vote for bobbi+mike, please?

1:54 am at Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | Posted in blogreader participation, photography stuff |

 

Hey dudes and dudettes….and grooms and errr..groomettes (that was a Mikeism… :) ).

Last year, you guys voted bobbi+mike as Best Photographers in Indianapolis! How neat to win that?! You rock!!!!! Given the amount of talent that's here in Indianapolis… it was a HUGE honor!!!!! It’s been such an amazing year for us… Wow!

Well… I’m sure you guessed it… :D the time has come again. If you guys think we're worthy let everyone know by voting at WRTV’s Indy A-list site. If you’re feelin’ it.. Be sure to leave us some comment love and tell all of your friends and family to vote, too. Okay okay… Now we’re getting a bit too excited.

Click HERE to vote 

I have to be honest with you… We LOVE contests!!!!!

Oh, and just an FYI… You have to sign up for a WRTV account to vote. Not to worry… It only takes about 20 seconds and I PROMISE they won’t spam you :D

Thanks to the best friends, family and clients in the world,

 

 

 ~bobbi+mike :!: + :?:

 

annie+ben+andrew

10:02 am at Sunday, July 20, 2008 | Posted in family, kids |
 
 
Over the last couple of years, Annie and Ben have become great friends of ours… Afterall… This will be the third time we've photo'd them :D  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 HOW PERFECT IS THIS BABY?!
 
 
 
 
 
 
While we were there… I was sure that Andrew looked identical to Annie.  However, after editing these photos… I've changed my mind. :D  I think he looks more like Ben :)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WHATCHYOO LOOKIN' AT?!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When Andrew gets hungry and Ben is holding him… he sucks on his daddy's arm hoping for something else :)  It's SO funny because Ben has little baby hickies all over his arms :D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Isn't his room perfect?! Mikey's favorite :?:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It's so cool to now see them as parents :)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My Favorite :!:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Annie… WE GOT IT!!!!! (years ago we put a photo up on our blog of a baby yawning… WAY back then Annie emailed and said…"I just want you to know that the pic on your blog of the baby yawning is definitely my favorite pic in the entire world - seriously.  You are already hired to take pictures of my babies, whenever they arrive :)" )
 
 
 
 
 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  Man oh man it's SOOOO neat to see your friends become mommies and daddies!  Annie and Ben are OF COURSE amazing parents.  They are two of the most patient, loving, parently (got a better word for that?!) people I've ever met! 
 
Annie is Martha Stewart… this is not a lie.  Her house is perfect, she's an amazing cook and an AWESOME wife/mom.  Oh, and did I mention she's in med school?!  Yeah… how can we normal women compete with that?! 
 
Ben is a first grade teacher… So, when we VERY first met him, I asked if he was ready to have children… he said that he couldn't wait.  Seeing the two of them with Andrew… wow.  Not sure if you noticed that Ben is quite fashionable and couldn't pick just one polo to wear… he changed three times :D  Well really… Andrew kept spitting up on him. :)  Never once on Annie though… he saved 'em up for daddy!
 
We are SO excited to watch Andrew grow up… and not to worry… you guys will be able to see him grow up, too… this will not be his last time on this blog :D YAHOOOOSKI!
 
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
 
~bobbi+mike :!: + :?:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 :!: + :?:
 
 

coming soon

10:45 am at Friday, July 18, 2008 | Posted in personal |

 

annie+ben+baby andrew

kat+brian

kat+skip

amanda+eric 

corrie+jeff+baby zachary (my BFF had her baby!!!!)

 

Just got back from a quickie trip to KC to visit Zachary… been a crazy/fun/hectic week!

LOVE!

~bobbi+ :!:

 

meg+jerry

12:29 am at Monday, July 14, 2008 | Posted in engagement |
 
 
 HOT TAMALE!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Right before this session, Heather Cole was screen sharing with me so that I could see her monitor while she was editing… and we could hear each others voices.  Yes yes yes, the world of Mac is awesome.  Anyway… I watched her post process a bunch of images for her blog for about an hour and we brainstormed ideas.  If you know anything about Heather's style… you know that it's very sexy, romantic, fun, fashiony, etc.  I think that you can clearly tell that I was inspired by her here.
 
After I took this one, I overheard Meg say to Jerry… "that's my favorite so far!" So, thanks Heather for inspiring me to take Meg's favorite photo :D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yummy light!
 
 
 
 
 
 
My view.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mikey's view.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I LOVE this
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Is this a Firebird or Camaro?  A favorite :!:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At the end of our session… Mike and I went searching for the perfect spot of sun while Meg and Jerry followed.  About 5 minutes outside of the city… we found it :)   Here it was… and it was PERFECTO!  
 
