| Kylie + Ryan | Decatur, IL Wedding | Sarah Jane Photography |

Working with Kylie and Ryan (and Kylie’s momma, Pam) was a blast! Kylie is the absolute sweetest and I was so happy when she decided to invite us to share her big day with her and I was even more excited to see some familiar faces at her wedding day with past clients being guests and even in the bridal party.

These guys braved the snow for their engagement session with two of their three gorgeous dogs (you all know I LOVE LOVE LOVE when clients bring their fur babies!!). And these two beautiful pups got their model faces on for session day.

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Their wedding day was perfect starting at GT Church for a ceremony that had everything you dream of including beautiful music, great laughs and a few happy tears too. Pastor Matt Samuels did a fantastic job and his personal happiness for these two was absolutely infectiouwedding, photos, pics, bride, bridesmaids, pink bridesmaid gowns, wedding day prep, wedding photographer, decatur il,  professional photographer, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day,wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, black and white photography, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, wedding ideas, inside wedding, flowers, wedding invitations, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, wedding kiss, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, couple pics, decatur il, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding,  first kiss picture, gt chruch,wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, wedding day, wedding, photos, pics, professional photographer, couples, love, sjp, Sarah Jane Photography, bride, groom, wedding day, GT church, bridal party, outdoor wedding, wedding cake picture, wedding decor, wedding decor photos, wedding decor ideas,

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And we finished their day at the always beautiful Hickory Point Golf course with some images outside and then a beautiful country-chic reception inside.

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| Burns Family Portraits | Decatur IL Family Photographer |

Are you guys ready to see two absolutely adorable little boys and their family?!?! I’m so excited that it’s time to share the Burn’s family portraits with you. Dana won one of our auction packages recently and she was so excited for some sunset portraits and though clouds literally rained on our parade the first day we had her set we were able to get her in one a beautiful evening at the Scovill Zoo.

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You’ll be able to see more from their session and give them some love on our Facebook Page too!

| 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.

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You’ll be able to see even more portraits from the Winhotz session on our Facebook Page soon!

| Starr | Newborn Portraits | Sarah Jane Photography | Jefferson City, MO |

So one of my most favorite things about my job is getting to share in huge milestone moments in my clients lives and getting to watch their families grow and change over the years. I went to high school with Pam and a few years ago her and Doug road tripped it up here to Decatur to have me create their engagement portraits (seriously humbling to have someone willing to drive 4+ hours for me to create their images!). I then had the chance to photograph their beautiful wedding in my home town of Jefferson City, MO and got to do what I don’t get to often and that’s photograph on the capital steps (where I shot some of my very first portraits when starting my business in high school).

Anyways…… fast forward to now and this lovely couple now has an absolutely adorable little boy! And once again I’ve had the honor to photograph a huge milestone in their lives (like HUGE… I totally get this now that we have #babyB in our lives). These two will make fabulous parents and I cannot wait to cuddle this little angel at 4, 8, 12 months and then again for his second birthday (it’s already in the books ya’ll, it’s happening!).

So without further adieu about about we see some newborn cuteness?!?!

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| Jen & Mike | Central Illinois Wedding | Decatur Country Club Reception | Sarah Jane Photography |

Jen & Mike had a BEAUTIFUL wedding day, getting married at St. John’s Lutheran Church here in Decatur with their wedding reception at the gorgeous Decatur Country Club. We could not have asked for more perfect weather and as you can see they are an absolutely adorable couple.

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Well even if I did waddle a bit I was thrilled to be able to capture this couple’s special day! Here are some of our favorites….

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