senior portraits – Page 15

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016

| Nichole | Decatur IL Senior Portraits Even After Senior Year |

Today I get to share some of Nichole’s favorite images with you guys! She was the lucky winner of a session I donated to the Mt. Zion High School’s Post Prom and I’m so glad because her and her mom were so sweet and so fun to work with.

Since she’d already had senior portraits done we knew we wanted to work in some new locations and different poses so she’d have variety. And in ONE short hour I think we were able to not only get her variety in locations but poses and even threw in some water images at the end.

Check out a few of our favorites here: Be sure to head over to our facebook page to see her images and give her some love with your likes, comments and shares!

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016

| Emily | Central A & M Senior Model Portraits | Class of 2017 |

It’s time to see Emily’s senior portraits!!!!! This year I had not one, not two, but THREE lovely gals from Central A & M apply to be senior models and while I typically do not accept more than two seniors maximum from a particular school into the model program I just could not turn away one of these beautiful gals. They were all three SO different in style, interests/activities, personalities and even looks …. so this year we have 3 Central A & M models and I’m 100% thrilled with it!

You may remember Abby (posted just a few weeks ago) and we have Kaitlin coming up soon but right now it’s EMILY!!!!

She did a phenomenal job selecting unique outfits and my absolute favorite has to be this beautiful dress. It was perfect for field sunset portraits:

I knew I wanted to try out this new location and when Emily sent me her wardrobe I knew this would be a perfect fit for her neutral aztec pattern top – nothing goes better with a little aztec pattern than a little pop of turquoise! Ok this might be my second favorite outfit of Emily’s… those gold bands!!! <3 And I just love her curls so that middle portrait is one of my absolute favorites! Plus she has the BEST laugh face so that bottom left… LOVE IT!
Jump perfection: Red lipstick + gold bands + water… YES please! We ended Emily’s session with an unexpected water excursion. 99% of the time when we add water into a session it’s preplanned. This time, we just happened to be in the right place at the right time and when she pulled this out for her last outfit I pitched the idea of diving in (literally) and she was game…. I’m SO glad she said yes to those, it was a blast!

It’s been so fun to photograph Emily and even to get to know some of her friends on her BFF day photo shoot! Don’t forget to check out more seniors and other recent work on our Facebook Page.

August 5, 2016August 9, 2016

| 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!

July 15, 2016May 29, 2017

| Abby F | Senior Class of 2017 | Central A & M High School |

I’m so excited to share Abby’s senior portraits with you!!! She is an absolute sweetheart and has been so fun to work with. One of her first experiences with SJP was literally being a part of our parachute dress with Kayle. Pretty much EVERY shot with Kayle in her pink Terani Couture dress had Abby UNDER the dress holding her up or fluffing it out. She was a HUGE help and 100% on board to jumping in to be hands on! (You can see more of her model images and the parachute shoot HERE).

I was so excited to get to Abby’s time in the spotlight and she was a blast to photograph. We wanted something personal to her so not only did we highlight a bit of who she was (great athlete & FFA gal) in the studio but we also highlighted a bit of her family story by photographing part of her session at her grandparent’s house with their Forlines Farms semi!!! (Plus a bunny!! Seriously fun session guys!).

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016

| 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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