| Custom-Designed Portrait Albums | Seniors, Families, Newborns, Weddings, and MORE |

Whoa! You all know I LOVE our custom-designed albums and I’ve been designing away for these recent clients (with a stack of more to finish up this month too!). I wanted to take a second to show you some of what I’ve been designing recently.

I’m excited about the evolution of my style especially in album designs. While I would call these anything but boring or plain I have been leaning toward a simpler aesthetic recently. I like to select 1-3 elements like a background, texture, pattern, text, or shape and then stick with those couple elements in various ways throughout the album so that we can let the images shine but still infuse some personality to the design as well.

Soooo as I take a break from working on Samantha’s senior album AND Heather & Cody’s guestbook today I thought I’d pop in here to share some of these recent designs!

You can see more of this year’s album designs and previous years’ designs too on our Facebook Page. 

| Dahn Family Portraits | Decatur IL | Sarah Jane Photography |

Let me introduce you to the Dahn Family!!! You all know I LOVE LOVE LOVE when I can talk clients into bringing the WHOLE family to session and that means those furry family members too! Pretty much once I find out you have pets I set about trying to convince you that NOT bringing them to session is like leaving your 2 year old son out of the photos (which we know you’re not going to do!).

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I absolutely loved working with this beautiful family and am so excited to share their images with you! And seriously go check out what this family does through Pawprints Ministries!

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| Myra + Tyler | Decatur IL Wedding |

Start with a beautiful gal, add in a boy and his beard plus a gorgeous fall day at Allerton Park and you’ll have Myra & Tyler’s wedding day!! This was such a fun group and I absolutely love these two love birds. I’m so excited to share some of our favorite images from their day…

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| Welcome Cole | Newborn Portraits | Decatur IL | Sarah Jane Photography |

I was so so excited when Lindsay told me that their family of two was soon to become THREE! Right off the bat Lindsay and I started planning their sessions starting with announcement images, then maternity and finally newborn once Cole arrived (though we were all fairly certain that this little Mr. would actually be a little Mrs. – though obviously we were wrong!). I cannot wait to see this little man grow and watch these two be the awesome parents I know they will be!

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As a fairly new member of the parent club I extend a BIG welcome to Lindsay and Adam!!! Welcome aboard! You can see MORE of their images on our Facebook Page.

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Are you expecting an addition to your family? Be sure to call EARLY so we can plan and schedule maternity, newborn (within 7 days of birth) and even your little one’s first year milestone sessions so you don’t miss a moment!

| Kirk Family Portraits | Sarah Jane Photography | Decatur IL |

I worked with Amy to coordinate a family portrait session gift for her momma last Christmas and I’m so excited that we were able to get everyone together to complete it this summer! These guys are always looking good but they did a great job coordinating everyone and this time it was nice to have the boys along to carry that couch (at Jessie’s senior session Amy and I lugged it ourselves!).

I cannot wait to see how the wall art we designed looks hanging in their homes!

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