… you know, like the Dr. Hook song? 🙂 Now… we certainly weren’t on any cover of the Rolling Stone… but… the NEXT BEST THING!!! (okay, maybe not…) We were in an ad. As in… OMG, WE WERE IN A DOUBLE SPREAD AD!!!!!!! As in… an ad that ran in THREE pro photo magazines (and one WPPI Show Guide 😉 )… AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Another question that we’ve gotten quite a bit was, “who took the photo?!” Well, originally, we did. 😀 You know… self timer style! Mike would balance those books on his head while I’d click the shutter… RUN… jump on the couch… straighten my hair… fix my scarf… suck it in… pop the hip… CLICK… jump down… back to the camera… repeat as many times as I could until the books would fall off of Mike’s head… he’d RE-balance the books… and then right back to the beginning… 😀
I sent in the photo. You see, I hadn’t yet seen their rough layout of the ad and shot it how I pictured the ad to look. Well… it wasn’t wide enough. Furthermore, I thought that version didn’t show enough products.
SOOO… they sent more products 🙂 THIS time, however, I was NOT about to go through the chaos of the self timer 🙂 I called one of my very best friends. One of the very few people I would trust with this (I was the type in college that in group projects I’d do all of the work because I wasn’t going to allow anyone to ruin my grade!).
Who is this awesome person I speak so highly of? Ryan Hunley! 😀 He’s the creative genius behind 2nd Street Creative (and has designed mannny photographers’ logos). In his past, he’s art directed many photo shoots. So, having his creative, detailed eye was a HUUUUUGE help to us!
Here, he’s trying to see how easy it was to balance the books. Uhm… he found out it wasn’t! 😉 Ryan, don’t be mad that I snapped this.
This may make me sound totally lame… but I’d be lying if I didn’t say that this ad was, up to now, the ABSOLUTE proudest moment of my life. ALLLLL that mattered to me was showing our parents. Seriously. I didn’t care if ANYONE else saw it… having my mom full of pride was what I was most excited about. 🙂 And let me tell you, the parents didn’t disappoint. 🙂 We waited to tell them until it was in print. I called my mom at work and told her about it. She about hung up on me and immediately left work and drove to Borders and OF COURSE showed it off to every person in Borders. I’m not kidding you. She’s just beside herself with pride. Karen and Dave, Mike’s parents, saw it before it was published. The awesome people over at mpixpro sent us 4 prints of the final ad. We accidentally left it on the conference table. Dave promptly asked for one… but first demanded that we sign it. 🙂 SERIOUSLY?! SIIIIGN IT??!? HAHAHAHA! OH how I love our families.
Really and truly, thank you Mom Kim, Mom Karen, Dad, Aunt Karen and G-Mom. We love you. Big time! 😀 😀 😀
So, on THAT note… WHADDAYA THINK OF THE BRAND REFRESH?!?!?! I’ve been ABSOLUTELY DYYYYING to get rid of the black. Our business has evolved. We have evolved. Time for our brand to evolve! With the feedback of my Twitter/Facebook friends and the help of Ryan… it’s finalized. With the fresh logo also came a blog update. I’m absolutely IN LOVE with it all. Man oh man, feels GOOD to be moving forward! NOW time for a website update… eeeeeeks!!!!
Thank you guys SO much for your patience while I revamped things here. 🙂 If this is how 2010 is starting… I can’t wait to see what amazingness the year brings.
Love!
~bobbi+mike ❗ + ❓
PS. if for some reason you want to see one of these in person, and you’re not a photographer who is already a subscriber… go to any major book store and look for Digital Photo Pro… flip over the cover and there we are 🙂 YEAHHHHH!!!!!
So happy for you two!!!! :]
Ok a few things for u two awesome people!
1.) the new blog is fantastic and looooove the new logo
2.) You guys deserve everything great! The new ad is amazing and you guys look so adorable!
3.) Rock it out! If I had an ad, I think it would be my most proud moment as well!
Congrats to you both…on everything!!!
Congratulations! The new blog and branding look fabulous! I enjoy reading your posts so much! I love how genuine you are! I look forward to meeting you one day soon! Keep up the amazing work!
love the new look!!!!
I love the new blog bobbi! and congratulations on the ad!
