perfect backdrop in Lake George, NY.

The only thing that was working against us during this shoot was the weather. This spring’s weather has been so rainy and unpredictable. I think we tried to reschedule this shoot a solid 5 times until the weather wanted to cooperate. Thankfully we were able to skip out on the rain, but then I had to find a way to work with the high 12:30 sun. To those of you who aren’t immersed in the photography world, high sun is not always a photographer’s friend. It creates harsh shadows especially on a person’s face and it isn’t always the most flattering. In my opinion, right around sunset is the best time for portraits because of the super soft light. Thankfully, there are ways to work around that harsh sunlight. For Wyatt’s shoot, we did a ton of backlighting, diffusing, and shooting in shadows. This way, you are able to focus on all the cuteness going on instead of being distracted by any unflattering light!

My favorite outfit was defiantly the jeans and overalls with no shirt. I was obsessed with the field backdrop with all of the dandelions behind him for that outfit. Also the last scene we shot with the cake smash was the absolute cutest. Honestly all of it was the cutest. Who am I kidding?