2009 annual top 100: engagement

 

SOOOO….. I REALLY tried to narrow this down to only a top 50 list, but… I'm way way way too attached and in love with them ALLLL! :D K? k. :) Like last year, this list also includes already married and not yet married, not yet engaged couples who wanted an engagement-esque style session. 

REALLY really proud of these… so, enjoy :)

Oh, btw… this is just my opinion :D which one of these is YOUR number 1?!  

 

100

 

 

99

 

 

98

 

 

97

 

 

96


 

 

95

 

94


 

93

 

92

 

91

 

 

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86

 

 

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69

 

 

68

 

 

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54

 

 

53

 

 

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12 (guess who got engaged lasssssst night?!)

 

 

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91 Comments »

Comment by charlotte

January 13, 2010 @ 9:09 am

i just loooove your work!!! they are allll amazing, but i think i have it narrowed down to “four of my favorites!!!’

Comment by Luke Arms

January 13, 2010 @ 9:11 am

Awesome awesome stuff. You have good reason to be proud :)

Comment by charlotte

January 13, 2010 @ 9:13 am

91-85-60-12 you know those are my favorites!!!

Comment by bobbi

January 13, 2010 @ 9:15 am

Momma Charlotte, you’re cute! :D PS. congrats…

Comment by jane button

January 13, 2010 @ 9:18 am

Again, super images – and I took a trip down memory lane yesterday by looking at some of your posts from 2007 and 2008 and it’s so cool to see how your imagery has changed and evolved! You have a lot to be proud of! Beautiful work!

Comment by bobbi

January 13, 2010 @ 9:22 am

Jane, how sweet of you :D You know, it’s funny… I’ve only been shooting professionally since 2006… so, it has taken me a while to find my style and my niche…. but it’s been quite the incredible journey. I genuinely feel that 2009 was the year for me to find who I am as a photographer. But the funny thing is… even if you look back on some of the old old old work of ours… it’s funny to see how much it’s evolved… yet has stayed remarkably the same. :)

Comment by Shelley

January 13, 2010 @ 9:24 am

What a nice way to wake up this morning…drinking coffee and looking at all these beautiful couples in love. So much emotion and beauty in each picture !

Comment by Niki

January 13, 2010 @ 9:24 am

How is it possible to love EVERY SINGLE photo! Amazing stuff, kids!

Comment by Melissa Copeland

January 13, 2010 @ 9:26 am

OMG…I love the “ass” pic. haha

Seriously, great pics..amazing as always.

Comment by melissa

January 13, 2010 @ 9:45 am

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! The amount of love captured in each image is unbelievable! :) U guys ROCK!!!!! Thanks for the daily smiles.

Comment by melissa

January 13, 2010 @ 9:49 am

You are insanely talented! These are all fab.

Comment by Tracie

January 13, 2010 @ 10:07 am

Your #18 is my #1. Love, love, love!! They are all fantastical though, of course!

Comment by Kristina

January 13, 2010 @ 10:13 am

what a wonderful way to remember a completed season! Fabulous as always.

Comment by Kim

January 13, 2010 @ 10:25 am

ah….yeah….NO WONDER you had a tough time narrowing it down…..these are all amazing:)

Comment by erin

January 13, 2010 @ 10:33 am

they are okay, i guess.
just kidding… i want to be you when i grow up!

Comment by Jennifer O.

January 13, 2010 @ 10:33 am

Sooo awesome! I love #8 the most!

Comment by Amy

January 13, 2010 @ 10:51 am

I have always loved number 6. I live in Chicago so I just love the feeling of that image. Kind of wish I could photoshop my boyfriend and I into. Number one is fantastic though. The colors are so good. And number 3 made me smiile. They’re all good. I’m sure you could do a top 200 if you had the time.

Comment by Courtney

January 13, 2010 @ 10:58 am

I love your #1 – the colors are fantabulous!!!! Of course I have the honor of actually knowing the people of the “ass” shot…you guys had a great session with them (um…how many times are they on this list?). So excited to see more of your Top 50/100!!!!

Comment by Mike

January 13, 2010 @ 10:58 am

Thanks for not narrowing it down! These are all such amazing photographs, you guys are so talented. I think I’m going to have to call 77 my favorite!

Comment by Annie

January 13, 2010 @ 11:08 am

YES! I was so hoping the “ASS” pic would be on the list. Perfect!

Comment by MelissaKoren

January 13, 2010 @ 11:09 am

#6 is my #1; but all the rest of them are numbers 1.01 – 1.99 – I would be hard pressed to pick a #2!

