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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. 

>>>><<<< Jenna First off, let me just say that I LOVE when past senior families reach back out when one of their other children becomes a senior… It is SO rewarding knowing that they value me, my photography, and my senior experience enough to contact me AGAIN for their next senior! It means the world […]

Jenna | Stillman Valley, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Stillman Valley High School Senior, Jenna, Rock Cut State Park senior photo session by Sara Anne Johnson. Sara Johnson Photography

September 7, 2019

>>>><<<< Amanda So, Amanda had reached out to me FOREVER ago… I feel like this lovely lady had been anticipating her senior photo session for so long, and when the day finally came she was BEYOND prepared to rock her session. Her personality is so sweet and caring, and it wasn’t hard to make her […]

Amanda | Byron, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Byron High School Senior, Amanda, photos at Rotary Botanical Gardens by Sara Anne Johnson. Sara Johnson Photography

September 6, 2019

>>>><<<< Sarah Sarah and I go waaaaay back. I mean, back to the days when she was about 4 or 5 years old! I remember playing dolls with her as she sat in her blues clues red blow up chair, and I remember pushing her on the swing set on the playground… so it’s safe […]

Sarah | Rockford, Illinois Senior Portrait Photographer

Downtown Rockford high school senior session in the rain by Sara Anne Johnson

March 23, 2019