{"id":5290,"date":"2012-04-18T17:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T03:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2012-04-16T17:07:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T03:07:16","slug":"one-year-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennispeedphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/one-year-older\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Older"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Ethan had a birthday turning 9. I took him on a special outing… for his own photoshoot. We styled his photoshoot to be the most fun for HIM. He wanted to be a ninja! In fact, he wanted to create his own ninja poster starring himself to hang up in his room. So we did! <\/p>\n

The one on one photo sessions with my kids have become some of my favorite times with them. It’s a time where we can just be silly and take pictures the way they want to. Since I only do this once a year, they have a lot of fun with it…and as a bonus, they have a great attitude about taking pictures in general! (In fact, after seeing his brother’s photos, my 5-year-old was begging me to take his pictures too! Although I think he just wants a cool ninja poster.)<\/p>\n

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Ethan was all about jumping in puddles and off cliffs.
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During this time I was mentoring a Kalaheo High School photography student. Precious came along with me on a few photo sessions including this one. Here’s a fun behind the scenes shot of Precious practicing her skills with Ethan.
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\nI love how happy Ethan is in all of his pictures! I know I’ve done something right if my own son has a great time.
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\n…and here comes the black ninja!
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\nEthan was so proud of his tattoos. We can thank grandma for sending those…always a big hit with the kiddos, but not so much with me.
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\nBelow is the “before” & “after” image we chose to make into Ethan’s ninja poster. We had some fun adding special effects.
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