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I'm Sara Johnson, a free-spirited, travel seeking, Birkenstock wearing Wedding and Senior Portrait Photographer based in Rockford, IL! I'm also addicted to Mid Century Modern design, the host of the Living For It Podcast  and am a strong believer in creating something bigger than myself. 

Meet Sarah. She’s a Byron High School Senior. This girl is so sweet and kind…I loved her session. She loves leopard print (Watch for my leopard print scarf…it will make an appearance a few photos down!) and she has such a natural, classic beauty that I literally never got an “icky face” photo of her. She […]

Sarah | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Rockford, Illinois Byron High School Senior Portrait photography, Rock Cut State Park | Sara Anne Johnson

October 26, 2014

Bree : noun. Spunky, energetic, pint-sized, lovely lady who just so happens to photograph amazingly. Seriously, she’s adorable. AND look at those EYES! Stunning! Bree’s mom. Rhonda, and I have known each other for a few years and she has always been a blast to be around…so when she asked me to photograph Bree’s senior […]

Bree | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Rockford, Illinois High School Senior Portrait photography, Belvidere Park, Belvidere, Illinois | Sara Anne Johnson

October 4, 2014

I’ve watched Hannah grow up. We have figure skated with each other for a decade (no lie!)…we’ve been in shows together, and we’ve even been coached by the same skating coach. So needless to say, I know Hannah pretty well. When photo time rolled around, we knew skating photos were a must, so we jumped […]

Hannah | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Rockford, Illinois High School Senior Portrait photography, Belvidere Park, Belvidere, Illinois | Sara Anne Johnson

October 4, 2014

We had QUITE the adventure while shooting Delaney and Pat’s engagement session. There’s nothing better than exploring abandoned places with two very willing and adventurous people and their adorable puppy love, Mira! We started the day off at an abandoned farm…Mira was in HEAVEN! As we continued to scout around, we kept stumbling upon more […]

Delaney + Pat | Rockford, Illinois Engagement Photographer

Rockford, Illinois Engagement photography | Sara Anne Johnson

September 24, 2014

Meet Sarah! She’s a lovely, spunky, always laughing Byron High School Senior who just so happens to love golf and knows exactly how to be totally awesome at life. We got so lucky with being able to photograph on such a gorgeous evening with a perfect sunset for our backdrop. Scroll down and soak in […]

Sarah | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Rockford, Illinois Byron High School Senior Portrait photography | Sara Anne Johnson

September 16, 2014

I am in love with this girl’s personality! Nicole, a basketball playing rockstar from Byron, IL, was laughing and giggling the whole session! I loved it! We hit it off like we had known each other for years…and her smile; contagious. Although she admitted to being slightly nervous at the beginning of the shoot, that […]

Nicole | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Downtown Rockford, Illinois Byron High School Senior Portrait photography | Sara Anne Johnson

August 28, 2014

A few weeks ago, Sara and Trevor invited me out to the family farm where Trevor’s father lives, to take their engagement photos. The day was perfect. Not too hot, and not too sunny. My favorite four-legged subject was there as well, Pickles! It didn’t take him long to jump in the stream and completely […]

Sara + Trevor | Rockford, Illinois Engagement Photographer

Rockford, Illinois Engagement photographer Sara Anne Johnson

August 27, 2014

Meet Katee! Her senior photos were so natural and effortless…one amazing shot after the next…this girl was pure gold! And she was worried and nervous beforehand! Crazy! With some helpful reassurance (and laughter, of course) we had a BLAST! Her cute, spunky session is up on the blog…enjoy! Congrats, Katee! Love, Sara

Katee | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

High School Senior Portrait photography Downtown Belvidere, Illinois | Rockford, Illinois senior portrait photographer | Sara Anne Johnson

August 6, 2014

Picture yourself on a warm summer day, surrounded by exotic flowers, trees, and a waterfall. That’s the definition of Karli’s Senior portrait session. Perfection. Oh, and did I mention, she’s a natural in front of the camera? Congrats, Karli!! Love, Sara

Karli | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Anderson Japanese Gardens High School Senior Portrait photography Rockford, Illinois | Sara Anne Johnson

July 25, 2014