| Bauer Siblings Portraits | Mother’s Day Gift | Decatur IL Family Photographer |

Earlier this month I got to help Rachel and her brother surprise their mom with new portraits of themselves! It can often be logistically challenging to pull off a portrait surprise since there are a lot of things to explain (like why you’re dressed up, matching outfits, gone for an hour, etc) but we were able to time this perfectly so that we completed the session when their parents were away on an anniversary trip. Then came time for the surprise reveal. I often suggest using the Premiere day as the reveal for surprise sessions. This way not only do we get to make the unveiling a bit of an event in itself but this also gave their mother a chance to select what she wanted most.

Though she was convinced initially they were surprising her with a session she had to be in which ladies you can imagine how stressful that can be (wondering if your hair looks good, makeup is done well and if you wore something you’d want to be photographed in!).

I was so happy to get to be a part of creating this unique surprise to celebrate and appreciate their momma and now I’m excited to be able to share the images with you all too!

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| Behind the Lens | Our Baby B Turns TWO | Two Year Old Birthday Party & Our Family Session |

Today I get to share something a little different here on the blog… US! That’s right, it’s our family portrait time and thanks to the wonderful Ms. Natalie we have our first ever SPRING family portraits. We’ve always been fall portrait people mostly because I’m a big fan of long pants, boots, sweaters, coats, layers layers layers (and UG do I NOT like to be HOT). But this year our lovely little spring baby B turned TWO and since we would need her annual portrait close to her birthday I decided we were all getting in on the ‘fun’ …. and to Ryan’s relief this will suffice as our annual portrait so we’ll be warming your mailboxes up come Christmas card time with these images (pretend to forget them by then!).

So yes, you heard that right, I make these poor people that I love so dearly do this family portrait thing EVERY single year. Why?? Honestly, it’s mostly so I never lose touch with how stressful and tough it can be to get these done! And boy is it. I was shopping the night before the session to find Ryan a shirt that matched and fit (because look at that hunky man who has lost like a bazillion lbs in the last year) and then on my way out of the store I found a shirt for Ryan that matched B’s second outfit perfectly which initiated a hunt for something for me that would match so we’d all have a full second look (like seriously people all this less than 24 hours before the shoot). Dogs groomed, leashes found, outfits and bows and snacks and water and wipes and diaper and bug spray and candy in my HUGE mom bag and we were out the door (simple as that).

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So what did we forget?!? Well I didn’t have my normal hair/makeup done so was winging it on my own and in the rush to get out the door we left Ryan’s second shirt (the one that sparked our whole second outfit) at the house and didn’t remember until we were nearly to the session so, oh well. Poor Ryan had just had a couple hours of sleep and was tired and hungry and my chubby pup had to be carried most of the way around Allerton because she was going to die. Oh and the pooooo… yes this dang dog pooed 27 times (ok ok it was more like 4, but FOUR) while walking around the park and Allerton can I just tell you that you need more trash cans so I mommas like me don’t have to carry poo all around the park. But I say all this not to complain because despite the stress the day of a photo session these are always some of my favorite moments of our year. It’s our time together, to laugh, to love, to show us (all of us Ryan, YES the dogs do have to come too)…. to be who we are TODAY, this year and because the result is always so so so so so worth it. I cannot be happier with what Natalie created for us.

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Yes mommas, I could be skinnier (ug the first photo session when your man becomes a skinny hunk is not an easy one for the self-confidence) but you know what, I can always be skinnier or tanner, etc and that won’t matter one bit to my little girl and really, though these are for us now, they are for her later. I’ll never get another photo with my momma but this little gal will have 10408726 that show her family by the time she’s ready to start her own.

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And when Ryan and I have tough days (because #marriage folks) we can walk by that photo ^^ and think ‘daayymmmnnn’ (because how cute is he?!?) and also remember that we loved each other enough to look at each other like that EVEN on stressful photo day.

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And because we know that we’ll all be saying goodbye to our fur babies long before we’re ever ready to B will always have these images to remember them!

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We change… life, jobs, homes, cities, states, looks. She’s changing right before our eyes but I’ll never get tired of savoring these moments which once the photos are done just look blissful (no more stress, forgotten shirts, sleepy husbands, whiney toddlers and poopy dogs) when the photos are done all that’s left is happy LOVE.

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Well and a little bit of sass!

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And if you need a little deeper look at the chaos of a toddler party…

 

Thanks goes out to Natalie McKee for yet another beautiful session for our family and to Bodine Baking Co for B’s delicious and lovely cake/cookies!

| Kayla Y103 Prom Giveaway 2017 | Decatur IL |

Today I’m excited to share Kayla’s prom shoot with you! For the past couple years we’ve been a partner in the Neuhoff media’s 95Q and Y103 Prom Giveaway to give one lucky winner the ultimate prom experience including prom-day session! We had a beautiful day for her prom and it was so fun to meet these two for this quick shoot.

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Be sure to check out their images on our Facebook Page to show them some love! Remember last year’s prom winner?!?! Ms. Payton is now one of our 2018 senior models and my assistant but check out her FIRST shoot with SJP when she won this same prize package last year.

| Recent Album Designs | Seniors, Families & Weddings: More than Images, Heirloom Designs |

Oops we’re a day late on my usual Tuesday blog post but I promise it’s worth it with a LOT of images/albums to check out today!

