ooh first to comment here.

consider this an official request to come to texas (houston to be exact) to photograph my crazy brew. PLEASE?

Oh my goodness … they’re ALL. SO. BEAUTIFUL!

Wow.wow.wow….wow. What a phenomenal top 50! Gorgeous families, gorgeous images! Wow.

all are amazing. but that #1 is something special. it is a truly an incredible image. a moment in time this family will no doubt treasure forever. well done and i wish you both much happiness, success and love for 2010.

You forgot the construction photo…the one with the cement pipes! That one rocked, too.

Every single one of these is beautiful, guys. You SHOULD be proud. 🙂

As usual…Wowsers…you guys are amazing!!! Love your #1!!!!

Still LOVE them all! I still remember looking at each of these blog posts! I don’t know how you can number them… I have SOOO many #1 favorites! Here’s to an amazing amazing 2010, can’t wait to see you guys rock it out again 🙂 (plus we hope we are a part of it!)

They are all so beautiful! I am a little teary-eyed looking through them since you really captured the love and affection that these families share among themselves.

WOW…they were beautiful! You guys rocked out and should be so proud of your incredible work, congrats on an amazing 09!!!

seriously, no words. these are stunning. stunning, stunning, stunning.

Love your style- miss you! You are such an inspiration to our industry, and a blessing to your clients :).

These are all so great guys!

Such a fun and wild ride! I love reliving the year through your top 50 lists! It’s such a high to be one of your families, Bobbi and Mike. You give such a gift through your work! Keep on being your selves, it’s such a beautiful thing!!!!!

PS I have some BEAUTIFUL friends!!!! 😀

You guys really went to work this year. This looks like someone’s lifetime portrait portfolio. There are a lot of folks out there grateful you guys have such a gift. Thank you so much.

33 – best composition

30 – best kid face ever

12 – best narritive

10 – most emotion

These are all so good.

I second the request to come to Houston. I’d love to have you photograph my family!

You work is so inspiring and I don’t know how you could possibly narrow down your favorites = I would mark EVERY one of your photos as a favorite! Here’s to a fab 2010!

Beautiful. Each and every one.

I really don’t know how you ever choose a Top 50 in the first place – unbelievable. Triple love ALL!!

I agree with Angi – how do you decide on a top 50? They are all so wonderful – what a lucky couple you and Mike are to photograph so many great families!

You guys never fail to amaze me. Great job! I look forward to seeing what you come up with this year.

I have the same funkay feeling as I did on the day our sneak peeks were posted. I am reliving it today – woot! Number 10 is my personal favorite shot of yours – ever.

These are truly amazing. I love the mood and emotion each photo has captured.

Just in case you happened to be wondering – you both so totally rock my world. I’ve been following your blog for quite a while, so many of these pics are familiar to me – but seeing them all together like this just blew me away. To see the consistency of your vision and the power of your connection with your clients. Wow. Just wow.

Wow! What great looking images! You guys rock 🙂

I just simply love the way you see emotions between other people. Great stuff!

My heart sings and does flip-flops while looking though all these gorgeous families you two photographed. You.are.awesome.
xx

gorgeous all! you have such a great eye and i love your results – every time!

AWWW… I have to admit your number ONE is my number ONE tooo!!!! The highlight of my year guys. thank you again for your AMAZING talent … those images will be treasured for years to come!!! xxooo carmen

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the top 50!

While I love everything about the work you and Mike do, I’m really starting to love the family sessions! Now I can’t decide between having you guys do a couple session or a family session for me. You make it a tough choice!

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the top 50!

While I love everything about the work you and Mike do, I’m really starting to love the family sessions! Now I can’t decide between having you guys do a couple session or a family session for me. You make it a tough choice!

You guys are such rock stars! I just am blown away by your work and look forward to these top 50 every year. You inspire me…

BOBBI! You are just such a charmer with all these people. I LOVE them! So fab.

You guys blow me away. You just DO! I loved seeing some of my favorite people on here and I just want to say thank you Bobbi, for introducing me to people I know call friends. People who are beautiful on the inside and the outside. You included my dear 🙂

Congrats on another wonderful year in business. 🙂

You guys are ridiculously awesome! 🙂 Great YIR!

So excited for this post! Truly amazing work, what an awesome year for family photos! Each of these are so brilliant, rich, full of life and love, true emotion. How you choose only 50 has got to be very difficult! Congrats to you both on another year of consistently creative, heartfelt work. Can’t wait to see how you rock 2010!

I love this time of year and I love these pictures. I think I told you before that I love your family pictures as I think you showcase a true family and their energy and spirit. I love that these are family pictures but they aren’t these posed, boring, everyone wears all denim pictures. They show a family being a family together, running around, flying a kite, making cookies, goofing off and yet also show the family sharing a hug, a mother showing love for her new child or parents expressing the love for each other. I just love the family stuff, I can’t wait until one day you get to photograph mine and Anthony’s!

These photos are terrible….. in OPPOSITE LAND!

Several of these just took my breath away. I’m sure it was really hard to whittle it down to just 50 favorites – you guys do SO much work every year, it blows me away. These are very inspiring, thank you for sharing them. 🙂

Your pictures are so awesome. One day, I hope to make that Top 50 list! haha. Great job!

