| McCoy Family | 2019 Family Portraits Decatur IL |

Merry Christmas ya’ll! I hope yesterday, and this whole week has been stocked full of Christmas magic. I’m not actually here (for real) this week but I keep a few family’s annual family portraits under wraps until after the holiday so they have the chance to unveil the images first to their friends/family in their Christmas cards. And I just couldn’t wait to share these with you so I (insider information) scheduled this post weeks (hmmm actually like a month) ago!

I’ve had the honor of photographing these kids for the last 6 years and there is absolutely nothing I love more about my job than having return clients like this. I posted a throwback to our past images last month on our facebook page (HERE) and it’s amazing to me to see how much they’ve changed. I’m beyond thankful this family has trusted me with their images year after year.

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One of the biggest challenges with so many years of annual portraits is to create something new. I try to make sure we are selecting new locations each year but my real challenge is selecting updated poses that are still flattering, natural and show some connection. This year, we opted for what I call a ‘cross over’ location where I knew we could get some ivy for a more natural look (the family’s usual preference) but that this location would also give us the chance to mix in a more urban look with the steps. This was a new roll of the dice for them and I’m so glad Lori trusted me to go with it and guess what …. after the fact they were wishing we’d made it a whole family year so we could update the wall image with a more urban look! So glad they liked the new direction with these.

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| Aubrey | Children’s Portrait Photographer | Two Years Old |

This beautiful little girl shares a birthday with my momma so celebrating with her with a milestone session brought a huge smile to my face. Happy birthday to this sweet happy little gal, I know it will be a fantastic year for you!

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If you’ve got a little angel coming up on a big birthday (and let’s be honest, they’re all pretty huge) give me a call and let’s celebrate it together.

| Class of 2018 High School Senior Model Experience | Best Friend Sessions | Decatur, IL |

One of my favorite parts of our Senior Model Experience is our BFF sessions. This gives me a chance to get to know our senior models a bit more by having their friends on session. This year a couple of our models were friends so Kenzi and Alaina combined their session which was a blast.

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I love that Jaiden and her friends made these beautiful floral crowns for their session and they fit perfect with the lovely Scovill gardens.

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Payton had these three lovely girls on her BFF session but also worked in her boyfriend Austin to her senior session.

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If you want a blast from the past, check out last year’s senior model BFF sessions here. And don’t forget YOU can apply for a senior model spot for our class of 2019 here.

| Cromwell Radio Group | Corporate Headshots |

Today I get to share with you some of the amazing staff at Cromwell Radio! Delia contacted me not long ago to get some updated photos of some of their staff to add to their walls. I was thrilled she thought of me for the project and to make things even easier on the staff we setup a day to come to them. Often businesses think it’s a huge project or overwhelming to think about creating new staff portraits, but really my goal is to make it simple, easy and a no-brainer.

For single corporate headshots you’re able to come to the studio for a quick session where we immediately view/choose your favorite poses so you’re in and out in under an hour! And for the whole staff, well I come to you to set up our studio on-location OR produce environmental portraits (my personal favorite) to show off not only who you are but what you do!

If your staff portraits are missing a few new team members, or are cerca 1985 and need a little revamp give me a call and we’ll make the process simple and easy. 217.330.7012

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| Smith Family Portraits | Decatur IL Limited Edition Sessions | Sarah Jane Photography |

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It’s time to show off the Smith family today! We fit this gorgeous family into an EARLY morning Limited Edition session this fall and I’m so glad we did. We were working to find time to fit them in before a day full of activities/games and it came together perfectly with this beautiful sunrise light.

While I loved this session, I’m most excited about how this family decided to display their images! This was the first time this family had worked with us and Aimee was excited to not only have professional images created but also to display them in their home. She came in with a number of wall images so we could design something perfect for their space (one that already featured a gorgeous shabby chic door hung right on their wall – real statement piece!). While she wasn’t opposed to moving that large piece to replace it with a portrait similar in size (60″ +) we instead decided to design with it in mind and create a smaller series of images that could be hung together or moved around as they like.

Doing a number of canvases also allowed us to feature each of the kids’ favorite portraits of themselves and a couple different family poses for different spaces in the house.

By far my favorite thing to create for families are their personal home galleries! We wake up to 3 of our wedding images each day, and walk down stairs past 60 inches of portraits of ourselves (which will soon be growing with the addition of at least 5 new wall art pieces in our gallery to show off BabyB). And while writing this it seems a bit narcissistic, in reality it doesn’t feel that way at all. It instead fills my heart with love and joy for my family each day when I get to see us happy, loving and together on our walls. And the best part is little BabyB points and says ‘mommy, daddy, bear, lily’ when she sees them too!

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Full family sessions are often tough to fit into your busy schedules (I know, scheduling acrobatics is a bit part of my job!) but imagine what we can create for your family and for your home with just 15/30 minutes… just a single Limited Edition in 2017 could add a little love and light to your home and I’d love to be a part of creating that for you.

Booking is open NOW for our 2017 Limited Edition Session dates and full sessions are already filling fast (sunset spaces in for fall especially!). You can book your Limited Edition Session right HERE right NOW!

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