| Alleson | Central A & M Class of 2020 Senior Model |

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Alleson’s senior album design is complete and headed off to be beautifully printed this week so now I get to share it all with you guys here. We explored a bit further down an alley downtown than I have wandered in the past and were rewarded with a few gorgeous brick walls and beautiful light!

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Then for a little variety we headed out to a wild nature location that didn’t disappoint either… sunset, tall grasses and even some flowers. Alleson has been a really fun part of our model team this year. I just love photographing her with her absolutely stunning blue eyes and vibrant smile. I hope you love her images as much as I do. <3

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And these are the last few of their favorite images (which we featured in individual prints outside their album design):

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You can see ALL of Alleson’s images in her video on our Facebook Page HERE!

** Learn more about joining us for your senior year and becoming an influencer model HERE.

| Aly | Warrensburg-Latham High School Senior Model | 2020 |

Today, I get to share Aly with you! She’s a Warrensburg-Latham High School senior and one of our class of 2020 senior models! And what’s I’d call a second-gen SJP senior as I first photographed her older sister’s senior portraits a few years ago. I was so excited to work with this family again as they are always a blast and Aly did an amazing job at every single session.

Plus, since we loved a ton and they selected an album to feature ALL their favorites I get to share them all with you here too (YAY)…

One thing I’m loving about the new studio space is the options it gives us for a variety of looks even before we break out any backdrops… natural window light, barn doors, the feature staircase! So many options that are 100% unique for our SJP seniors.

And last but not least, how about a throwback to the first few sessions with Aly at her debut headshot session and freezing cold Indianapolis sessions. I’m so not kidding when I talk about how much these ‘kids’ change over their last few years of high school and that’s why I love that we kick off working with so many senior models & influencers at the end of their sophomore years. Class of 2021/22 can apply to join us NOW!

| Will | Warrensburg-Latham High School | Senior 2018 |

Check out Will’s senior session! We’re now in the odd part of my year (ok really this is all year long) where I’m rounding out the last few orders for the past class of 2018 as they head off to college, in full on shooting mode for the current senior class of 2019 AND fielding model applications as they come in for the class of 2020… which basically just means I CONSTANTLY write the wrong year on all my checks, and school/doctor forms for the girls. I swear these people must think I’m nuts making out my checks for 8/18/20 (talk about post-dating, ya cash that thing in a couple YEARS!).

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About half our senior guys each year choose our Simple senior session and one of my favorite things to show from those shorter 45 minute, single location sessions is how much we can create in that amount of time! I always work hard to select a location that will give us a lot of variety in a small area and encourage the senior to bring 3 different outfits so we can again get variety in the look of the images. But don’t worry if you (or your son) aren’t looking to spend 4 hours or multiple days on sessions. We absolutely do not have to do that to create a wide variety of images to showcase their personality, style and highlight their senior year. high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,high school senior photographer, senior photography, senior portraits, senior guy, senior album design, albums, best senior photographer, decatur il, illinois, central illinois, outdoor senior portraits, downtown senior portraits, football portraits, sarah jane photography, sjanephotography, sjp,

We are still booking fall/winter/spring sessions for the class of 2019 AND taking model applications for the class of 2020 model team.

| Michael | WLHS Senior Portraits | Decatur IL |

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It’s Michael’s day on the blog today! We had such a great mix at his session of the classic and the new/edgy. We kicked things off here in the studio since we had to create his yearbook headshot anyways we decided to do a few other more formal images here before we headed out.

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One fun thing on Michael’s session was being spotted by a few of his friends who threw out some cat calls as we were shooting. Our girls kick up a ruckus and even brides and grooms elicit passing honks and hollers of congrats but it’s kind of the most fun when the guys get spotted by their friends.

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Below are the top two picks of both Michael and his momma. The left black and white will grace the cover of his album and the middle will hang on their wall soon (it just arrived from the lab!). I think they picked perfectly for both.

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I have just a couple after school openings left for you guys this fall … down to just October 9-11, 18th & 25th and Saturday 11/3 is our LAST fall Saturday. If you’re hoping for a fall senior/family/couple session shoot me an email to setup your consultation today.

| Jarius | WLHS Senior Portraits | Decatur IL |

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We’re BACK! Your usually weekly programing here on the blog was interrupted a bit by a server switch that threw off our publishing program a bit so things weren’t connecting as usual and even our already scheduled and ready blog posts were getting a bit jumbled! But, much smarter people than myself, have put things back together (I HATE programing just so you know … I only like the pretty front interface of my blog/scheduler and let someone else handle the code YUK). I’m glad to be back up and running for our usual Thursday post and today it’s Jarius! Can I just tell you how much I LOVE that Jarius was all-in for his senior portraits….. like ALL the metals, ALL the shoes (he has just a couple), all in!

It’s so so so easy to talk yourself out of bringing #allthethings to your session because YES you will totally feel like it’s too much and you’re basically moving in, but that’s OK. These things are part of who you are right now guys. When I find out we have a talented athlete (or competitor of any kind) with this many metals you better believe I am trying to talk you into bringing them all in with you. That’s a heck of an accomplishment and this talent and dedication (you all know the time it takes to be a high school or college athlete, it’s no joke) needs to be celebrated. And, just because he makes it look easy don’t be fooled. He got his arm workout that day – those metals aren’t light!

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I also really love it when athletes choose to have their uniform portion of the session in-studio. Look at your favorite pro-athletes on the covers of magazines, in their endorsement ads, etc and I bet MOST of them are in studio. There’s such a crisp, professional and fierce look to the lighting we can do there, and your uniform colors and numbers will really pop too! And, of course, we mixed it up a bit and didn’t do JUST sports images in studio with Jarius. A few lighting tweaks to something a bit more classic and a background swap and we went from sports illustrated pro athlete to GQ model in a snap (I mean really, can’t he pull off both rolls pretty darn good).

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One of the most fun things about Jarius’ session was his momma joining in on the fun too. She’s a blast and so full of energy I just love it. One things that’s always fun to me is to see the transformation from what a parent initially thinks of a location/image while we’re standing there shooting to what they think of it in the final product. His momma might not even remember this but she voiced a small concern while we were shooting at the below area that she wondered if he was blending in with the color of the trees/ivy and his green shirt. And ironically enough I chose this outfit for this specific location because I loved the way we’d get a two tone look with his skin/brick and ivy/shirt really melding well together and in the end product she did really like these much more than the second option I photographed with this same outfit with a much higher contract in the background. I always want to make sure parents and even seniors DO feel 100% able to speak up, jump in, fix details, voice concerns, request poses, etc … after all this is YOUR senior session! But sometimes, I’ll also say ‘just trust me’ … we’ll always try what you want to do too but come along for the ride and we can create some really cool things together!

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See senior guys, sessions are ‘that bad’ and they can even be fun (but don’t worry we don’t have to tell anyone [besides all my blog readers] if you actually have fun on session) 😉