| Katie | Senior Portraits Decatur IL |

Today I’m excited to show off some of Katie’s favorite images from her senior session! She was such a sweetheart and I had a blast photographing her in the studio this month. I met Katie and her sister at last year’s Neuhoff Media’s Lady Palooza where they both jumped in and pre-booked Katie’s senior session and her sister’s family session (coming up this fall). I just love it when new clients love the work and we click right away (one of my favorite parts of those shopping nights is chatting with new people!!).

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| Senior Best Friend Sessions | Limited Edition Mini Event |

I’m so excited to share with you some of our favorite images from this year’s BFF day sessions! I’ve always let our seniors include a friend or sibling in their senior session but this year I took it a step further and hosted a BFF day for our seniors to bring in their friends for 30 minutes in the spotlight and it was a blast!

One thing about BFF sessions is you have to pose CLOSE so we laughed that if these girls weren’t friends before the session they were going to be after! With my own high school 10 year reunion just last weekend (and my BFF not only a girl I went to high school with but middle and grade school too!) these were such fun sessions because I know how in just a year so many of these girls will scatter across the state, the country and even the world. Though they may stay in touch and even some may stay close, the days of seeing eachother every day in the halls are coming to a close for most of them in just a few short months.

Soak up these times ladies, you are all fabulous!

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| Jamie | Mt. Zion High School Class of 2016 Senior |

Take a look at JAMIE, Mt. Zion High School Senior of the Class of 2016! I had the honor to photograph Jamie’s senior a few years back and was thrilled when her mom called me to be a part of Jamie’s senior year too! I absolutely LOVE being able to work with families repeatedly and become a part of their family history (and watch them all grow up!!!!).

It’s always very important to me that we really make each senior’s session unique though and not just follow identically in their older siblings foot steps. I’m so so excited for what we’ve designed for Jamie’s walls so she can display her senior images beautifully on her walls next to her sister’s!

Be sure to check out all Jamie’s images on our Facebook Page and give her some love with your comments, likes and shares.

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| Introducing the Class of 2017 High School Senior Models | Decatur, IL |

Our senior model team this year is AMAZING!!!! These guys braved 40-50mph wind gusts on our group session day and all looked stellar. I have to tell you a little behind the scenes secret about this group image…. I got inspired when I saw these gold letters and though I’m usually all about the black/white/silver look I decided to go outside my usual go to colors and get all these to create this group image. (Plus, all the models got their own initial in their swag bags!

So… game time – on session day, creating this image I was SOOO worried that we would spell SENIORS wrong because getting 7 people to hold 10 letters was logistically challenging. So we checked, and rechecked and got it RIGHT! You know what we didn’t get right?!?!?!?! SJP, for real! So you’re looking right now and it looks great right?! Yes, ’tis the magic of Photoshop, my friends. Now scroll down……… AHHHHHH I couldn’t believe it! But no sweat, that’s why God made Photoshop.

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Well now that you’ve seen what when WRONG on the model session, take a look at all that went RIGHT…..

JORDAN | MacArthur

Who’s your hero? My hero is the rapper G eazy, because I never seen someone work as hard for success as him.

What’s your favorite thing to do? My favorite thing to do is go long boarding.

What do you want to do when you grow up? I hope that when I get older, I become a special education teacher.
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ABBY | Central A & M 

Who’s your hero? My hero is Peyton McVey, she’s the coolest 3rd grader I know! She inspires me to be the best person that I can be, and for that, and several other reasons, she is my hero.

What will you miss most about high school? When I leave high school, I will miss being a part of FFA and being a part of my sports families. I’ll miss hearing my name being announced for the starting lineup for volleyball and walking down the hallways with my small class of 60 students.

Why did you choose SJP? I chose SJP for my senior pictures, because I had seen the work Sarah had done and I was amazed! After I got to meet with her, I knew that I had made the right decision!
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EMILY | Central A & M 

What does your DREAM life look like? In my dream life, I am living in North Carolina on the beach with my husband and children. I own my own dance studio, and teach dance at a performing arts high school. Because of my work schedule, my family is always able to take a summer vacation as well as come back to Illinois to visit family.

Why did you choose SJP? I chose to have my senior pictures taken by Sarah Jane, and each moment I’m with her I become more and more confident in my decision. She came with multiple high recommendations from friends and peers, and while stalking her Facebook and Instagram, I fell in love with all the pictures and the way she truly captured the personality of each individual.high school seniors, senior portraits, senior pics, decatur il, photographer, sjp, sjanephotography, decatur il photographer, senior photographer, outdoor portraits, senior pic ideas, senior picture ideas

ABBY | LSA 
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KAITLIN | Central A & M 
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KAYLE | Mt. Zion 

What will you miss most about high school? High school is a time where you discover who you are! You meet new people. You gain friends, loose friends, fall in love, really find yourself and make memories that will last a lifetime. Soon enough I will be at my last Friday night football game, last homecoming and prom, it will be the last time I eat lunch in the cafeteria with my friends, soon I will be closing my locker and walking away with people I’ve watched over the years and made millions of memories with. I will soon be lining up in alphabetical order one last time in cap and gown with the people I have spent my whole life with. Some I will never see again and some maybe never even hear about. That is what I will miss most about high school! I will miss late night talks with my best friends! I will miss the lifelong bonds I have made with my wonderful teachers, miss high school traditions and most of all making memories with great people!
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JORDAN | Maroa-Forsyth 
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I’m so so excited to have you all on the SJP Model Team this year and cannot wait to finish creating your one-of-a-kind senior portraits!!! high school seniors, senior portraits, senior pics, decatur il, photographer, sjp, sjanephotography, decatur il photographer, senior photographer, outdoor portraits, senior pic ideas, senior picture ideas

| Katlyn | Class of 2016 Mt. Zion High School Senior Portraits |

Everything came together perfectly for Katlyn’s recent senior session. When she came in for her consult we were all a little nervous about if we’d be able to pull off matching her school/work schedule with what I had available and get her a session scheduled within a week so we could have images in time for her graduation but the stars aligned! Not only did she have a day off school and work that I had open but we were even able to coordinate hair and makeup that day too all within just a few days time and the weather turned out great too!!

And, not only did I get to feature Katlyn but we worked in her man and her momma too! I love when I get to show off the relationships that are important in our senior’s lives right now. (This is the reason we’ve added a special BFF session event for our seniors this May!!).

Anyways, let’s get to the images!! Check out what we created for Katlyn here and see even more on our Facebook page soon.

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