Another workshop session!
Meet Jessi and Dane…
It was a rainy, cold and downright miserable afternoon… a perfect day for a workshop attendee to watch a photographer make it work regardless of the situation. However, it wasn’t the perfect day to be the photographer that had to make it work regardless of the situation! I won’t lie my friends… stress level was high.
Let me tell you this… Jessi and Dane were troopers with a captal T! Notice she’s wearing short sleeves? Yeah, you’ll see what the rest of us were wearing at the end of this blog post…
We explored the back alleys of downtown Indianapolis…
…all the while searching for anything dry!
Let’s talk about her hair. I’ll start. UH-MAY-ZING!
Makin’ it work!
The gist of the shooting section of the workshop is that we go to locations that aren’t the most picture-esque because well… that’s often what we, as photographers, are stuck with within our time constraints. I’ve been to workshops where they brought in professional models and we shot in an abandoned railroad station (that was gorgeous), but… that’s not our every day reality. We photograph couples we’ve never met, aren’t professional models, and are in love in locations that kind of suck. BOOOOM!
I’m giving our workshop a new tagline. “The bobbi+mike workshop, where people stop being polite, and start getting real!” Wait… nevermind….
My point is this… if you guys saw where I shot this, you’d be mad impressed.
I’m not gonna lie, I kind of shocked myself. Too bad none of us took a wide view.
Duh.
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Indianapolis, Ind.
jessi+dane :: dating since 2.16.10
Jessi :: Veterinary Student and Bridal Consultant | Hometown :: Newburgh, Ind. (born in Fairbanks, Alaska :: Raised in Beaver, W.Va.)
Jessi, in five words (according to Dane) :: loyal • sincere • empathetic • demure • elegant
Dane :: Musician | Hometown :: Boonville, Ind.
Dane, in five words (according to Jessi) :: intelligent • honest • talented • hilarious • attractive
How they met, as told by Jessi :: ”We were introduced by Dane’s brother, Derek. Derek was on leave from the Navy in 2009, and he brought Dane by my house when he came over to see me. There was an instant attraction between Dane and I. He asked me out for coffee a couple of days later, and we’ve been inseparable ever since.”
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She’s all… “Oh my gosh, your hair is so red.” Then I was all, “Oh no, not as red as yours!” And Dane was all, “I’m fascinated by this conversation!”
Just hangin’ out… don’t mind us!
Heeeeeeere we all are!
Much love friends!
~bobbi+mike
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As we walked around town shooting, Jenny got more compliments on her outfit than anyone I’ve ever photographed. “Oh my gosh, I love your dress… where did you get it?!” “…cute dress!” “WOW! You look great in yellow!”
Love this one! I was on the lookout for all things yellow… I mean, after all, that yellow dress was the show stealer! 
BOOM! found another spot of yellow.
….and another!
For the first half of the session, the sky was drab city. Then as we were driving to a nearby field the clouds parted and the sun came out!
Holy cowabunga Jenny, you’re ridiculously gorgeous!
As I mentioned earlier, Jenny is one of those rare people who love getting their photo taken and hamming it up (OH! How I envy thee!). However, I decided to mix things up a bit and make JJ the center of attention… he worked that shiz out! Helloooooo handsome!
This image is so her! For those of you who know Jenny… can’t you just hear her laughing?! 
Ending things with my favorite
YA DAMMMMN RIGHT I’m shooting with the Mark III!
On the surface, photographing engaged couples and married couples seems to be the same thing, though it’s actually not the same at all. There’s a completely different kind of love between two people who’ve been married for a long time/have raised children, verses those who’ve been dating for a couple of years. There’s a different kind of comfort, passion, security, love, confidence that they’ve developed. These two were the epitome of all of those things. They love the shiz out of each other.
See what I mean? My favorite
Let’s take a second to talk about Sarah’s dimples. ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THOSE THINGS?! 
Oh, I should mention that it was absolutely freezing this afternoon! You sure can’t tell by looking at these…
You two are ridiculously cute!
To all of you out there who are married and have never had photos taken alone… you owe it to your future generations to make it happen. Look at this image through their sons’ eyes in 40 years. Yep, told you it was important.
The workshopees were laughing about where Mike was shooting from. I had no idea so I aimed my camera below, without looking through the viewfinder… and laughed when I saw the resulting image!
bobbi+mike workshop, round 6
Kelsey’s always been so fashionable!
I absolutely adore Anthony. He loves Kelsey so incredibly much. Anthony is intelligent, patient, handsome, humble, driven, badass, genuine and couldn’t be more perfect for Kelsey. He’s actually a lot like my Mike, if I do say so myself!
The light this afternoon was sexy!
Those boots?! Yes please!
Have I mentioned how beautiful she is?! Holy cowabunga!
Love. Their hands say everything. 
