When I announced on Facebook that we were heading to Tampa for Sarah and Paul’s wedding I also announced that we would be taking a session or two while we were there. Julie promptly emailed us. When she told me she wanted photos with her daughter I couldn’t have been more excited!
You see… this was my life… just my mom and me most of the time.
For that reason, I was also quite nervous. We had, shockingly, never photographed a single parent with their kid(s). I knew that I wanted needed to knock it out of the park! …for Reagan… for Julie… for me… for the single parents of the world… namely those single parents who owe this to their children’s future! This dynamic is quite common, yet very few are making it a priority.
Julie however, she’s the exception… and I love her for it. She gifts herself a Mother’s Day session with Miss Reagan every year. 😀 This duo lives in Orlando… to get to Tarpon Springs that morning she and Reagan had to leave their home at 4am. WHAAAAT?! 😀
Reagan’s personality reminds me soooo much of my own at her age. I suppose it’s natural that we have a bit in common… after all we are both only children raised by our mommas. 🙂 She’s silly, sweet, confident, unique, dramatic, hilarious, loud, and she respects and loves her mom!
This one makes me a little teary. Reagan, you’re going to conquer everything you set out to… you will, I know it.
Julie, you’re an incredible mother… Reagan is so very lucky to have you. 
That hat… there was a street vendor selling them… Reagan put it on and she literally transformed herself into a super model (stay tuned for the end…). I couldn’t resist buying it for her!
Mooooore funnnnn hatttttttts!
Reagan really is a one-in-a-million kind of kid. 
This… THISSSSSS perfectly captures the essence that is Reagan!!!!
My favorite ❗ Man oh man… tearing up again… Julie, you’re just the best. 
SEEEEE!!!! Told you she transformed herself into a super model! 😀 Reagan LOOOOVES to do cool model poses and had SO many awesome ideas! <> Reagan, you ROCKED this pose! 😉 P.S. Mom (Kim), are you reading this? Does this photo remind you of any other drama queens you know? 😉
Julie, on behalf of all of us grown-ups who were primarily raised by a single parent who have very few family photos… thaaaaannnnnk youuuuu!!! You’ll never know how much of an honor it was to have been asked to do this. AHHHH! Tearing up again…
Sending all my love and high fives your way!
~bobbi (+best friend ben) ❗
That image on the right… Reagan was teaching Ben how to do those aforementioned super model poses. I’d say Ben nailed it. Reagan however, as you can clearly see, has seen better super models… it’s as though she’s saying “who hired these amateuuuurs?!”
oh wow… what a cool mom. I love she treats herself to these photos. What memories she’s creating for her daughter!!!! You totally ROCKED this session. Single moms everywhere are going to be lining up now!
This is so touching. I love the idea of having a session every Mother’s Day. I absolutely love the black and white on the pier/dock. Way to knock it out of the park again BBMK+B 🙂 !!!!!!
Crying at my desk! What a momma! What a daughter! Gorgeous photos! There are not enough exclamation points (ever) to capture how great this all is!
Oh! These photos tug at my heart! Beautiful work, BBMK+Ben…you guys knocked it out of the park! And what a sweet and beautiful momma+daughter duo!
Absolutely love this session!! They are both absolutely beautiful and both lit up in front of your camera!! (P.S. My niece (Madelyn) wants to be called Elsa now too, so I found that pretty funny!!)
Aww love this one! My mom was a single mom to my sister and I until I was 8 years old and you’re so right … I would have loved to do something like this with the three of us. I think the only “professional” pictures we had done were just some crappy ones where we are posed in front of some white floor length blinds. And I was wearing a coca cola sweatshirt? Yikes!…They both will treasure those beautiful pictures forever!!! And I have mad respect for all the single moms out there. Love it, Bobbi!!
OH WOW! if you get through this post without a smile on your face you need to check your pulse! This is so undeniably perfect!
Oh Bobbi…how amazing is this. That first image! Same-Same 🙂 You always manage to find/create & capture amazing moments but this session. You can feel how special this session was. Love them all. And love that Mama for gifting herself photos each year. We can all learn from that!
That very first black and white is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing. I so so wish I had a picture like that of my mother and me. Love, love, love this whole session!!
All the black and white are my faves!! and in that last black and white of the two of them, they look identical!! love this duo, so sweet! and way to go mom for getting photos each year!! fab job as always bbmk+b! xxJBZ
ahhhhh — the black and whites on the dock are my favorites but wow — amazing images!
