bobbi+mike

 

Meet my beautiful cousin AllieShe’s a senior this year, and was of course in need of some fun senior photos!

 

 

 

With this session came a small dilemma though…

Dilemma: My G-mom and Aunt Kay (Allie’s mom) both prefer traditional backdrop/studio photos with everyone pleasantly smiling at the camera. Well… Allie isn’t a traditional teenager… She’s colorful, she has attitude, she’s quiet, she dyes her hair black, etc. She’s not a smile by the pretty fountain in the park type of girl. So, how do you balance what the senior would like (they are her photos after all) and what mom likes (let’s face it, we’ve gotta make momma happy!)?

Solution: Fun, funky photos in a unique location for Allie… combined with well lit, straight on, smiley face shots for G-mom and Aunt Kay. We think that we captured Allie’s personality perfectly AND took a few for mom to put on her desk/hang on the wall. PUUUUUURE GENIUS!!!!!! HA!

 

 

 

We haven’t shown you guys a Bobbi version and a Mike version of the same photo in a long time… so, here you go! Here’s my photo…

 

 

 

And Mikey’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Every Birdie Welcome”

 

 

 

WORK IT OUT!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEEEEEEESE!

 

 

 

LOVE THIS!!!! I want Mikey to take MY photo here… LOVE the colors! It’s my favorite!

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I showed this one to her in the back of the camera she smiled and said, “That one is my favorite!” So, I thought I would show you all…

 

 

 

AHHHHH!!!!!

 

 

 

We found some abandoned construction equipment

 

 

 

Here’s Mikey’s favorite

 

 

 

Brittany came along for the shoot… so we thought it would be fun to get a jumping shot with all of the girl cousinsThat’s Brittany on the left (she wasn’t feeling well…) me in the middle and Allie on the right.

 

 

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Allie is such a neat young woman… and I love her so so so so so much!

She’s a senior at North Kansas City High School… which is also where I went to high school. Now, I know this is weird… But I LOOOOOOVED being a teenager. When we drove through North Kansas City, I all of a sudden was overwhelmed with this HUGE amount of school spirit, it was RIDICULOUS. I began singing our Alma Mater at the top of my lungs and couldn’t remember the second line… it was KILLING ME!!!!!! So, I called my best friend Corrie and asked her to sing it to meShe knew EVERY word!I’m not surprised in the least!

After dinner, the WHOLE family went to Stroud’s for some fried chicked (yeah, last week was NOT a good week on the diet). Corrie came along.The hostess was an NKC alum, too (class of 07)So there we all were… singing our song.

Any NKC alum reading our blog? If so… remember the words? Blog comment it!

Allie, I’m SO excited to see where your future takes you. Follow your dreams… let NOTHING hold you back. I love you.

~bobbi+mike+

 

 

You guys know I LOVE my red pants!

 

 

 

And go figure… Mikey sleeping on the job.

 

 

 

Actually… he was taking this photoIt’s probably my new favorite action shot. I love you!

 

 

WHEN CAN WE GO BACK TO KC?!

 

 

my HILAAAAAARIOUS jokes NEVER fail!

 

 

 

Doesn’t she look like a big-time folk/country music star in this one?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was feelin’ wacky!

 

 

 

LOVE THIS ONE!!!! We went into this little spot when this guy yells… “DO NOT TOUCH THE PAINT!!!!!” I was FIVE seconds from showing her the pose she was going to do by leaning on the red… WHEW! That would have been a tragedy. Definitely a favorite!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruth is an artist… she brought along these colored pencils to incorporate into one of her photos. You know, like seniors are supposed to.Well, when I talked to her on the phone the day before and asked her what she was bringing… she mentioned the pencils. I got REALLY excited… I LOVED that she brought along the things that I would have at her age. Then came the task of making colored pencils and paint brushes in a photo not be cheesy. I spent the evening brainstorming decheesifying pose ideas… and this is what we came up withI happen to LOVE it

 

 

 

 

 

 

She’s a photographer, tooA Bobbi fave!

 

 

 

HEY PRETTY GIRL!

 

 

 

The neatest alleys and doorways are in Austin… We were in bobbi+mike photo HEAVEN!

 

 

 

See… told ya! This one is Mikey’s favorite

 

 

I LOVE her smile!So contagious!

 

 

 

 

 

 

GORGEOUS!!!!

 

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!! How much fun did we have, you ask? A LOT! Ruth is so cool. She was incredibly easy to photograph, can’t you tell?! She has it all… talent, style, beauty, personality, ambition, confidence…. see, told you she had it all!

I asked her how she found our website all the way in Indiana… she said she found us on the Trash the Dress site when we were the photographer of the week, and she’s been following us since. HOW NEAT IS THAT?! She said she “didn’t know wedding photography could be cool.”We certainly try to make it cool!

Her mom came along for the shoot. WE LOVE GWEN! As you guys know, Mikey and I have sort of a quirky photo style… and sometimes moms don’t really get that. HOWEVER, Gwen (her mom) was FULL of REALLY awesome ideas! She even ENCOURAGED our quirkiness!LOVE IT!

Ruth is currently transitioning from being a senior into going to art school… I cannot wait to see where the world of art takes her.

Thanks you two for making the trip down from Fort Worth… we had a blast!

LOVE!

~bobbi+mike+

Duelling cameras

 

 

 

I bet you’ll be seeing this one at the top of the blog sometime soon

 

 

 

Yes, he really is that hot

 

 

WE LOVE TEXAS