So fun! You have some great pics in this collection and you have every right to be proud.

Wishing we can be one of your families in 2010!! Love them all!!

your talent never ceases to amaze me!! You are both so creative with your family sessions…can I say it any louder –YOU ROCK!! can’t wait to see the rest of your best of photos.

Happy New Year Bobbi and Mike

yay! love them! thanks for sharing, guys!

You guys are stinkin’ AMAZING!!!

seriously i have tears in my eyes…you guys should be so incredibly proud. 2009 was your “family year.” you guys were on fire, and Ryan said it right, this collection would be something people would (maybe) show as a “lifetime” portfolio- and this was just a year! we are so blessed to have met you guys, have had photos done with you, and now call you friends. what an honor to be a part of each of these families lives!! love you guys, and i know you are incredibly loved back by many. 🙂

Love them – can’t wait to see more top lists!!

love numero 6!

I can’t wait to have a family just so I can get our pictures taken by B M

AMAZING! I love them all but #13 just melts my heart…

LOVE this whole blog post. How fun to look through all of these. 🙂

a.m.a.z.i.n.g!! I was trying to pick a favorite but I just couldn’t do it!! They are ALL so great!!!

Okay…These are AMAZING!! 39 is my FAVORITE! And I also love 37, 4 and 12!!!! Such inspiration! So fun!

OHHHH I’m so excited to see all your faves from the year. It’s like Christmas 🙂
Love these, especially 26, 12, 10. LOVE your family sessions, every time.

I swear, you guys get some of the coolest, most beautiful, photogenic people to photograph. I must say I’m a bit jealous.

I love #4. Such a great looking family and a great photo.

New Year’s Resolution: to jump on the comment wagon. 😉
LOVE these. LOVE your work!

too bad I don’t live where you do… then you could take these awesome pictures of me and my future family (we won’t have a baby for probably another 3 years – that ok?) – want to come to Austin, TX? haha!

What a FABULOUS year, you two!! All of these images are amazing and so fun. 🙂

LOVE THEM! I especially love the nursing image – that baby has the greatest eyes!!! Such a sweet moment to capture! You guys ROCK!

#18 #21 both favs! Can’t decide! Love em!

Great shot of the kite!!!

every single one is so stinkin awesome

Amazing. Insane, out of this world photos. I love the photos you guys take!!

Can’t stop looking through these images. So wonderful in every way! We feel honored to have your images of our family in our home. #2 and #6 just melt my heart!

WOWWWWW these are awesome and so inspirational. LOVE THEM!

39!!! 39!!!! 39!!!! I am crazy about #39!!!!!!!

Amazing, makes me glad I have a third on the way, families are so important! Wish you could shoot mine!

AYKM!? i tried to pick MY favorite and lost count at 13… they’re ALL amazing. i don’t know how you narrowed it down to 50!! It makes me want to have kids….orrr maybe we should wait a bit 🙂

Just amazing. I love the laughs, colors, and all the amazing places you find to photograph. I’ve been a faithful blog follower all year and I’ve sure learned a lot! Thanks for doing what you love and inspiring all of us have fun and capture the real life moments.

YES!!! Didn’t get a minute to comment before – but you guys made our anniversary gift just perfect for us. One of the guys (ghionis) who was speaking yesterday and talking about what an image is “worth” and he put it in terms of a family’s longevity and an image being an heirloom, etc. I thought a lot of what I heard the past couple days was bullshit, but that’s a real point – images of your own family at a certain time and in a certain way are beyond fucking value. Our grandkids will see those photos if we’re lucky and I’m so fucking happy to have ’em. Hope you guys are relaxing and I hope your back is doin better, bobs.

37 & 4!! Perfection!

so exciting to be on a list again! 🙂 i dont know how you guys do it…so cool. so many compositions…great job as always! nori gets to be on the blog this year! yiippeee!

#49!!!! Wahoo, we made the list!

Torn between 45 and 28. Wow!
Why do you make my life so difficult?

Awesome Bobbi! So fun to see us in there. I still love the beauty of the Andrea’s photo feeding Addie. Seriously, that is just a stunning photo that speaks so much to us mommies!

I absolutely love these. Who am I kidding, I love every blog post actually. Of these I must be the only one who likes 9 the most. It is just so cool.

I just cannot get over how fun these are! I so want you to take pictures of my family! My no. 1 fav is defintiely #22, I just love that shot!! If I had to pick a no. 2 I would pick #3, so gorgeous!

The cuteness factor is out of control here!! 7 and 14 are absolutely PRECIOUS! I love them… and 44 because Tasha is positively stunning.

I love them all, but #7 stick out for me. I love the bright colors and the silliness.

#30 is just too cute!
#43 I like!
And I love every picture with the funky couple b/c they have a way to cute family!!! (#35)

Hello Miss Bobbi,

So many to choose from. Love family #4. Your color is wonderful.

Momba

oOOooo Bobbi you are the most Awesomeness Woman I Know! Ok so I don’t really know ya, but I wish I did =)

Your work makes me cry its so gorgeous. One photo in particuliar entrances me. #39. How did you get the kids blurry and the parents sharp???

Keep up the gorgeous work. please.

nice photos, great wedding shoots, any wedding videos?