Comment by Heather

January 13, 2010 @ 11:20 am

#6 is magic. pure magic. but i also really love your #1 (it’s on my inspiration board) so it’s a toss up for me. :)

Comment by Stephanie Stewart

January 13, 2010 @ 11:41 am

All of these are just ridiculously amazing! So much love…worth way more than a thousand words. You guys rock! One thing that has not changed with your work is that you continually find the love, joy, emotion in everyone and put your creative spin on it. Always so refreshing and inspirational! Congrats!!!

Comment by Stephanie

January 13, 2010 @ 11:43 am

First of all I love all your work, every single one of those shots is spectacular. But what’s funny is ironically all of my favs were of the same couple. 27 (love it), 17 and 1!

Comment by Ashleigh

January 13, 2010 @ 11:46 am

I knew that “ASS” would be in the top five!!! Cracks me up to this day. Loves it!

Comment by Kyle

January 13, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

86 is my fave! It’s actually in my inspiration folder, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at that image. I actually feel like I know the couple now :P

Comment by rich + alyssa

January 13, 2010 @ 12:05 pm

seeing your number one blown up on a canvas at the Mpix booth was AWESOME! I think maybe a lot of people don’t think enough about the final print, you know – how it’s gonna look on a wall and not on a website – and your work looks SICK printed. Did we stop at the album booth and scope your promo album – heck and yes, you guys rule.

Comment by Jill

January 13, 2010 @ 12:09 pm

Your work is always so beautiful and inspiring! Not only that but you two always come off as so likable! Never arrogant, just content and blessed to be doing what you are doing and I love that! Thanks for sharing your amazing images with the world! =)

Comment by anda

January 13, 2010 @ 12:11 pm

the one by the microwave!! #75. but, wow, they are all great. no wonder you couldn’t narrow down the list :)

Comment by Emily

January 13, 2010 @ 12:22 pm

61, 21 and 18 are my faves. I love the grass that is in 61 and really want a pic of my fiance and I with it!

Comment by Angel Canary

January 13, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

Umm, number 27 is still by fav! I love them all! #1 just rocks my world, period.

Comment by Amanda W.

January 13, 2010 @ 12:40 pm

#’s 1 and 27!!!!! Fo’ sho’.

Comment by Beauty by Crystal

January 13, 2010 @ 12:41 pm

What a gorgeous compilation of relational art. Loved the long post!

Comment by Alison

January 13, 2010 @ 1:02 pm

Oh, so hard to chose, each time I picked a favorite, I got to another one. By far, hands down (pun intended) number 3 is my favorite because it made me laugh really hard. Number 4 is a close second. There are so many I love though!

Comment by True Blind Faith

January 13, 2010 @ 1:15 pm

SO many great ones! my number ones: 100, 30, 27 and 2

Comment by Molly

January 13, 2010 @ 1:35 pm

Is number 13 photoshopped or is it a real photo taken by awesome and talented photographers? I absolutely love it, artistically speaking!

Comment by Jane Hasty

January 13, 2010 @ 1:57 pm

27!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it!

Comment by Angi Davis

January 13, 2010 @ 1:58 pm

My favs: 91, 76, 57, 52, 49 (that shoe flare TOTALLY does it for me!), 17, 10, 8, 7, 4, 2 & 1 – and if you think YOUR list was tough to make, shoulda’ tried this one! GAH!!!

Comment by megan

January 13, 2010 @ 2:03 pm

yay! I made it on the countdown! haha. i love love love all of them. i’m soo lucky to have you guys as mh photographers :) you’re the best!!!

Comment by Jake Ford

January 13, 2010 @ 3:06 pm

I definitely agree with your #1 choice. What a great looking couple! All of their pictures turned out so great.

Comment by Tasha

January 13, 2010 @ 4:00 pm

these are all so amazing, bobbi + mike! #6 is breathtaking, but I have to say that the ass shot has to be one of my favorite b + m shots of all time, LOVE IT!! It just totally reminds me of your personality Bobbi….you would take that shot:)

Comment by nicole green

January 13, 2010 @ 4:21 pm

#60 .. those kids are cuuuute ;)

Comment by Laura W

January 13, 2010 @ 5:33 pm

LeBron James in da’ house! :) All of them are outstanding Bobbi – I loved ours, but I’m still so jealous of all the others – I wish we could have a million locations with a million outfit changes – and just take engagement pics every day! I think my fave is 52 – just too cute :) See you soon!

Comment by Brittney

January 13, 2010 @ 5:38 pm

ummm amazing – sorry but, b+m, I just don’t think I can narrow it down :)

Comment by April Foster

January 13, 2010 @ 5:46 pm

I don’t know how you could ever narrow this down. I am partial to the doggies…but number 3 is just perfection. :)

Comment by Sandy

January 13, 2010 @ 6:16 pm

BOBBI, All of these are awesome but I’m sure you can guess which one is my favorite. #41 is still my 100% favorite while #1 and #27 follow very closely behind. Though, I could be a little partial. I’m sorry I missed that Mpix booth canvas. If you ever decide you’re done with it I know someone who might be interested in buying it. I really do love a lot of these other photos too. #13 is pretty darn cool. Thanks for sharing!

