Aren’t they gorgeous! I spent last Saturday with the lovely Warrensburg-Latham High School students all dolled up for PROM!
| Winholtz Family | Decatur Illinois Family Portraits at Imboden Gardens |
I was so excited when Sharon called me to talk about creating portraits for her WHOLE family! All three of her kids came in to visit (the farthest one from Colorado!) for Easter weekend which gave us the perfect opportunity to schedule their family session and to make things easier on Grandma we came to her at Imboden Gardens which gave us a beautiful background for photos and a quick easy stop for her. As I work on finishing up their order I wanted to share a few of our favorites with you.
You’ll be able to see even more portraits from the Winhotz session on our Facebook Page soon!
| Introducing the Class of 2017 High School Senior Models | Decatur, IL |
Our senior model team this year is AMAZING!!!! These guys braved 40-50mph wind gusts on our group session day and all looked stellar. I have to tell you a little behind the scenes secret about this group image…. I got inspired when I saw these gold letters and though I’m usually all about the black/white/silver look I decided to go outside my usual go to colors and get all these to create this group image. (Plus, all the models got their own initial in their swag bags!
So… game time – on session day, creating this image I was SOOO worried that we would spell SENIORS wrong because getting 7 people to hold 10 letters was logistically challenging. So we checked, and rechecked and got it RIGHT! You know what we didn’t get right?!?!?!?! SJP, for real! So you’re looking right now and it looks great right?! Yes, ’tis the magic of Photoshop, my friends. Now scroll down……… AHHHHHH I couldn’t believe it! But no sweat, that’s why God made Photoshop.
Well now that you’ve seen what when WRONG on the model session, take a look at all that went RIGHT…..
JORDAN | MacArthur
Who’s your hero? My hero is the rapper G eazy, because I never seen someone work as hard for success as him.
What’s your favorite thing to do? My favorite thing to do is go long boarding.
What do you want to do when you grow up? I hope that when I get older, I become a special education teacher.
ABBY | Central A & M
Who’s your hero? My hero is Peyton McVey, she’s the coolest 3rd grader I know! She inspires me to be the best person that I can be, and for that, and several other reasons, she is my hero.
What will you miss most about high school? When I leave high school, I will miss being a part of FFA and being a part of my sports families. I’ll miss hearing my name being announced for the starting lineup for volleyball and walking down the hallways with my small class of 60 students.
Why did you choose SJP? I chose SJP for my senior pictures, because I had seen the work Sarah had done and I was amazed! After I got to meet with her, I knew that I had made the right decision!
EMILY | Central A & M
What does your DREAM life look like? In my dream life, I am living in North Carolina on the beach with my husband and children. I own my own dance studio, and teach dance at a performing arts high school. Because of my work schedule, my family is always able to take a summer vacation as well as come back to Illinois to visit family.
Why did you choose SJP? I chose to have my senior pictures taken by Sarah Jane, and each moment I’m with her I become more and more confident in my decision. She came with multiple high recommendations from friends and peers, and while stalking her Facebook and Instagram, I fell in love with all the pictures and the way she truly captured the personality of each individual.
ABBY | LSA
KAITLIN | Central A & M
KAYLE | Mt. Zion
What will you miss most about high school? High school is a time where you discover who you are! You meet new people. You gain friends, loose friends, fall in love, really find yourself and make memories that will last a lifetime. Soon enough I will be at my last Friday night football game, last homecoming and prom, it will be the last time I eat lunch in the cafeteria with my friends, soon I will be closing my locker and walking away with people I’ve watched over the years and made millions of memories with. I will soon be lining up in alphabetical order one last time in cap and gown with the people I have spent my whole life with. Some I will never see again and some maybe never even hear about. That is what I will miss most about high school! I will miss late night talks with my best friends! I will miss the lifelong bonds I have made with my wonderful teachers, miss high school traditions and most of all making memories with great people!
JORDAN | Maroa-Forsyth
I’m so so excited to have you all on the SJP Model Team this year and cannot wait to finish creating your one-of-a-kind senior portraits!!! 
| Alex | Warrensburg-Latham High School Class of 2016 Senior |
This time of year is always bitter sweet for me! As I get excited to say hello to a new class of seniors, I get nostalgic looking back at the previous class and as we finalize things like graduation cards and such it’s a reminder that their families are all about to send their ‘babies’ out into the world.
Alex, is one of my last few class of 2016 seniors and I’m excited to show you some of our favorite images from his session. I love that as we started Alex’s Premiere his lovely momma mentioned ‘I think I like him smiling best.’ and ‘I’ll likely only do 1-2 black and whites.’ Well as we were finishing up I pointed out that we had quite a few black and whites and many with Alex not smiling. I just wanted to be sure she noticed and was 100% pleased with her choices and she absolutely was! That’s one of the many reasons we walk through the Premiere viewings with our clients together AND take a variety of poses and expressions on the session because choosing what you like or want BEFORE seeing the images is hard and often, the images change your mind.
It’s always fun for me to see which images my clients fall in love with and I think Marianne did a great job selecting these!
You’ll be able to see a few more from Alex’s session on our Facebook Page soon!
Dominick | Cerro Gordo Senior Class of 2016 | Senior Guys!
You might remember seeing Haylei around the SJP blog a few times, well this year it was her brother’s turn! He’s a SENIOR and is about to graduate from Cerro Gordo High School and I was thrilled when Candy called me to get him on the schedule.
I love working with this family and have never had the opportunity to photograph Dominick yet so I was excited to give him a little time in the spotlight (of course we worked Haylei in for an image or two with her big brother too!).
Here are a few favorites from his session and you can see even more on our Facebook Page here!
