| Abby S | LSA Senior Model Class of 2017 | Decatur IL |

I’m so glad the time has come to show off and share Abby’s full senior portrait experience with you! The lovely Ms. Abby is a senior at LSA high school here in Decatur and she was one of our class of 2017 senior models. That means that her portrait experience with us started small, with a quick 5 minute debut session here in the studio….

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and it grew and grew…. That individual quick session was followed by our model session event in the beautiful (but WINDY) spring weather at Ryder’s Garden center. The yellow blooms were perfect with her golden blond hair and I love the Greek goddess look that the floral crown by The Secret Garden gave her! ryder's garden center, mt. zion il garden center, senior photos, senior photographer, senior portraits, high school seniors, siblings, outdoor portraits, outside, sun flare, sunshine, forest, trees, decatur il photographer, photographer, photography studio, lsa, lsa seniors, spring flowers, yellow flowers

After those two model sessions, which were really about creating fun looks I loved, it was time for HER senior sessions which are all about creating looks that SHE loves. We hopped back in the studio for a few more looks in the early spring but the real magic happened in the summer when we hit the town…seniors photos, sarah janephotography, decatur il, central illinois photographer, forsyth park, outdoor portraits, class of 2017, argenta oreana high school, downtown portraits, forsyth il, outdoor photography, rock springs nature center, outdoor, fall, what to wear, hat, ivy, best senior photographer, senior models, decatur lake, studio, cheerleading, cheerleader, lsa high school, lsa, decatur il photographer, photographer decatur il, central illinois photographer, photography studio, high key, low key, sports photos, boxdropsbysjp, boxdrops, box dropsseniors photos, sarah janephotography, decatur il, central illinois photographer, forsyth park, outdoor portraits, class of 2017, argenta oreana high school, downtown portraits, forsyth il, outdoor photography, rock springs nature center, outdoor, fall, what to wear, hat, ivy, best senior photographer, senior models, decatur lake, studio, cheerleading, cheerleader, lsa high school, lsa, decatur il photographer, photographer decatur il, central illinois photographer, photography studio, high key, low key, sports photos, boxdropsbysjp, boxdrops, box dropsseniors photos, sarah janephotography, decatur il, central illinois photographer, forsyth park, outdoor portraits, class of 2017, argenta oreana high school, downtown portraits, forsyth il, outdoor photography, rock springs nature center, outdoor, fall, what to wear, hat, ivy, best senior photographer, senior models, decatur lake, studio, cheerleading, cheerleader, lsa high school, lsa, decatur il photographer, photographer decatur il, central illinois photographer, photography studio, high key, low key, sports photos, boxdropsbysjp, boxdrops, box dropsseniors photos, sarah janephotography, decatur il, central illinois photographer, forsyth park, outdoor portraits, class of 2017, argenta oreana high school, downtown portraits, forsyth il, outdoor photography, rock springs nature center, outdoor, fall, what to wear, hat, ivy, best senior photographer, senior models, decatur lake, studio, cheerleading, cheerleader, lsa high school, lsa, decatur il photographer, photographer decatur il, central illinois photographer, photography studio, high key, low key, sports photos, boxdropsbysjp, boxdrops, box drops, high key, white backdrop

We started downtown before hitting some backroads in search of something fresh and new and we found it. A perfect little one-lane-gravel road where we had a great sunset and some wild tall weeds! 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Don’t forget you can still apply for your chance to be a class of 2018 senior model for a full year portrait experience just like this! Model applications are accepted from now until March 31st so don’t wait!

And be sure to head over to Abby’s Facebook Album to give her some likes/comments.

** Some images edited using BoxDropsbySJP overlays and most backdrops used are available to purchase at www.boxdropsbysjp.com!

| Dodson Family Portraits Backyard & Downtown Decatur |

Today’s blog post is coming to you a bit later in the day than normal but for a very good reason. This morning when I got to the office I got a sweet, kind but heartbroken email from Heather about some bad news they’d gotten about one of their adorable dogs who won’t be with them much longer. This gal was just looking for some happiness in her sad day and was hoping their blog feature happened to be coming up this week…. though it wasn’t scheduled for a week or two, of course hearing such news I bumped it up a bit!

I know our dogs are a big part of our family and were included not only in our family photos before BabyB came along but were also included in her newborn portraits and hang in photos all over our home/walls. I’m SO glad we included these two in their session and am happy to be able to share them all with you today. Prayers and good thoughts to this family this week as they hug and love on this special girl for a bit longer. She may not have wanted to be in the spotlight of the images but she made her presence known especially with some amazing facial expressions (like the one below!).

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The below image is one we all loved but I kept going back and forth on if I liked it best black and white or color and these two kept debating horizontal or vertical… what do you think they picked?!?

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I’m really excited for how dedicated Heather was to selecting images she knew she wanted to display in their home and deciding how they wanted to display them (so they don’t just end up in a box somewhere at home) which is right in line with what I love to do with clients. The following three are planned for a series collage.

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And the one on the left below we designed as a thin horizontal canvas to fit perfectly on their wall.

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| The Avon Theater Annual Portrait | Decatur IL |

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This summer I completed something like my 4th annual image for the Avon Theater! I’m so excited to have be a part of such a great local business now and for their Legacy. If you haven’t seen them, these images are hanging in the Avon to show their staff throughout the years (how cool is that?!?!). They celebrate their staff as part of their family and display them proudly all throughout the theater. We’ve had a lot of fun over the years, at their Christmas party, throwing popcorn at Skip and more.

This year, I’m excited to announce that you’ll see the faces of OUR clients in the Avon too! Though out this year we’ll feature many of our client images on the big screen during the Previews, which is pretty exciting (we think you’re all movie stars so it was time to take you to the silver screen for sure).

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