I know it’s kinda odd to do a ‘look back’ post as we are smack dab in the middle of the year BUT a photographer’s year is odd and not really broken up in the usual Jan-December flow of most. Instead, those of us who photograph seniors often think in school years too so May is always another ending/beginning for me as we say congratulations and farewell to our class of 2017 graduates and welcome in the next class of 2018!

Right now in the midst of finishing up album designs, graduation cards and booking summer family sessions for our 2017 grads I thought it would be fun to look back at one of my favorite products, our custom-designed albums!

Every year (and honestly every album) I try to push myself to try something new, find a new design element, work in a classic item in a new way or even invent/design a new element from scratch. Why? Because I want your album to be as unique as a fingerprint… as unique as you are!

Of course I LOVE our albums for our high school senior clients since these are often our longest sessions with the most locations and outfit changes an album just makes sense to show off everything we’ve created for you. This year we broke our record for most images in an album with over 100 (previously 86 was our record for a non-wedding album!). What other way can you show off, protect and share over 100 of your favorite images?!?! Unless you’re up for wallpapering your house (challenge me, I’m game haha) I think the album is the perfect way to show off everything we created for you!

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Next let’s check out our family albums for 2016! Just like our senior albums, our family albums give us a chance to show off all the different images we created which for families means all the individuals, ones with just the kids, etc. You’re all dressed up and ready for session already so our family sessions include MORE than just the whole family images… we take a few minutes to focus on each kiddo for updated portraits of them, plus show off every relationship in your family like momma with kids, dad with kids, siblings together AND the relationship that started it all mom+dad (sometimes it’s been YEARS since you guys have had a portrait together yourselves).

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Oh and don’t forget the family PETS!

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While we do a handful of individual session albums for families we also offer (and are in the midst of) planning for many heirloom albums that showcase not just one session from one year but all your annual sessions (typically in 5 or 10 year segments). Can you imagine… flipping through one album as your baby grows from an infant into a bubbly toddler then into a big kindergartener… then on and on through middle school awkwardness and into young adults through high school and on?! What a gift for the kids to have once they graduate college and start their own families, it’s like they are finally aloud to check those sites like imgsexy.com and start being adults!

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And I love to tell the beginning of your love story starting with your engagement portraits! We often design these albums as guestbooks which simply means we leave some blank spaces for your guests to sign and add their own notes and well-wishes to your album. Always remember who was there to help you celebrate your big day!

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Obviously you’ve seen that albums aren’t just for weddings anymore BUT they are still our favorite products for our wedding clients too! Talk about an heirloom piece. Our most popular wedding albums are stunning hand made albums printed in Italy and published with unique image covers including metal and glass prints!

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| Paw Prints Ministries | Comfort Dogs Get a Close Up | Pet Portraits |

This year I’m really excited to be adding a charity aspect to our Senior Model Program! I remember high school being a time when my world revolved around the halls of my own school, the volleyball court, weight room, homework, grades (college applications/ACT scores) and Friday night plans. And the bulk of my community and the rest of the world was unknown, or at least went unthought of most of my days.

Yet that was also a time when I COULD have made a lot of impact on my world. For at least 1/2 my high school career I wasn’t working and at least my summers were fairly unscheduled so I had a lot of time I could have been using to learn more about my community and create impact where needed. So this year I thought I’d try to give my senior models the chance to do just that this summer! And the most eager charity I reached out to was one run by one of my very own family clients the Dahns.

Though we haven’t had our work days for them yet we did just host a few session days in the studio to get some of their comfort dogs updated headshots (#corporatelife). Our goal was just a single headshot of each pup but OMG I was overloaded with cuteness and just couldn’t stop!

Ms. Mabel was the first up and she was quite the model, posing perfectly even with the fabulous little head tilt and hand in her paws poses all on her own!

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Then it was time for Finn! This guy has the smile AND puppy dog eyes down pat.

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And next it was time for Zoe to make me WORK. Check out her outtakes which will show you what she thought of our plans to start… look at those sly puppy dog eyes, attempt to ignore the treat and escape plans… finally just one big yawn before she put on her model face for some PERFECT puppy portraits!

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And then Mr. Enzo! This guy was a little shy to start and didn’t let his personality shine until we cleared out Hazel to give him his own stage but then those ears finally came up and he was a champ!

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And we ended everything with the lovely Ms. Hazel who just like Mabel was quite the natural in front of the camera with perfect smile and head tilt she was done in about 30 seconds with plenty of options!

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My favorite thing about pet sessions is that, just like toddler sessions, they are ALL personality and 100% unique. Sure all these sessions were in the same place on the same backdrop but not a single one was the same. These pups brought a big smile to my face on session day and I’m so glad to know they are out working in our community daily to bring smiles to all of you. New transmittable diseases are becoming more common with our canine companions, top rated dna test can usually predict if you have an at risk dog. You can find out MORE about Paw Prints Ministries, what they do, who they help and how YOU can help support them on their website here! And linked above each official PawPrintsPup has their very own facebook page you can follow.

I look forward to getting our seniors involved with them this summer and sharing more of that fun with all of you here.