Bobbi, you and Mike are amazing! I was so excited to open Rangefinder and find your lovely faces!! Beto and I can’t wait to meet you in May! The new blog looks fab!!!
The blog looks AWESOME and I love the new logo.
Congrats on the ad, I love how fresh and real you are about it and completely not JADED. That’s what makes a rockstar photog in my eyes. 🙂
Congratulations to you both!! Glad to see some kick ass people from the mid-west getting some recognition and you two deserve it!! Very happy for you two!
YES, YES, YES! It’s been worth the long wait! 😉 Love the blog and the updates! Congratulations on that awesome print ad, it is so perfect! Keep rockin’!!!
Love it! Love the updated logo, the refreshed blog (so much more “you”). Love the orange rug! Is that the one from Ikea? I’ve been wanting that and my DH says “no orange” but this might sell him. High five!
First of all…yay! The add is amazing, you guys are amazing, the logo is amazing! So happy for you guys! p.s. It was so awesome to finalllllly meet you guys at WPPI!!!! xoxo!
YIPPPPPEEEEE! The blog is back!!! I’ve been hitting refresh for two days. ; )
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
So awessome you are in that add. Next stop, Canon! ; )
Love the new look! Also, CONGRATS, it’s a big deal 😉
this is MAJOR. so excite for you. and the ad…phenomenal!
just adding the “d” to excite. see thats how excited you have me…i missed an entire letter!
I looooove the new colors and the new blog!!!! This is so fresh, so neat and so you! Congrats on the publication!!!
LOVE the new blog – SO much more fresh and YOU. So exciting, and you guys deserve all of the love/credit you get!!!
lots of love!
LOVEEEEE it guys! Couldn’t be prouder of you two with the ads in the magazines. (I love that shot of Ryan improvising 😉
And I love how your mom had to show you off to everyone in Borders. That’s adorable 🙂
wow, congrats!!! love LOVE the new logo and refreshed blog!
So VERY proud of you guys, as I’ve been following your blog (and fun forays!) for a couple of years now! We CANNOT wait to finally work with you guys (or basically you all tell us what to do and we smile!), and to see what 2010 brings your way! Congratulations on all your successes and hard work!
Gahhh! Bobbi+Mike I LOVE the new blog design. Soooo awesome! And I adore your expressions in the ad. So real. Way to go!
AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING! And I’m talking about everything! The ad, the logo, the blog! SOOO happy for you guys! Everything is perfect!
YAY Bobbi!! I love the new logo and the freshness of the new blog. I’m kinda partial to white backgrounds and this is just so clean and bright and perfect! Love it and love the add!
Badass all around! Love seeing your growth and of course awesomeness 🙂
love the new blog!! congrats 🙂
LOVE the brand “refresh”!!! It was the first thing I noticed when I stumbled onto your blog and I thought, “What a GREAT logo!!! … too cute!”
Congrats on being published, too. 🙂
I found your blog FROM the ad! I couldn’t make it to WPPI this year but a photog friend brought me back a bag full of goodies and a program guide. Such a fun ad and I’m really enjoying your blog and beautiful work! Congrats to you both!
You guys are just WAY too cute…..LOVE IT!
Bobbi,
I already bought five copies. I do have to say that you and Mikey truly deserve your Fame. Of all the people who would know, it is your Momba. It has taken a lot of talent, skill and many sleepless nights to keep up with your still growing business. I am your biggest fan. I love you both.
Momba
I love the new look!
CONGRATULATIONS! That’s an amazing spread! Soooo you! I think I might get a copy of one of these magazines and frame your spread!!!! Lovins!
love the redesign!!
Congrats! sooo awesome!
so fancy! i love the new look. way to reinvent while staying true to your original brand – not many can pull that off (but of course you guys could!)
Bobbi, it looks amazing, it really does.
And I love your ad. 🙂
And…I just re-read my previous post and I think I used the word “spread” too much. It starts to get a lil ‘nasty’ after a while… 😛
the new blog looks FABULOUS! Great work on the logo revamp too! your personality (from what i’ve learned about your from twitter, facebook, etc.) just resonates through your posts and your photography – VIBRANT and full of life. you are an inspiration to all of us. thanks! 😀
“genuine”—just like you!!!
