Hello and welcome to the SKP Blog! My name is Sara and I am a Wedding & Portrait Photographer based in Chicago/Northwest Indiana. I've been blogging both professionally and personally since 2005. I get to tell love stories, share my own family's happenings and tell you more about planning weddings! Thanks for coming by and I look forward to connecting with you!

January 4, 2015

Shortly before Christmas, I got to spend a bit of time with the Van Drunen family.  They live out in the middle of what seems like Tennessee…but its right here in the middle of this metro area. It was like a little hideaway in the middle of nowhere and I can’t even imagine what it […]

December 31, 2014

As I am archiving and backing up all my 2014 photo sessions, I am beyond thankful for each and every single one! I am forcing myself to pick ONE and only one from each Family Session that I photographed in 2014.  I didn’t include my wedding couples because there was NO way I could pick […]

October 23, 2014

As I was pulling into the parking lot to arrive at this family photo session, I was thinking about the possibility that this family might be my most longest clients that have continued to come back and get their family photo sessions done with me!  I believe that their first photo session was back in […]

October 9, 2014

The afternoon was “perfect Autumn” for a photo shoot.  And its days like this that if I don’t have a session scheduled…it kills me!  Because the weather and beauty is just too much! They were all just coming from school and work…but they were ready with smiles on their faces and a good attitude to […]

October 2, 2014

While I have photographed this amazing family before, it was the first time that I got to photograph them as a family of FOUR! It was the first time that this girl was in front of my camera… And her sister is still a pro at being in front of my camera! (And has grown […]

September 24, 2014

It’s been FOUR years since I  had Grant in my first PreK class after taking a long hiatus from teaching.  I had taken 10 years off from having my own classroom to stay at home with my kids and he was one of the first kiddos to arrive with a HUGE smile on that first […]

September 18, 2014

I count myself as being very lucky to be able to meet and get to know all beautiful people I photograph! I pinch myself regularly… just to make sure that its all real! Taking photographs and being with people are my passion….and who gets lucky enough to be able to do both of them together? […]

September 16, 2014

It’s not too often that I get to say that I got to observe a full on apple throwing fight at a photo session!  But guess what?  I get to say it today! This sweet family of seven has  won my heart over with their personalities! I left the session wishing I had grown up […]

August 26, 2014

Oh goodness…you all know that it is my very favorite when I get to revisit and spend some time with a family that I already have photographed before.  Watching them grow up before my own very eyes is such an honor for me and I truly LOVE my job! 5 years ago I captured this […]

August 14, 2014

One of the most important things to me (as your photographer) is that you get your SKP pictures OFF your hard drive and ONTO your walls! If you are making the investment…you should share them! The Flipse Family is just one of many that has done just that…in an awesome way! They took 4 of […]

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