Oh my goodness, there is so much love in these photos! I feel like I need to squeeze someone! What a beautiful family.
WHATTTTT!??!! um, amazing!!! i eyes and my heart are madly in love with all of these! they are incredible. what an amazing gift you have them (and she gave herself!). nothing more to say but LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Bobbi, you’re an amazing story teller. I always read every single word of your blog and take a moment to take in every sentence… Thank you for doing what you do. And to Julie & Reagan: you’re both beautiful ladies, these images have totally made my day!
these are 5 stars. wow! such a frickin’ great idea! you guys really captured the “love” here.
“who hired these amateurs?”- HAHAHAHA
Awww, tears… and so many favorites. Love these. Pretty much every black and white one on here is my favorite. Good mom for documenting herself AND her kid.
Love! Love! Love! Such special photos! Perfection!! Julie, love that you do this every year. What an amazing gift for your daughter.
Goodness gracious, you rock my world!!! I can’t even pick a favorite. I just can’t. Okay, maybe I can – the one of Reagan resting her head in her mom’s lap. I stopped scrolling and just stared for the longest time. Beautiful, beautiful images!!
These are fabulous images! And Bobbi’s description makes me feel like I was along for the fun. I love how you connected with these two. Such an important message… And just in time for Mother’s Day! ????
Bobbi and Mike! Julie and Reagan, thanks for shining for all of us single moms out there! Its so true, as a single mom myself, it is so important to document these shots in such an amazing and loving way ! This session rocked. I teared up at the pic of little Reagan with her head in Julie’s lap. You coulda dropped the mike right there with that one, but went on to blow me away with the rest of the session! LOVED it! For all the single moms out there, we salute you!
Eyes watering through this whole post! SO awesome that she had you guys capture them together! Mother daughter relationships are so priceless these two..you can tell have a very strong bond! Beautiful ladies and beautiful moments! Of course all gorgeously captured bbmk…..VERY NICE JOB!
I’ve always been a fan, but I am a fanatic after seeing these! Love Julie and her Peanut. Thank you so much for sharing and loving single Moms <3
Totally tearing up over here. These are perfect – on your part, and on their part. I want these memories – you guys captured the genuine love, happiness and bond between these two in such a wonderful way. Super, duper highest of high fives on this session.
Love this guys!!
Melt…I want those pictures with my daughter, too. They made me tear up too.
Oh my gosh, these made me tear up they are *so* precious! You captured these two very special girls perfectly.Brava, I loved this!!
Love this session so much!You can feel the love, and fun popping off the screen! Beautiful!
Being Reagan’s grandmotyer I may be slightly biased, vut I agree with the writeup. Reagan is an exceptionally bright, funny and beautiful child,both inside and out. Julie has done a very nice job of raising her.
AHHHH…as always you knocked it out of the park! I just love this so much! Just perfect, perfect, perfect my friend! What a treasure!
Oh my heart, this pulls on my heart strings and just makes me tear up. So sweet and perfect!!
OMG, you guys rocked this session. These two are so sweet. What a lucky little girl to have these images to look back on when she’s older!
I am a complete puddle after seeing this blog post!!! The b&w image of Reagan kissing her momma’s cheek makes me tear up every single time I look at it!!! AWESOME session!!!!
Are you kidding me? These are amazing…the love mom has for her daughter just shines through…and it appears mutual! My fave is the one with her head in moms lap!
These made me teary-eyed, too. Julie – you are an amazing mom!! I can just see the love between the two of you, and it makes me so happy! The photos are just beautiful and brought me joy. I’m sure they did the same for Julie+Reagan.
Man oh man!! What a treasure this session is!! That black and white on the dock….that needs to be made huge. These are tremendous! Truly!!
My favorites you’ve ever done. I love them all but I’m biased because I was there.
What a fun session of a beautiful mom and daughter! I love every single one of these photos. Good on mom for getting yearly photos taken! You definitely knocked it out of the park for them BBMK! Awesome awesome job!
bbmk team you knocked this one out of the park. I had tears in my eyes. I love these pictures and I think you captured the essence of this duo’s relationship. You are so talented and I am blessed to call you my friend!
tears. i die. and then mike had to go buy her a hat?! more tears.
way to go, team bbmk!
I absolutely love this photo session. Thank you Bobbi for acknowledging all the single parents out there. I love you very much.
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My favorite is the kiss on the hand. It captured a spontaneous moment in time. I love it.
She is DARLING!!!!!
Adorbs!