shots of the head [Garr Van Orden]

Got your attention now? I'm proud to announce that I finally did my first ever HEADSHOTS! Now I gotta say, these aren't your traditional headshots. Number 1, they're not taken in a studio. Number 2, Garr isn't your average head-shot kind of guy.

Garr is my very, very good friend's husband and he's pretty much the best actor I know. While I was in Utah for a wedding shoot, we decided we had better get some headshots in for him so that he could get some printed up for all of his near-future auditions!

Good luck to Garr on those by the way :) Without further ado, Garr's headshots ...

PS. Please prepare yourself, these are freakishly hilarious and we all had way too much fun taking them. Oh, and if you're wondering about Garr's hair, he likes to keep it that way so directors can mold him into any character they want. Oooooor he's trying to be like Jesus. Either way, we think it's awesome.

Ok, ok so now onto the headshots...

I'm not sure what the direction for this one was. It probably went a little something like this: "Garr, show them your face of pure, unable-to-control-yourself, excitement."

Next, anger.

Apparently this is seduction, although I don't remember asking him to do this--but I guess I could have. We were all rolling at the time--why not?

Maybe anger or hate again? I don't remember. My eyes were definitely filled with tears by this point in the shoot.

Let me remember correctly what Garr said about this on his facebook page: "I need ta' spit this tabaccee out!"

A huge thanks to Sal and Garr for giving me the chance to laugh and cry all at once during this photo shoot. It was oh-so worth it! I hope you guys like the pictures! I had a blast taking them.

a fabulous sneaky peek!

This past weekend we traveled allll the way back to Utah (which we desperately miss already by the way!) for Trish and Jarom's amazing wedding. And we know how intense it is to wait for wedding pics to be finished, so we thought we would give a little taste as a little gift to the new Mr. and Mrs. and to all of our incredible blog followers :)

All of Trish and Jarom's photos should be finished by the end of this week, so keep your eyes peeled for them here!

Congrats again to this amazing couple!!

Going Out With A *Bang*-- Cassidy & Joe's Engagements

Alas, my time has come. I have finished my last Utah shoot before I move to California this weekend. I'm having mixed feelings right now. Utah has become my home. But I'll follow my hubby wherever he goes, and since he's chosen to be in the Air Force, we're officially moving to California MONDAY!

So here's my last blog post for a couple of weeks. We're going to be really busy with the move, but I hope to get pics of our new home up soon :)

Thanks to all of our Utah clients! We love you guys so much! You have made Folks Photography what it is today. We have met some of the most amazing people within this past year, and we're so grateful to have met all of you. We're so grateful to have captured so many special moments. We're just all around grateful. We love you guys :) We have a few photo shoots scheduled out for later in the year here in Utah, so keep your eyes open-- we'll be back! :)

We'll miss all of you so much! Keep in touch!

Now on to Cassidy and Joe. I met Cassidy this year in one of my classes at BYU. I was sitting in my awful Phonology class one bleak day, and then the professor announced that she would be pairing us up with other people from the class for our upcoming projects. Enter, Cassidy. Talk about such an amazing girl! Cassidy and I became such great friends, we CHOSE to work with each other on our last project for that class. She was really smart too. That's not really why I chose her though, I promise :)

Listen up Joe, this is for you. I chose Cassidy because she was so easy to work with. Because even though I was going through my severe "senioritis", she always kept a smile on her face and kept me pushing through to complete our assignments. I chose her because she's a great friend. Joe, I hope you see how seriously incredible Cassidy is. And I'm sure she thinks the same of you :) Actually, I know she does. You two were so amazingly cute together during the photo shoot. I hope you two nothing but the best in the future. Please keep in touch!!

So here we go...Cassidy and Joe...their official engagements!

Ahhhh blue eyes. Have you caught on that I love blue eyes???

I hope Cassidy doesn't get mad at me for posting this. I just couldn't resist!

Cristina's Bridals

Remember the oh-so-gorgeous Cristina & Trevor? Alas, Cristina's bridals! What do I love most about these bridals?? We did them AFTER her wedding!

Perks?

1. She's not so stressed out after her wedding, so we just had some good fun!

2. Her dress was already a little dirty from the wedding day, and she didn't have to worry about it getting dirty before the wedding day. Absolutely every photographer's dream.

3. I got to see this amazing couple again. And I love them!

Here ya go! Cristina's bridals!

Aren't these little bows all over her dress ADORABLE!?!? These beaded bows adorned each of the pick-ups on her dress-- to DIE for!

Man she is so gorgeous. How lucky am I to have hot clients like this?!?! Work that veil C!

At this point, it was POURING rain outside, and I was attempting to get some fun ring shots. Thank goodness for reliable Cannon equipment.

Cristina had Trevor's ring engraved. I've never had a bride do this before! She said she calls him "Sweet Pea". I love it. I also love the "ruggedness" of this photo. I just love it all.

Holyoak Family

A long time ago in a city not so far away (Orem/Provo), I worked at a place that, believe it or not, I hated. Hated Hated Hated. I think I only worked there because, well, I needed the money. AND my best friend and roommate at the time was also working there. So I thought, what the heck? This'll be great!

And thus fate introduced me to Ryan and Rebekah. Bekah worked with Sally and I at Harris Interactive-- the dreaded place where we randomly called people and begged them to take a survey. We weren't even trying to sell them anything, seriously. Yet people still hated us. Sally and Bekah's boss at the time was Ryan Holyoak. Everybody loved Ryan. He was the cool boss that let us goof off a little when our jobs really started wearing on us.

A little while after Sally and I cut out of there, we heard that Bekah and Ryan were engaged! Yay! We were so happy! We loved them both! Then we heard they were married. And then we heard they had a baby!

I'm so happy for these two and their new little family. I'm so grateful to know these two and now, to have met their little Bronson. I photographed them in Provo about a week ago and I'm so happy with the results-- even though that little Bronson wasn't old enough to sit up, he was GREAT at making eye contact and just so sweet during the entire shoot. And as soon as he started crying, we knew we were finished :)

As an added bonus, I would like to take the liberty of posting a few pictures from a long long time ago when I worked with Bekah, Ryan and Sally at Harris Interactive. Ahhhh the memories :) Thanks for making my life awesome you guys!

Sally and Bekah, obvisouly working very hard.

I know Ryan isn't in this picture, but for the record, he DID tape this random sign up to the ceiling to attempt to keep us motivated. That's Sally on the far left, Bekah in the middle and me on the far right. Awwwwww the good ol' days.

I made these so that we could get a "high 5" every time we got a completed survey. As you can tell, this job flirted with my insanity.

Again, although Ryan is not in this picture, this is the "crown" he made me on my last day. We deemed it the "Quitters Crown". Yes, that IS Dumbo on the top.

Ok, ok enough of the goofy old pictures. Meet The Holyoak Family....

These blue eyes are going to get him in trouble someday :)