Mikey's view.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mine. :)  This is one of our favorite photos ever. :!: + :?:
 
 
 
 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Meg contacted us a long time ago asking if we could photograph her wedding.  We were already booked :( She said… well if we can't have you for our wedding, we'll have you for our engagement session :D  So, we made it happen!  Meg's a graphic designer, too :)  We all know that we LOOOOOOOVE photographing graphic designers!!!!
 
These two are SO perfect for each other.  Meg's sweet and carefree.  Jerry is easygoing and loving.  When they're together, they're all smiles… all of the time. :D And they're also REALLY easy to photograph :) 
 
Have an AWESOME wedding you two… I'm a bit jealous of your photographer because I KNOW your day is going to be AMAAAAAAZING!!!!!
 
LOVE!
 
~ bobbi+mike :!: + :?:
 
 
HAHAHAHAHA!
 
 
 
 
 
 
OH SO HANDSOME!
 
 
 
:!: happy happy happy! :?:
 

mandy+katie

6:31 pm at Friday, July 11, 2008 | Posted in wedding |

 

Katie and friends at the Dunes :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Mandy was doing her thing…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then they got ready together in their hotel room :)

I couldn't resist these HOT shoes!!!!!!  Talk about "something blue" !!!!! 

 

 

 

 

 Katie helping Mandy button the buttons :) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I walked in the basement of their ceremony site and noticed a bunch of Lego's.  I started pulling them apart  and looking for only their wedding colors… from there I built this little Lego blue/black/white/cream uhm… thing.  People were looking at me like I was nuts… then they saw that I was on a mission! :D

 

 

 

 

They got married in an Art Center :)   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The bridal party :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We went on a quick photo expedition and found some really fun photo spots :)   Everything that you see here was within a 2 block radius of the art center.

 

 

 

 

I LOOOOOOOVED THIS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:) 

 

 

 

 

 Yes yes yes… We found an abandoned car.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandy and Katie… WOWZERS to your GORGEOUSNESS!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Mandy and Katie have been together for ten years… TEN YEARS, I would say that they've already proven that they truly are committed :)  However… their ceremony really cemented that commitment both to their friends, family and even themselves.  It was such an emotional thing to witness… and we loved every second.

They met at Ball State :D  The person who officiated their ceremony was their professor.  So, she's known them since the beginning of their relationship… no one could have been more perfect to preside over such an important event.  Wow… what a awesome day!

Mandy did an amazing job of putting it all together.  Every detail was planned to a T… and it all looked AMAZING!  

Katie, along with her bridesmaids and Mandy's brother, on the morning of their ceremony… went to the famous Indiana Dunes.  :D  How unique is THAT for the morning of your big day?!  They climbed up the Dune.  They climbed down the Dune.  They admired the Dune. They put their feet in the water.  They washed the Dune off their feet.  They went home. :D 

Right after the ceremony we scooted out to get some photos of the bridal party and the two brides ;) After about 10 minutes… it VERY quickly went from sunny to cloudy.  At first we were excited… the temperature dropped 10° . YAHOOOOO!!!!!  Mike looked up… and noticed what appeared to be a storm forming RIGHT over us… and THAT explains the cool breeze!!!! :D  So… the bridal party headed in while Mandy, Katie, Mike and I worked it out PRONTO!  Towards the end of that time… it was OH SO windy… dust flying everywhere.  After all… we were RIGHT next to the Dunes! We got them all done in about fifteen minutes and as SOON as we got inside… it started POURING! ((WHEW)) CLOOOOOOOSE CALL!

Their friends/family were so awesome!  Mandy's mom was one of the sweetest, most hospitable women we've ever EVER met!  The second we walked into her house, she was handing us food and drinks.  She did an awesome job of making us all feel so welcome.

Of all of the Indiana photographer blogs that I follow… I cannot think of ever seeing a same sex ceremony featured.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.  It was exciting to know that we were photographing something that is quite rare here in the Midwest.  :D 

Thank you SOOOO much for EVERYTHING!!!! It was perfect in every way!

Love love love,

~bobbi+mike :!: + :?:

 

All right!  We've got some slideshow love for everyone!  Click here!  User name is Mandy's last name, and the password is Katie's last name all in lower case.  your browser may ask you to input the info twice the first time.

Also, Mandy and Katie have their full gallery viewable by clicking here  :)  The event key is Katie's last name.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 I don't mean to intimidate you all with my guns… but I had to take my jacket off so that Mandy could lay on it :)   

 

 

:!: +  :?: 

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