LOVE the new logo… and the reason is simple, I can see it on my reader! I first started reading your blog via google reader and I always wondered what the hell the orange nike swoop thing was in the posts. Had.no.clue. I finally clicked to comment once (because I’m a comment whore) and then I finally got what the hell the swoopy thing was, a super cute logo! So, now I’ll be able to see your super cute NEW logo even if I’m reading it on a reader since it looks good on white. Yay!
Congrats on the ad, you guys deserve it as you are pretty much awesome. Not smoke up the ass awesome, just effing awesome.
Everything looks great, and I love your final decision. 🙂 Everything looks fresher now!
Love the new look guys! Awesome! 🙂
VERY much like the new look. Easier to read through all the comments when they’re not reversed out. So neat you guys were featured in the ad(s) too!!! Also, my husband says the new logo makes Mike’s upper lip more linear. Which is better…I think. Anyway, nice new digs!
LOVE the new blog! It feels like spring when I click on your site now 🙂 Congrats on the ad!!! So exciting, and you look super adorable!
you guys are all so kind. my heart seriously won’t stop racing with excitement. Thank you thank you THANK YOUUUU!!!!
Looks great Bobbi & Mike! Love the logo change and the blog looks fresh!
Love the new bloggity!!! And new logo!!! And the fact that you took that photo of Ryan & posted it!!! 🙂
Woohoo!!! I looove everything everything everything! Now THAT is a true brand refresh well done. So lovely to know you Bobbi and Mike. You’re fab friends, k?
LOVE LOVE LOVE the new logo! It totally fits you! 🙂
Love the fresh new blog! It looks perfect!! And congrats on the ad. I was SUPER excited when I saw it a few weeks ago. You guys rock. Seriously.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the new blog. As always you guys rock!
AND…I totally love that song! it’s been one of my faves for a long long time!
I did see it…way before you announced it…and immediately thought it was brilliant. I rarely show “treasures” (as I call them) that I find in my photog magazines to my hubby anymore (he usually yawns anyway), but I showed him your ad right away. He was impressed with both of your balancing skills. We typically do our own portraits with the self timer…and running to get in the picture on time, and then to have to adjust everything is a chore. I know you said the final pic was taken by a friend, I still think it’s awesome the first one was self-timer action. 🙂 Congrats on the AD, it’s definitely you. And it’s funny you should mention wanting to get rid of the black for a while…because as much as I love love love reading your blog and love your style, I’ve always thought the black was misplaced. The new look is more reflective of your style. Mucho Bueno.
WOWSERS BABE!!!! Looking good and sexy just like you. 😉 Your blog revamp looks awesome. Good for you and all the hard work you put into it. Loving the sleek little logo update you’ve got going on too. I’m not surprised a bit though. 😀
I am so gonna get that magazine!! Woooooooohooo!! hello hotness! 🙂 you guys look great! love the new blog!
Christine, hi 🙂 I think that 3 years ago… the black matched my processing style. I remember trying to switch to white then and the blog readers HATED IT! Luckily for me, I’ve outgrown the technicolor look… OUT WITH THE OLD… IN WITH THE NEWWWWW!!!!!!
So cool guys! I have a copy of ppmag with you in it. Congrats
Oh you two are AMAZING!!!! I love the new design!! You work so hard, I’m so glad you were asked to do that ad!! I can’t wait to see the new website!
Love the ad and LOVE the new look 🙂
Love the new style of the blog!
Holy Crap! You promised amazingness, and you delivered! GREAT job on it all – and I can’t wait to open Rangefinder and Professional Photographer and see your smiling faces in print! WOO HOO! WAY TO GO!
love the new logo you two! and I like to “lighter” look with grey and white!
Bob and Mike…love the new look and love the new logo. it is so …old you and new you…trendy, modern but traditional B&M. I am such a huge fan and friend. Love to you both.
I am in love with the blog….soooooo you guys! Boy do I hope we can have a shoot with you guys soon!
b-
you + m are the bomb.com! and LOVIN’ the new site!!!! duh-town.
xoxo.
PS: one of my fav things about the new site is how your comments come up in orange in the comment box! awesome.
YIPEEEEE!!!! love, love, love. the blog, the ad, you.
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! Love the whole shebang!
