fall portraits

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018

| Beauford | Decatur IL Pet Photographer | Basset Hound |

Hold on to your britches guys because today I have some major four legged cuteness on the blog for you today! I met Beauford and his momma for our fall Limited Edition session date this past fall and not only is he the sweetest pup but he brought his model A-game to the session.

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I love our Limited Edition session events for pet portraits since they are so quick and simple. I’ve never encountered a pet who was up for posing for an hour but a quick 15 minutes, no problem.

We’ve already got dates set for our 2018 Limited Edition sessions and you can book online HERE or by calling/emailing us at 217.330.7012 or mail@sjanephotography.com.

March 21, 2017March 23, 2017

| Halle L | Central IL Senior Portraits |

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I’m thrilled today to show off Halle! The way Halle found me for her senior portraits is a bit of a funny story. She’s gotten a recommendation from a friend to check out ‘Sarah Jane’ and had done a quick web search and found me. She liked what she saw and promptly got in contact to book. It was only once I’d gotten her booked for her consultation and sent directions that she noticed I was in Oreana… turns out the ‘Sarah Jane’ her friend had referred was in her own town but by the time we’d all figured out that I actually wasn’t the right Sarah Jane we’d met and both gotten excited about working together. I’m happy to say (obviously) Halle was actually excited about the mix up and the ability to get images very different from her peers by coming down here to Decatur for her session!

A few hundred miles didn’t stand in the way of her SJP portrait experience and I have SO loved working with her and her mom. I swear the were the most fun on session and their relationship reminds me so much of my momma and I that it was a real treat for me to be a part of their portrait experience.

Wherever you’re located the SJP Portrait Experience is perfect for YOU! I routinely book sessions in St. Louis and Central Missouri as I travel there often but I’m also available for travel worldwide with dates set in 2017 for travel to Kansas City and Knoxville, Tennessee! Contact us soon to book your destination session OR to travel here to do what Halle did and let us create something no one else in your high school will have.

Don’t forget to pop over to Halle’s facebook album to give her some love with your likes & comments and stay tuned to our Instagram (@sjanephotography) feed to see more!

March 16, 2017March 17, 2017

| Lauren A | Decatur IL Senior Class of 2017 Portraits |

Today is Lauren’s day in the spotlight! I had so much fun hanging out with Lauren and her momma on session. This gal is the youngest in her family so the ’empty nest’ days are creeping up fast for this family and we wanted to make sure and soak up the entire experience for Lauren.

We spent a little time downtown to create a few ‘grungy’ looks which seemed especially fitting for her volleyball portraits. After that we worked in some time at Forsyth park to get a bit of a wild nature/field look which was a perfect contrast to my favorite location for her session, her home. Lauren’s family home is on a gorgeous tree-lined lane which couldn’t be more picturesque. Plus, with a backyard landscape fit for a wedding (her sister got married in their backyard, how cool is that) it was a perfect setting for some of her portraits as well. And having part of the session at her home made it very easy to fit in a few props (pumpkins and mums) to create a fall look and her adorable kitty!

I’m working on finishing up her album in the coming days and am so excited to now show you all her favorite images from her session.
Be sure to head over to her Facebook Album to give her some love with your likes/comments and don’t forget you can still apply for the best senior portrait experience as a VIP Senior Model HERE!

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017

| Andrew + Abbey | Fall Engagement Portraits Decatur IL |

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Bonus Friday POST!!! I’m so ready to show off Abbey & Andrew to you guys that I couldn’t wait until next Tuesday for the usual post. These two were referred over by the Beasley’s and I’m so glad they were. We had a great time on quite a chilly fall day creating engagement portraits for them.

While I like what we created for them downtown (especially love that they showed up with Coffee Connection coffee in hand!) I absolutely love what we found/created down at Lake Decatur. Believe it or not we found all this lovely fall color at their DECEMBER session.

Check out how perfectly these two coordinated their outfits… heck even her eyes match it!

Since I knew when we pulled into the parking lot that the best color I saw was at the top of this very steep hill, I decided to make the best of that climb up and try something a little out of the box with a little silhouette image.

You can head over to their Facebook Album to give them some love with your likes/comments.

January 13, 2017January 11, 2017

| Lucas | 1 Month Old Portraits | Jefferson City MO |

BONUS Friday post! And what better way to end your week (before a cold/icy weekend) than with cuddly baby photos?!?!

Being a single momma has to be one of the toughest jobs on the planet and the ladies who are raising their little ones solo are some of the strongest, smartest, most loving and hard-working people I’ve met. But though they want/love/cherish photographs of their perfect little ones it’s often something they have to do without so they can provide the other more-essential items.

Well I was lucky enough to be able to gift this lovely new momma and her little man Lucas a session while I was back home in Missouri this fall. And in 2017 I’m excited to be working on a project to gift other single moms family portraits… the project is just in the beginning stages but I will be planning something around early August in memory of my own momma (stay tuned I hope we are able to create something really special!).

If you follow me on instagram (@sjanephotography) you may remember seeing some behind the scenes from this session. Knowing we were shooting on a cool morning and on location (since I was just passing through Missouri for the day) I decided to crank the heat in the car and create a little studio spot right there! This is definitely my first time in over 12 years of work that I’ve shot in my trunk but it worked out great and we were able to keep Lucas warm and comfy!