| Jodie | Class of 2019 Senior Portraits | Decatur IL |

I’m BACK! Sorry for the quiet month around the blog. I have a few sessions we’re keeping under wraps until Christmas cards hit mailboxes soon and I’ve been so busy OUT on sessions with these beautiful people that I haven’t had a chance to stop in here to share what we’ve been working on. But as the COLD weather moves in it’s just about time for me to hibernate and work on all these images so that means it’s time to share again, starting today with the lovely Jodie!

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With a super funky fall this year Jodie’s October session was somehow almost all green (and even warm enough for us to play in the water… can you believe it and now there’s SNOW on the ground!!!). We did find one loan golden tree but had plenty of other gorgeous options including some pretty ivy and sunkissed golden field. But the real star of the show here is Jodie herself and I’m most excited about the art piece her and her momma decided to feature in their home (she was negotiating kicking out one of dad’s nature images to claim the biggest wall for herself – love it! But in the end I think they let his portrait stay and found the perfect home for her 4 image collage).

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Class of 2019 we still have spring sessions open for you (or call us ASAP to get on our snow call list for truly unique senior portraits if you’re willing to brave the cold).

| Hannah | Second Senior Session | Decatur IL Senior Photographer |

I just finished up Hannah’s full 60-page album design and I LOVE it! This design pushed me to get creative and stay creative to make each design unique on it’s own yet coordinate with all the others.

One thing that I love that Hannah did from her session is create a feature image for her to take with her to college (in her college gear – see those images and her full first session here), plus we created two wall collages for her to keep here at home. I love this because senior images are a really fun transition between your childhood chapter and your adult chapter so I like that she left some behind for her (and mom) to enjoy at home and took some with her to have a piece of her past there too.

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I posted about the below images a while back on our facebook page. I realized I’ve talked up sunset sessions a lot and had some clients concerned their images would be ‘less-than’ if we didn’t have a sunset session open for them. That is SO not the case! Hannah’s session started 3 HOURS before sunset, but I chose a location I knew had a bit of an early sunset look since it’s very wooded and sort of in a little valley and even hours before sunset we can create looks like this with the right location and lighting. No matter what time of day your session is, it’s always my job to make your images ones you will LOVE so don’t you worry if it’s sunrise, sunset or noon I will do just that!

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| TaNia | MacArthur High School Senior Model Portraits | Class of 2018 |

Today I get to share the lovely Ms. TaNia with you all! She and her momma have been so fun to work with this year and I’ve loved having her on our model team. You may remember some of her BFF session images as well as her model debut but today I get to share the whole shebang!

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We started her session in downtown Decatur. I just love the classic and elegant look of columns and limestone and downtown offers so much variety we mixed in some brick, glass for some fun reflections and even some more natural looks in central park! Check out TaNia’s style too. I love the bright bold colors of her first outfit and the striking red dress looks like something right out of Hollywood.

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Once we finished up downtown we headed out to the always beautiful Allerton! Be sure to head over to our Facebook Page and IG to give TaNia some love and see her album design soon!

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| Jaiden | Class of 2018 High School Senior Model | Maroa-Forsyth High School |

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I’m so ready to show off Jaiden’s senior portraits to you today. I have absolutely loved working with Jaiden over the past year. She was one of the first in our class of 2018 model program so that means we kicked off her senior portrait experience in January this year. My favorite part about our senior models who dive into the process early is we get to create images of them over the course of their senior year and boy do they change a LOT.

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Then not long after this we got just a tiny bit of snow and I got a new lens and wanted to play a bit so Jaiden and Payton (our first two models) got in on our very first pop up session. Pop up sessions were brand new to our 2018 senior model program and have been really fun. They are random unplanned sessions that just pop up throughout the year and give us a chance to do something fun, for the models to hang out a bit and do things like shoot in the snow!

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Jaiden’s next sessions were our model group session downtown and then we did a super fun best friend session with her friends and they made their own floral crowns. And the last pop up session Jaiden made it to was our fair session which includes some very messy ice cream cone photos. The idea was solid but with super hot muggy weather in practice the ice cream shoot ended up being a lot of laughs and some very messy drippy fun.

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Then it was time for Jaiden’s senior portrait sessions. We did three sessions just for Jaiden over the course of this past year and the latest one had the biggest change for sure (check out that hair chop!). But first, we started in the studio for some timeless classic looks before heading out the the Garden Path for her spring session. I have to give a shout out to the wonderful owners at the Garden Path who are always beyond welcoming whether we are there for a wedding or session. They have absolutely stunning grounds and are quite talented with all they do.

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Then this summer we headed downtown for Jaiden’s second senior session.

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I love it when mommas (or any friends/family) come along on sessions but I’m always likely to get them in on an image or two. The people in your life are so important and time flies by and things change so fast, especially with seniors who are about to set off on their own. So any chance I can I try to capture this moment right now with the people you love most.

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Oh and don’t forget the PETS you love most!

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And finally we finished out Jaiden’s portraits this fall with these two gorgeous horses, plus we had to show off her updated look with those shorter locks.

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With so many images over the past year Jaiden’s album was a really fun one to design and I’m excited she’ll have over 40 pages of images to enjoy and share with her friends/family in the years to come as she changes even more!

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