| Lindy | Class of 2020 Maroa Forsyth High School Senior Model & Influencer |

Guys, I’m feeling all the things sharing Lindy on the blog today!!!! Excited, happy, nostalgic, honored, and a little sad. Why? Because the absolutely lovely Ms. Lindy has been with us for … well basically forever haha.

Lindy’s brother Alex brought their family into the SJP world as a class of 2018 senior (be sure to check out his session, he killed it too!). And Lindy joined us on the model team her Sophomore year and it’s been amazing to hang out with her and create images over the past two years. Getting to meet and create for her friends, have some fun in the rain & snow, and finally finish out this last year of high school with her to create her senior portraits.

Below is a peek into all the fun we’ve had with Lindy. I’m thrilled to have been a part of her senior experience and know she’s off to do amazing things in this world.

| Class of 2019 Senior Model | Best Friend Sessions | Decatur IL Photographer |

I’ve been having so much fun this year with our senior model team. We have a fabulous group of girls and one of my absolute favorite parts of our model perks is their BFF session. We invite them to share a portion of their senior portrait experience with the friends that are important in their lives right now. We all know that adulthood is right around the corner for these guys and with that comes school and jobs that could be right next door or across the country/world and I always say one of the hardest parts of adulthood that no one talks about is no longer living a block from your best friend.

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Of course, some of these relationships will last a lifetime (my bff has been in my life since first grade – the elementary pictures we have of eachother are the BEST) and others will fade or fray. But whether these people are destined to be in your lives for a year or a decade or a hundred years, they are an important part of this chapter now and we want to give them their time to shine with you!

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And a little perk of joining our model program early (this is for you class of 2021 as we’ll open up for you just next month) is that we’ll feature your bffs your senior year AND your junior year if you’d like!

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Believe it or not we are less than one month away from opening up our model interviews again for the class of 2020 and for the first time for 2021 seniors! You can already apply NOW at sjanephotography.com 

| Ryan | Mahomet Seymour High School | Senior Model Class of 2018 |

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Today I get to show off Ryan, our class of 2018 senior guy model! Our model team has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years yet each year we always have our token one guy. We actually have a lot of fun with that since at all the group shoots our one guy gets to hang out in the middle of all our gals. We’ve continued this trend so far with Clayton joining our class of 2019 model team and Jacob our class of 2020 as our token guys.

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The model session worked out perfectly for Ryan since we were able to split his senior session up over the year to showcase his multi-sport talent. This guy is a tri-sport athlete playing baseball, football AND basketball, that may make scheduling a bit tricky but it sure did give us a lot of variety in images to create.

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I had the pleasure to work with Ryan’s family a few years ago for his older sister so we knew going in that we’d create a similar album to match what we created for her and that worked out perfectly with them loving nearly 100 of his images. And they chose my favorite of our album styles which is hand crafted in Italy with a really stunning metal/glass image cover that’s a show-stopper even before it’s opened!

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| McKinnley | Mt. Zion High School Senior Model | Class of 2018 |

I have another lovely senior to show off to you today! McKinnley is one of our Mt. Zion High School class of 2018 senior models and has been so much fun to photograph. McKinnley’s been friends with Jasmyn, another of our 2018 senior models, FOREVER (seriously the images of these girls as little kids are adorable) so the girls were so excited to go through our model experience together, which as an added bonus meant we got to create a few images of the girls together on our group session days!

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Isn’t she lovely (and I’m crazy jealous of that thick long hair which I swear was perfect in every image!).

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Our fair group session was fun and the ice cream cones (in nearly 100 degree heat) was an interesting experiment in racing the clock on melting ice cream which proved ultimately more messy than cute but we learned that next time we’ll fake it with foam cones of some sort.

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It’s hard to pic a favorite from her session but I’m loving the patriotic look with this flag scarf.

 

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After our time around downtown Decatur we headed over to McKinnley’s grandparents house on lake Decatur for a beautiful sunset. And my favorite part of working in this personalized location is that McKinnley’s parents got married right under that tree by the lake and now we’ve added another milestone to remember there!

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Be sure to head over to McKinnley’s facebook album to give her some love and take a look at what she had to say about her SJP experience:

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

I absolutely LOVE the pop-up sessions. They are so fun and a great opportunity to meet other people your age from different schools. They are quick and easy and who doesn’t love a little extra opportunity to get dressed up 😉

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

I would tell them that Sarah Jane is the ONLY photographer for them. She is so fun and easy to talk to and work with. They will not be disappointed by choosing her over any other photographer.

What made you choose SJP for your portraits?

I chose SJP because my bestfriend Jasmyn became a senior model and told me that I should do it too. We have been bestfriends since we were 3 years old and I couldn’t resist doing one last thing with her before we graduate and have to part ways for college.

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

I have not yet done my actual senior picture session but from what I have seen from the photos of myself so far, I love them!

Please rate your Session Experience *

Perfectly Happy

Please rate the Product Selection & Quality *

Perfect

Please rate the Product Value *

Great Deal

| 2018 High School Senior Models | An Unforgettable Experience – The Group Session | Decatur IL |

It seemed fitting to kick off back to school week around here with a little peek at our 2018 senior models. I’ve been working all summer with these amazing seniors and will be sharing each and every one of them with you individually very soon. But to start, I’m excited to show off what we’ve done with them together so far.

Our senior model experience has grown and changed every single year I’ve done one. It has grown from a year with just two lovely models, then jumped up to seven and now this year we have our largest group yet with 13 from six different schools! Not only have our numbers grown vastly this year but the whole experience has.

You’ve likely caught bits and pieces of our models experience through our social media posts but today we lift the veil so you can get a close look at what it looks like to be an SJP model.

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We meet each of our models and kick off their model experience with what I call their FIRST LOOK debut session. While this includes an interview with them and their parents so we can all get to know eachother a bit, it also marks their first time (for most of them) in front of my camera and gives me a challenge. Most of my sessions are 2+ hours but here, we have 5 MINUTES. Yup, just five minutes after only chatting with them for about an hour to TRY to produce images they’ll love to show off and share with friends from the start. It’s not easy, but I like to keep myself on my toes. And this gives each model a little taste of what it’s like to work with me so we know they are 100% comfortable before we dive in. You might remember seeing the model team’s first look images here!

But up next is when the real fun begins… each year I come up with a new semi-styled group session where ALL the models get together for one big session together. This is a time for them to get to meet each other and have a little fun together, there are gifts (I mean who doesn’t like gifts?!!?) and this year there were unruly balloons too! Here’s a look at our past group sessions of the class of 2016 (homemade dresses in the snow) and the class of 2017 (floral crowns thanks to The Secret Garden). This year we went for something with a little urban elegance with a little black dress look around downtown Decatur.

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The wind made work with the balloons a little challenging but it was fun!

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Not only do we want to create some group images at this first session together but, of course, we want everyone to have a little moment of their own in the spotlight. This year that presented a unique challenge because even just 5 minutes solo time each is over an hour of shooting time AND all with each of them having an audience of 12 other seniors PLUS their parents haha. Nothing gives them a more accurate ‘model’ experience than having to pose and be in the spotlight in front of 20 other strangers watching them! If you happened to be downtown on that day you surely noticed our stylish mob.

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senior models, decatur il, senior photographer, decatur il photographer, urban images, Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a look at one of my favorite parts of our model program, the BFF sessions and the newest addition to the model program for the class of 2018; our POP UP sessions!

And don’t worry future classes, our program for next year is already in the works and looking bigger and better than ever yet again. You can already get your applications in (they’ve been flying in already for the last month) by going to www.sjanephotography.com and clicking BECOME A SENIOR MODEL.