Comment by Melissa

January 13, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

While these are ALL amazing…61, 3, and 1 are my favorites :o )

Comment by Jenna

January 13, 2010 @ 6:36 pm

I feel like a lifetime of having a big booty has finally paid off. :) Who knew our little joke would end up in the top 5?!? LOVE IT!

ALL of these are amazing – no doubt because of a little dash of love and a lot of B+M genius. You guys make me so happy.

Comment by Heather

January 13, 2010 @ 7:51 pm

In true photographer fashion I could not decide. I would say it was between 54,30,21,10 :)

Comment by Marisa

January 13, 2010 @ 8:12 pm

These are my favorites…..80, because I love the play on light and dark, 75 because I loved where the couple did their shoot, 54 because I loved the idea of the two bikes, one big and one little juxtaposed to the two of them, one big and one little, 36 because of the colors, 30 because the laundromat concept was genius and 17 because it makes me happy! Those are my favorites.

Comment by Jeanette Leblanc

January 13, 2010 @ 10:35 pm

There you go again….being all crazy fabulous. Sheesh – you set the bar pretty high :)

Seriously – brilliant, as always.

Comment by Erica Nathanson

January 14, 2010 @ 1:29 am

SO hard to choose! I think #6 is my fave!

Comment by maz

January 14, 2010 @ 6:41 am

My fave? no’s 1-100, inclusive. Shan’t choose. shan’t.

Comment by Eddie Bojorquez (Studio 512 )

January 14, 2010 @ 7:18 am

I honestly think you guys are aliens. Or super heros.
I always look forward to these!
I’m gonna have to go with 56 as my fav. It speaks volumes about simplicity, composition, love, motion, geometry…
I miss having time to comment these days, but I had to give just a tiny bit back for all you’ve given your couples…and me, in the way of inspiration.
Have a great year, guys!
-E

Comment by Maya Laurent

January 14, 2010 @ 9:03 am

You guys have such an amazing body of work! You rock! Thanks for inspiring us all!

Comment by Jodi Pfunder

January 14, 2010 @ 9:39 am

SO cool to see these all together — 10 and 4 are my faves :)

Comment by Lance Padgett

January 14, 2010 @ 10:02 am

What an amazing year!!! I aspire to have my work be as magnificent and inspiring as BobbiandMike’s someday.

Comment by Katie

January 14, 2010 @ 10:18 am

What an amazing year for you two! These photos are beautiful in so many ways. LOVE it.

Comment by Alexandra

January 14, 2010 @ 10:25 am

I LOVE THIS POST! Wow :)

Comment by Kaila

January 14, 2010 @ 11:16 am

These are all fab! Of course there are a couple I am partial to! Seriously amazing… but not as amazing as when they are hanging on my walls… that rocks my socks off! Thank you guys!

Comment by jess

January 14, 2010 @ 11:19 am

100 is my #1 {LOVE IT!}

Comment by Tamara

January 14, 2010 @ 12:47 pm

I couldn’t just pick one favorite so I picked all of mine. 100, 91 (doggies!), 77, 36, 25, 21!!, 18, 8, 4, 3 (HILARIOUS), 2, and 1. :)

Comment by Lesley

January 14, 2010 @ 2:11 pm

I love #70!!

Comment by Hannah Taylor

January 14, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

Okay, so I have to ask ……( I hope you’ll get this!!) do you using artificial lighting in any of your shoots or is it all natural light?

Comment by Wai Reyes

January 14, 2010 @ 4:53 pm

These are all so, so, soooo good!

Comment by Maryjane

January 14, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

I may be a little biased, but #’s 63, 42, & 31 are my favorite…. :) Bobbi + Mike, you are amazing! Its been 3 years since you photo’ed our wedding, and I still check your blog at least 3 times a week! Looking forward to seeing you at Caitlin & Crew’s wedding in May. I’ll be almost 8 months preggo!!!!

Comment by Caitlin

January 14, 2010 @ 9:48 pm

#6 literally took my breath away when i saw it! :)

Comment by Sasha Farina

January 14, 2010 @ 10:38 pm

*sigh* your #1 is my #1. That’s the most important. :) i could scroll up and down this post FOREVER… looking at those gorgeousness.. makes my day a lot brighter.

Comment by Nicole

January 15, 2010 @ 12:14 am

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! we made six pictures in your top 100 AYKM?!?!?!?! i must confess, however, that i TOTALLY knew what picture you were going to choose for #1 and i was TOTALLY right. good choice definitely :) :) :)

Comment by gail

January 15, 2010 @ 9:24 am

So when I was at Dane’s workshop last month, he had this song he’d have people sing and it was all, “YOU MAKE ME SO….VERY HAPPY”

Well, can I just tell ya that particular chorus popped into my head when I saw all these? So RIDICULOUSLY happy for you and Mike and doin’ what you love to do and inspiring the heck out of all of us out there.

