 While downtowns are not exclusively for senior portraits, most sessions that want a bit of an urban look are senior sessions, at least for me. With families, it usually works better to be in a studio or a park of some kind. So in this post, I will be mentioning senior photos, but if you want to have your session in one of these places and you're not a high school or college senior, let's talk and see how we can make that happen for you!
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 It's the weirdest thing. For some reason, I always feel like summer is starting to end when July rolls around when, really, it is the height of summer! I hope it won't be hot like the end of June. Yuck! But I've got some big things I'm looking forward to this month and I can't wait to see what else comes up.
 Overall, this was a GREAT month! The two downsides (allergies and heat) were not enough to overshadow all the fun things that happened this June. It has been a wonderful start to the summer and just what I needed.
 One thing that is so fun about brand sessions is the fun things that I get to help other entrepreneurs with their business dreams and goals! Watching Mary launch her home bakery business is so exciting and it was a pleasure to help her with this aspect of creating a new venture - content creation!
 Most of my clients come from word of mouth so it was a nice surprise to hear from Kristi, as she just found me from a web search! From reading her answers to the questionnaire, I could tell that this was a family who cared about each other and it's always fun to work with families like that! Perfect weather and a fun family equals photo magic!
 I was in a group a few weeks back that was discussing Gary Chapman's Love Languages and how to incorporate them into daily life more. You have to know your own (because not only is that how you feel loved the most but it's the way you naturally show love) and then you can learn to see what other's languages might be. But one of the discussion points was that life is so full already, how do we make time to intentionally speak these love languages to our family, friends, and even coworkers?
 Most people have some kind of expectation when they book a portrait session. They go in assuming that the photos they want are the posed, smiling at the camera, photos. And don't get me wrong, those are good, important photos, but those don't end up being the photos my clients love the most!!
 "There's somethin' about the sunshine..."
It's absolutely wild to think we are almost done with HALF of 2025. I'm not sure where the time is going. My "25 In 25" list is going well but I do need to get back to the books on that list if I want to complete it. "Hope" is a battle. I knew that making it my focus would bring out the struggle and it definitely has. This has been a wild year but I would say mostly good so far. I was expecting this year to be harder, for a variety of reasons, and while those reasons have reared their head and I've had some really rough days, they've stuck to days mostly and this year has been nice (I do have to say post-January). Keep reading because I have a lot of great things planned for June!  May was a lot. I haven't had such a busy month since September/October of 2023. While there were so many good things this month, I am hoping June slows down a bit because I am not a fan of going constantly like I have been.
 "Can you get a variety of photos in 25 minutes?" Yes we can! The inaugural day of Novella Sessions was a rousing success where we proved without a doubt that we can get great variety in just 25 minutes even when doing an extended family session!
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Hi! I'm Sarah!
I am a natural light portrait photographer. I've been taking photos since 2014 and would eat a smoothie from Tropical Smoothie Cafe for lunch everyday if I could. Thank you so much for stopping by. I blog about sessions, things I'm learning, stuff in my life, and information for YOU, my client. If you like what you see around the site, I'd love to work with you! I'd also love to connect with you on Instagram. I'm @sarah_jayne_photo :) Archives
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