If you&#8217;re looking for someone to tell the story of your child&#8217;s big day, you definitely need a documentary birthday party photographer!
When it comes to birthday parties, you&#8217;ve spent countless hours planning. You have the decorations chosen and prepped with love. Your friends and family have gathered &#8211; sometimes traveling from far away. You&#8217;re ready to celebrate! What better gift to give yourself than to have a professional photographer there to capture every detail and all of the moments?!
You should be able to enjoy the party. And to have plenty of photos to look back on so you can remember it. So I&#8217;ll do my best to capture all of it: the special details, the little moments, and the big events (cake smash!). Speaking of cake smash &#8211; be sure to scroll all the way down to see how much fun this sweet girl had demolishing her cake. Spoiler alert: she had a blast! Loved this fun Cookie Monster theme and all of the fun cookie details! The kiddos loved the cookies too. 🙂
Check out their <a href="https://stacietatum.com/blog/day-in-the-life-photographer/">Day in the Life session</a> when the birthday girl was 5 months old. She&#8217;s changed a lot since then!
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She&#8217;s so proud of herself and her skills! 
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It&#8217;s hard to wait for cookies when there are a whole bunch of them sitting in front of you begging to be eaten 😀 
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The kids were all reeeaaalllly excited about these cookies! 
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Sometimes kids just aren&#8217;t into the smash cake. Either they just don&#8217;t care for it or there are too many people watching. But she LOVED hers! As you can clearly see. 😀 
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So happy! 
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If you&#8217;re looking for a documentary birthday party photographer to tell the story of your little one&#8217;s special day, please <a href="https://stacietatum.com/contact/">reach out</a>!
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Documentary Birthday Party Photographer | Cookie Monster!