| Starr | Newborn Portraits | Sarah Jane Photography | Jefferson City, MO |

So one of my most favorite things about my job is getting to share in huge milestone moments in my clients lives and getting to watch their families grow and change over the years. I went to high school with Pam and a few years ago her and Doug road tripped it up here to Decatur to have me create their engagement portraits (seriously humbling to have someone willing to drive 4+ hours for me to create their images!). I then had the chance to photograph their beautiful wedding in my home town of Jefferson City, MO and got to do what I don’t get to often and that’s photograph on the capital steps (where I shot some of my very first portraits when starting my business in high school).

Anyways…… fast forward to now and this lovely couple now has an absolutely adorable little boy! And once again I’ve had the honor to photograph a huge milestone in their lives (like HUGE… I totally get this now that we have #babyB in our lives). These two will make fabulous parents and I cannot wait to cuddle this little angel at 4, 8, 12 months and then again for his second birthday (it’s already in the books ya’ll, it’s happening!).

So without further adieu about about we see some newborn cuteness?!?!

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| 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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| Zane | Senior 2016 |

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Check out ZANE!! I so love the Randall family so was thrilled again when they called me to create Zane’s senior images even if it did mean getting up close and personal with a few bulls.

If you don’t know this, I have a clearly irrational fear of cows – but I faced it literally HEAD ON for this guy… And I vividly remember jumping when the bull moved just a bit when I was getting the shot through the bars (I might have had a minor heart palpitation but I think I played cool haha).

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You can check out their family portraits on our facebook page and his sister Laney from a few years ago right here on the blog.

 

| Rachel | Maroa-Forsyth Senior 2016 | Sarah Jane Photography |

Rachel was so much fun to photograph. We started here in the studio then ventured out to downtown for a little bit of the city feel before finishing up the session at the always beautiful Allerton Park. Since I’ve shot at Allerton a lot we decided to stop at a different area of the park to get a unique look for her session and I LOVED it! maroa-forsyth senior, senior portraits, sjanephotography, decatur il, decatur photographer, senior portraits, senior photographers, studio portraits, allerton park

Plus, her session wasn’t complete without adding in a few with Lucy her adorable bulldog! You can see more from Rachel’s session on our Facebook Page.
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