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September 21, 2017September 22, 2017

| Kaitlyn | Warrensburg-Latham High School Senior Model Portraits | Decatur, IL |

Today I get to show, Kaitlyn! She’s our class of 2018 Warrensburg-Latham High School senior model and I cannot tell you how much I LOVE her style! She’s so eclectic that each outfit change gave us a brand new look and style to play with. Everything from casual and edgy to pretty and girly, it was so much fun and kept me on my creative toes.

After her first look session I knew Kaitlyn was someone I wanted to work with. She’s so sweet and was 100% comfortable in front of the camera and even in her 5 minute first look session she was able to work in two outfit variations with a cool jacket. I also loved her take on ‘little black dress’ look for our group model session. She found a way to work her personality into every theme session we had and really let that style shine during her own senior session (including a personal location)!

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We kicked off Kaitlyn’s senior session at the always beautiful Allerton Park and we had the perfect day and most fun of all is that Kaitlyn’s mom and dad joined in on the fun of session day and I always love that – it makes it such a fun experience!

To finish out her senior session we had a more local shoot-day including some time in the studio to create a few more classic looks (I love sports portraits in the studio) and then finished out that session at Millie & Bo’s Barkery because this gal bakes and decorates their adorable doggie cookies! And, of course, we had to get her very own adorable pooch in on the action. I just love his stoic look amongst all the toys, he’s not tempted folks!

See what Kaitlyn thought of her session:

Tell us about your experience about SJP. What did you like best? *	The great, creative ideas that Sarah has.
What would you tell a friend who was considering coming to SJP for their portraits? *	It is fun!! Sarah makes you feel like a model.
What made you choose SJP for your portraits?	I saw her work. We loved her creative, different portraits.
What could we have done differently to improve your portrait experience? *	Nothing to improve. It has been a great experience!
Please rate your Session Experience *	Perfectly Happy
Please rate the Product Selection & Quality *	Perfect
Please rate the Product Value *	Great Deal

September 19, 2017

| Angelina | Central A & M High School Senior Portraits | Class of 2018 |

Today I get to show off the lovely Angelina to you all. She’s quite the talent on the flute, and avid reader and poet and I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see huge amazing things from her in the future. One of my favorite things about Angelina’s session is how much of her family she worked into her session to honor her heritage. First you’ll see the absolutely beautiful music box that belonged to her grandmother..

And as a little surprise for her mother, a big disney fan, Angelina planned to work in all this memorabilia for a special image we unveiled to her mom for the first time at their Premiere!

And that cap, her grandfathers! Seriously, how cool is it that we worked all those bits of her history and family into her session. I just love it.

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Be sure to head over to Angelina’s facebook album to show her some love AND see her album design very soon.

September 14, 2017September 22, 2017

| Shelby | Argenta-Oreana High School Senior Model Portraits | Class of 2018 | Decatur, IL |

Today I get to show off all Shelby’s favorite images with you today. This lovely gal is one of our class of 2017 senior models and will be graduating from Argenta-Oreana High School this spring. She’s been a blast to have as part of our senior model program and I loved working with her to create her senior portraits.

We had some fun exploring a few new little pockets of the downtown area and though it was a little gusty we got some fun hair blowing images along with our usuals too!

Here’s what Shelby herself had to say about her SJP portrait experience:

Tell us about your experience about SJP. What did you like best? *	i loved all the options i got to have with my senior pictures. even though we got the shorter session i still loved it and i know the pictures will turn out great!
What would you tell a friend who was considering coming to SJP for their portraits? *	not to be upset about gettin he cheaper package (like i was) because it seems like no time at all, but the time was well used and it seems longer than it says it lasts.
What made you choose SJP for your portraits?	i loved the other pictures she had taken for families i know and other people i knew.
What could we have done differently to improve your portrait experience? *	i don’t think i would change anything! i loved everything. sarah is very sweet and very polite and patient.
Please rate your Session Experience *	Perfectly Happy
Please rate the Product Selection & Quality *	Perfect
Please rate the Product Value *	Great Deal

September 12, 2017September 8, 2017

| Allen Family | Annual Family Portraits | Summer Decatur, IL |

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I’ll be missing Melanie this year as we’ve worked together for the Warrensburg-Latham High School yearbook images for years now but she’s taken a great Librarian job in another district so I won’t be seeing as much of her as usual but wish her good luck in the new job.

I have had so much fun watching Savannah and Sophie grow up so much over the last few years. They have such unique personalities and I always look forward to what we create for them both individually and together. I sort of get excited to think about them flipping through these photos a decade or two from now seeing how much they changed every year.

And these three were SO sweet together. This may have been the first session I jumped WHILE shooting to get that smile on the left (thank God for image stabilization!). We knew going into the session we’d have to watch for forced smiles on Ethan so I had to up the silliness just a bit and worked perfectly!

And, of course, we had to round out the session with some individual combinations. Every family relationship is unique and I love to show not only the whole family but all the little micro relationships too.

I know this will be an exciting year for this family and I cannot wait to see them even more grown up next year!

September 7, 2017

| Rebekah | Miss Shelby County Fair 2017 | Pageant Headshots |

Guess what?!?! I’m so excited to show off the lovely Ms. Rebekah today in her new role as reigning Miss. Shelby County Fair 2017. You might remember Rebekah as one of our class of 2016 senior models and look at her now….

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I can’t wait to see the new adventures and endeavors that await her this year. Big congratulations Rebekah!