Love the new look and loved opening my mags this month to see your smiling faces!
YAY!! Love the new look. its so fresh and clean!!! 😀 and yay for the ad! I got my Pro Photographer mag in the mail last week and was like “Hey there’s Bobbi + Mike!” YAY!
Breath a big sigh of awesomeness. Your hard work shows each and every time! Enjoy and celebrate:) Love you friends!
I really like the new logo..I’ve got to be honest, when I saw your before logo, I wasn’t quite sure what the symbol was above Bobbi + Mike. And now, it’s obvious. I looked in closer at the details and I think it was the slight change to your hair on the left side! Great job to your graphics team. I also really like the way the orange in your hair stands out like your hair in real life. Photographers here in Louisiana will say, “Wait..Bobbi+Mike, she has really bright hair, right?!”…(and great photographs of course). Anyway, your blogs are always so much fun to read. I enjoy your sharing! 🙂
i was soooo excited when i saw that super cute ad. congrats!
Love the new blog layout and I love that you let your friend/strangers help you out putting it together! The ad is awesome, congrats to you both on this, it is a huge thing and you have every right to be proud (and you look amazing by the way!)
OMGEEE!!! You guys…I abdolutely LOVE the new logo. So fresh and so you! I was so dying to see the awesomeness whenever you got the website closed….DYING! And today, as I type this message…I smile really big. You guys are the BEST! Looking forward to see more awesomeness…
Much love,
So amazing! Love it! Also I’m loving the new colors scheme and logo! Brilliant as always 🙂
You two are SOOOO amazing!! That print ad is the bomb.com – what a fabulous way to spread the bobbi + mike phenomenon … and I love the look of the blog, and your logo … check.and.mark!!
Bobbi- I’ve been following this blog for close to a year now and not only do I think you guys are AMAZING(!) but I couldn’t imagine a more deserving two for this opportunity! I absolutely love, love, LOVE your work! CONGRATS!
You two rock. HARD. You make me want to become a photographer, just because you make it look so fun. 🙂 And the new look? LOVE.
O.M.G!!! love the new blog. love the new logo. love the mpixpro spread. love it love it love it all! you both are absolutely amazing! <3
I am so INCREDIBLY proud of you two! Congratulations! We love you!
p.s. Its awesome having famous cousins! 🙂
Awesome!! LOVE the new look! So simple and fresh. But, man, take off the mustache, & put glasses on you, and there’s me & my husband! lol
Congrats!! That’s AWWESOMME!!!
(p.s. OMG two of my haircuts are in MAGAZINES! hahaha!)
CONGRATS, fabulous celebrities! I’m so inspired by your work and love the new ad; will make sure to keep a copy! Love y’all!
love the ‘lighter’ look! very fresh! also love the ‘wind-swept’ look of your logo hair. 🙂
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
i was so excited to get my magazine..i flipped through until i found you guys! so perfect!
and i love the new logo as well..thanks for letting me be a part of the twitter fun when you were work’n it out! I love that you are so down to earth and personable…its really refreshing!
Way to go Mikey and Bobbi-girl. The whole family is so proud of you two. Love and miss you guys.
Congrats! You two are amazing – I’m totally NOT surprised they wanted to in the magazine!! And your blog, logo, etc looks amazing!
love it…it’s so fresh…LIKE THE TWO OF YOU!
LOVE the new look – black backgrounds actually give me migraines. I was only able to look at your blog through google reader – now I’m glad I can come and take in your entire blog. 🙂
I loved seeing your full spread ad in both PPA and Rangefinder this month. You guys rocked it!
OK. I don’t even know if you’ll read this comment since this post is an older one. First of all, LOVE the spread. Second of all, with your old black look (please find this as funny as I did) I thought that what I now realize is you was like a little glass slipper (think Cinderella) and I was always soooo confused. Then the “Mike” part… I thought it was some kind of strange wedding ring. LOL. Glad that got cleared up.
Ok so this is a little bit late since you posted this 2 weeks ago. I have been online much lately so now I’m playing catch-up. I did see your add in Digital Photo Pro magazine and I was over the moon excited for you. You two are such a fun couple and that is totally reflected in your photography. I am happy to see it recognized in print. You two ROCK! Congrats!