I posted last month about photographing children’s birthday parties, and this weekend I had the opportunity to do just that. Even though it was my daughter’s first birthday party and I was running around cleaning up cake and helping tear open presents for most of the day, I did happen to pick up my camera for a few key shots — namely the cake eating (or, more accurately, cake destroying, as was the case with my daughter).

I had an absolute blast photographing her first glorious taste(s) of cake. And although I was busy with the party, I did make an effort to follow some of the party photographing guidelines I outlined in my previous post, particularly some of the party details and “after” shots. I figured, I took the time to hang decorations — I better photograph them!