| Class of 2018 High School Senior Model Experience | Best Friend Sessions | Decatur, IL |

One of my favorite parts of our Senior Model Experience is our BFF sessions. This gives me a chance to get to know our senior models a bit more by having their friends on session. This year a couple of our models were friends so Kenzi and Alaina combined their session which was a blast.

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I love that Jaiden and her friends made these beautiful floral crowns for their session and they fit perfect with the lovely Scovill gardens.

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Payton had these three lovely girls on her BFF session but also worked in her boyfriend Austin to her senior session.

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If you want a blast from the past, check out last year’s senior model BFF sessions here. And don’t forget YOU can apply for a senior model spot for our class of 2019 here.

| Angelina | Central A & M High School Senior Portraits | Class of 2018 |

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Today I get to show off the lovely Angelina to you all. She’s quite the talent on the flute, and avid reader and poet and I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see huge amazing things from her in the future. One of my favorite things about Angelina’s session is how much of her family she worked into her session to honor her heritage. First you’ll see the absolutely beautiful music box that belonged to her grandmother..

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And as a little surprise for her mother, a big disney fan, Angelina planned to work in all this memorabilia for a special image we unveiled to her mom for the first time at their Premiere!

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And that cap, her grandfathers! Seriously, how cool is it that we worked all those bits of her history and family into her session. I just love it.

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Be sure to head over to Angelina’s facebook album to show her some love AND see her album design very soon.

| Shelby | Argenta-Oreana High School Senior Model Portraits | Class of 2018 | Decatur, IL |

Today I get to show off all Shelby’s favorite images with you today. This lovely gal is one of our class of 2017 senior models and will be graduating from Argenta-Oreana High School this spring. She’s been a blast to have as part of our senior model program and I loved working with her to create her senior portraits.

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We had some fun exploring a few new little pockets of the downtown area and though it was a little gusty we got some fun hair blowing images along with our usuals too!

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Here’s what Shelby herself had to say about her SJP portrait experience:

Tell us about your experience about SJP. What did you like best? *

i loved all the options i got to have with my senior pictures. even though we got the shorter session i still loved it and i know the pictures will turn out great!

What would you tell a friend who was considering coming to SJP for their portraits? *

not to be upset about gettin he cheaper package (like i was) because it seems like no time at all, but the time was well used and it seems longer than it says it lasts.

What made you choose SJP for your portraits?

i loved the other pictures she had taken for families i know and other people i knew.

What could we have done differently to improve your portrait experience? *

i don’t think i would change anything! i loved everything. sarah is very sweet and very polite and patient.

Please rate your Session Experience *

Perfectly Happy

Please rate the Product Selection & Quality *

Perfect

Please rate the Product Value *

Great Deal

| Payton | Argenta-Oreana High School Senior Model | Class of 2018 | Decatur, IL |

The first of our class of 2018 senior models to make their debut on the blog is our very own Ms. Payton!

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From there it wasn’t long before Payton was working as my assistant and modeling for me on a few projects including our parachute dress class in downtown Indianapolis with the Reset Conference. She’s even charmed our own little #BabyB and got to be her swim lesson teacher at fairview pool this summer!

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So basically Payton has become a pretty awesome part of the SJP family (at home and work!) so it seemed fitting she be the first one up on the blog to kick off the class of 2018’s senior year.

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Do you guys remember the ‘trash can image’ ?!? Austin joked when we got out of the car at the park that we had a great location right by the dumpster soooo I accepted that as a challenge to create something fun by it and this was the result:

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Things have been BUSY around here all summer and I have SO many awesome things to show you from all our seniors… so let’s not wait! Check out all of Payton’s favorite images right here right now.

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This year Payton was even named All American Cheerleader! Big congrats for kicking off your senior year with such an achievement.

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And don’t forget to head over to her facebook album to give her some love.

| Jessica | Central A & M Senior Portraits |

I’m super excited to share Jessica’s senior session and album with you today! This gal had a heck of a senior year and with a car accident putting her in cast/boot and such for much of her senior year our summer session turned into a spring session instead. I got to meet and photograph Jessica first as part of our senior model Emily’s best friend session day and was thrilled when she called me to schedule her full session.

We may have had to wait a little longer than planned but I think it was worth the wait!

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