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January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

| Miller Annual Family Portraits | Fall Limited Edition Sessions | Decatur IL |

Today is the day for me to share this beautiful family with you! Each year I test my patience by keeping their photos underwraps until after the holidays so I don’t ruin any mailbox surprises for their friends and family. So now it’s time that I get to show off their updated images and I swear they just get cuter and cuter every single year. Believe it or not, I’ve photographed this family since Grant was a tiny little baby (ahhhhh they are SO big!).

As you can imagine with years of sessions in Illinois they’ve had their fair share of interesting weather conditions but this year was a first for us having their session scheduled on a day where RAIN was on the menu. Becky totally put her faith in me to move forward with the session even with the dodgy forecast and though I got to look amazing in a huge poncho I’m so glad we went ahead with their session as I love the location and the unique look we got for them. Giving my annual families something different each year is something I really challenge myself to do and I think we were successful this year for sure!

December 27, 2018December 19, 2018

| Haley | Senior Class of 2019 Model Portraits | Decatur IL |

I’m so excited to show off Haley on the blog today. This is her full album design which was a really fun one to create. Albums are still my favorite products since they let us show of soo much of your session with dozens (if not hundreds sometimes) of your images all in one practical easy to keep and share product. Plus, with copy albums available for 40% off you can not only select one for mom and dad to keep but seniors can have one themselves, even grandma and grandpa can get a keepsake to celebrate senior year.

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Believe it or not the time for the class of 2020 is now here! Model applications are now available at sjanephotography.com for both the class of 2020 and 2021. This year is going to be a huge year for SJP with a brand new studio that we’re so excited to share with these upcoming classes. You wont want to miss this!

December 25, 2018December 19, 2018

| Conn Family Portraits | Limited Edition Christmas Card Session | Decatur IL |

It seemed fitting today to share this beautiful family’s Christmas Cards with you! I had the honor to photograph Justin and Elizabeth’s wedding and have now created their Christmas cards for a couple years and I so love getting to see them again year after year. Our Limited Edition sessions were created for just this type of annual session. Often you may not need a full 45 minute – 2 hour session every single year. But your family is still growing, and changing and we want to highlight all those in-between years with you too. Those years between weddings, and graduations and family additions are just as important to us and to your family story. In just 15 minutes we can create a mix of images to showcase your family right now, in this moment.

We have 3 of our 4 limited edition session dates set for 2019, and one is coming up QUICK: Saturday 1/12, Saturday 1/14 and Saturday 11/16. Booking is available online at www.sjanephotography.com > BOOK NOW. It’s so easy to put off our sessions to tomorrow which turns into next year which I see turn into 5 or even 10 years. We’re here to help you make sure you don’t miss a moment.

December 20, 2018December 19, 2018

| Tarter Annual Fall Family Portraits | Decatur IL |

Today I get to share Payton’s family with you! “Ms. Payton” as she’s now referred to in our house since she’s started watching our little ones from time to time has been working with me for a few years now. She’s my ‘assistant’ but more of a jack of all trades here…. she assists in the office packaging up all your orders, dealing with ALL the huge piles of cardboard that comes with portrait orders and doing lots to keep the chaos of the office/studio reigned in. Plus, my toddler LOVES her so she not only helps in the office but she lends a hand with the home life as well being an extra hand with the girls.

I’ve now gotten to photograph her family a few times and this is I think my favorite sessions of theirs!

This year Payton got a new little pup, Grizzly so we included him in the session of course. <3

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December 18, 2018December 17, 2018

| Cassidy | Central A & M High School Class of 2019 Senior Portrait Model |

The lovely Ms. Cassidy’s time in the spotlight on the blog has arrived. She’s pretty used to the spotlight being quite the accomplished pageant gal. She was so much fun to photograph and we kicked things off before her senior session with a short pageant session for her Miss Teen of Illinois title… you might remember it (see it HERE).

We incorporated a few throwbacks into her session not only to her childhood (see the images of her as an adorable pigtail clad kiddo below) but also a throwback to her mother’s senior portraits. Her mom had a similar image to the one below taken on a purple backdrop so as a little surprise for her Cassidy wanted to do one image to recreate that.

We packed SO much into Cassidy’s session that we were racing the sunlight by this time of the evening and believe it or not it was nearly dark by this time so wanting to finish in the water and with the paint I got back in touch with my inner artist to throw some body paint all over while we both laughed. It was a pretty fun end to a great session for sure!

I’ve had so much fun with the class of 2019 and am so excited for what’s in store with the class of 2020/21 (especially with the first shoots at the NEW studio!). 2020/21 grads you can apply NOW to be a senior model at www.sjanephotoraphy.com!