| Jamie + Mike | Married! |

Today, I get to share Jamie & Mike’s wedding (album) with you all! I cannot tell you how much I loved working with these two. You might remember their super fun SNOW engagement/family session… well their wedding day was quite the opposite weather-wise but still full of even more fun and love. These two got the perfect sunny spring day (which was good since their ceremony was outside at the beautiful Fletcher Park Pavilion.

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Ceremony: Fletcher Park Pavillion

Reception: Mt. Zion Convention Center

 

 

| Ashley + Nathan | SURPRISE We’re Married! |

I’m so excited today to share a little secret I’ve been holding onto! These two Decatur love birds are not only engaged but as of this past weekend they are MARRIED! While it will be just a bit before all their wedding images are ready to share with you (check our facebook/instagram for a sneak peek).

These two planned an intimate ceremony in Chicago (on a boat!) and a couple months ago contacted me about creating some engagement images to celebrate this milestone. I’ve known and worked with Ashley through my work with the Avon Theater creating their annual staff portraits and I was thrilled when she called me to share the news and invite me to create their portraits. And you all know I was even more excited knowing Huck would be on session (I love people, but DOGS… well that’s just next level).

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Be sure to stay tuned in the coming weeks for a closer look at their big day too…. just a peek for now!

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| Alyssa + Corey | Engaged! |

I’m so excited to show off Alyssa and Corey’s engagement session today! This week’s blog post is a bit late due to us taking a little family vacation time for the fourth but it’s worth the wait because these two are just adorable and so sweet. I was lucky enough to meet Alyssa a year or so ago and was thrilled when she called me to tell me she was engaged and to setup a time to bring Corey by to chat about having me as a part of her wedding day.

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Choosing a wedding photographer can be overwhelming (just like choosing every other piece of your wedding day!) because it’s such a big event and your photographer is not only there with you all day (like right there, so you better like them) but they are also creating the images you have left from the day once everything else is over. So though Alyssa had worked with me before I encouraged her to explore the others she’d heard about too just to make sure I was the perfect fit for their day and we were both SO excited when she came up to my booth at the Decatur Bridal Expo to tell me to pull out the contract they were ready! Of course, I’m thrilled to be a part of their day and honored that, after doing some looking, they chose me and SJP. Now it’s game-on to make their wedding day and images as perfect as possible.

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I was really excited when she told me they wanted to personalize their engagement session a bit by bringing along Corey’s stunning el camino and to add a little of their personality with a campfire feel (and luckily our fire pit fit in my car!).

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Be sure to stay tuned for a look at their big day this fall. <3

| Amanda + James Wrigley Wedding Album | Decatur IL Wedding Photography |

I’m so excited to show off Amanda & James’ lovely wedding with you all today. I met Amanda and her momma at the Decatur Bridal Expo this year and they are both the sweetest people that I was so excited when they decided to book Amanda’s wedding there on the spot.

And these guys planned a beautiful wedding day! Often brides approach me with a bit of concern if they don’t want the whole shebang, sun up to sundown coverage of their wedding day. But I actually love the change of pace when I get to customize our wedding coverage to cover just what a couple loves most. Amanda knew she wanted the important portraits on her day with all the people most important to her and James but didn’t want to be on camera all day long. So we did just that… we scheduled just a few hours of coverage to create these portraits, capture their ceremony and spend a bit of time with her and James solo. And our timing was perfect… just as it started to rain we were finished and done and they were off to relax and party the night away.

Below is the final product from their special day and she’ll be picking up her album to show and share in person very very soon!

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Ceremony: Crosspointe Community Church

Portraits: Scovill Park

 

| Wedding Album Design | Decatur IL Photographer |

You might remember last month that I highlighted a past client of mine and the recent first year album we’d created for them. The Stewarts were long-time clients but the distance when they moved to Arkansas made it pretty impossible for us to continue to do their milestone portraits for their second son but it did not stop us from creating one of our signature products for them!

But, you may not know that you don’t have to be a PAST client of Sarah Jane Photography to take advantage of our awesome product line and custom-designed products! Nope, you don’t have to have ever had a session here. While these days many clients want digital images (me too, with our own family portraits) often you find that after having them for awhile all those good intentions to print, hang and share them haven’t actually happened (me too – I STILL haven’t designed our own wedding album!). But not to worry, I can take all that off your to do list and work with you to create beautiful wall art galleries for your homes, from one or a decades worth of sessions and we can even create the wedding album of your dreams.

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Which is exactly what I just did for this lovely couple. And what’s even better, this wedding album was a SURPRISE anniversary gift from the bride’s momma (how thoughtful and creative is that?!?!).

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Click through below to see their FULL album design!

Plus, tune in soon and I’ll show you how we can even upcycle OLD family canvases on the wall into anchor pieces for your wall gallery – especially if you don’t like the images anymore.

 

*** NOTE: No images in this post were created by Sarah Jane Photography. All designs by  and © Sarah Jane Photography. Original photographer is unknown to us but retains all image copyrights. Post is intended only to share designs.