Best of luck at your wedding this weekend!

Comment by denise

January 15, 2010 @ 2:31 pm

ahhh you guys rock…for reals!

Comment by Lauren

January 15, 2010 @ 2:32 pm

Hi Bobbi. Hi Mike. Huuuuuge fan of your work. Can’t possibly pick a favorite but I keep going back to the “ass” shot. Love it. Love them all!

Comment by Hannah Taylor

January 15, 2010 @ 9:18 pm

I am always amazed at your work!! You both are just fantastic!! No. 5 takes my breath away every time. So I think that’s my no. 1 but I really like #6 with the moving traffic and the whole laundromat session was just incredible! Very fun! I HAVE to mention the sun beam on the red shoe in #49 is such a great shot!

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Comment by alison

January 16, 2010 @ 5:43 pm

love. every. single. one. 65 genius! 49 on the right (aykm!?-light on the shoe is ridic). 27 so d*mn fun 10:!!!! 8-want one just like it with my hubby. 6 coolest ever. love stalking you guys. you’re THE best. saving my pennies for a shoot with you guys :)

Comment by Christina

January 17, 2010 @ 1:46 am

I’m a totally random visitor…but I so enjoyed looking at these!

Comment by Angie

January 17, 2010 @ 8:25 pm

I dig #23— that guy is sexy! ;)

And #1?? #1!! Wowie!!!! Bobbi, I can’t imagine how tricky it must have been to narrow down your list– all of these photos are AMAZING! Erik and I are beyond thrilled to be featured here :)

Besides the pictures to which I have personal attachment, I love 36 and 19 (Katie and Ryan’s was one of my very favorite sessions). Love for #12 and of course #3– I mean, really, how could you NOT love that photo?!

It was so fun looking back on the photos that I loved throughout the whole year! Can’t wait for more of your awesomeness in 2010!

Comment by jessica

January 18, 2010 @ 1:10 am

there are so many great ones that I can’t pick a favorite great year to both of you :)

Comment by Autumn Smith Photography

January 18, 2010 @ 10:28 am

I love #54 and #9. You guys are awesome!

Comment by Amy (Smith)

January 18, 2010 @ 12:39 pm

I love them all … duh! I don’t know how you two always seem to find such attractive clients – check.and.mark!!

Comment by jenesis

January 19, 2010 @ 10:55 pm

this is my first time commenting on one of your blogs.. i don’t remember how i came across your site but i’ve bookmarked it and check back daily for updates! you are phenomenal photographers and i am so glad i came across your work passion.

many of these photos literally literally literally took my breath away. and that doesn’t happen often.

i’m only fifteen right now, but i totally would want you to take my engagement photos, when the day comes. :)

Comment by ohana photographers

January 20, 2010 @ 1:38 am

35 is the magic #

Comment by Jenny

January 20, 2010 @ 11:30 am

52! made me LOL
30!
26!

Comment by Laura

January 21, 2010 @ 7:17 pm

The two (#92 and#66) that you posted from our session are the two that we had already blown up and framed!!

Comment by Laura

January 21, 2010 @ 8:45 pm

Also, #52 is probably my favorite. It’s just perfect.

Comment by Kaitlyn (Durkin's Cousin)

January 22, 2010 @ 1:18 pm

i love the ones that were taken at home! i.e. 75! adorable! straight out of a commercial! soo flippin cute!

Comment by Jami

January 23, 2010 @ 9:28 am

# 3 is just classic
and evey picture with the couple from #1 is beautiful!!!

Comment by Momba

January 25, 2010 @ 3:24 pm

Bobbi & Mikey,

#1 Love this couple
#17 Again
#27 Again
#41 Again
#30 and again…..
#79 This couple also is adorable
#40 and more yet
#25 Mexico, beautiful people, setting, & editing
#52 Reminds me of you and Mikey, so cute
#53 You could not ever capture that moment again with the bird. Kick but shot.
#83 They are perfect for each other. It looks to me like they have met their soul mates

I don’t have time to go on and on about all the beautiful people you two have the opportunity to photograph. Awesome year.

Love,

Momba
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Comment by Grace B.B.

January 29, 2010 @ 8:57 am

Number 3 is hilarious and yet it’s still adorable!

Comment by Nicola

January 30, 2010 @ 9:04 pm

Really love 100, 79 and 75
And 27….if they met in a laundromat

Comment by Becca

February 22, 2010 @ 10:56 pm

OH MY WORD every single one is stunning, amazing I LOVE them all! :-)

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