Love...

If you ask me, there's so many different types of love. My favorite happens to be when the couple is in that moment, where they're the only two people around...

They know how to make each other smile and laugh so effortlessly...

And the only thing they've ever wanted is to be alone, in a quiet place with the love of their life....

That's the kind of love I saw with Brady and Heather. So sweet, innocent, and real. These two are passionate about one another, and are willing to do anything to make the other one happy. And having the opportunity to work with them is what makes my job so incredible.

Aren't they the most gorgeous couple ever!?

Work it, you two!

A huge congrats goes out to these two, who tied the knot in January 2012! We wish you the absolute best life together, and hope your love continues to blossom into something that words cannot describe!

rachel & adam [4.17.10]

i love to see the temple

i'll go inside someday

i'll covenant with my father

i'll promise to obey

for the temple is a holy place

where we are sealed together

as a child of God i've learned this truth

a family is forever

Rachel & Adam were sealed together for time and eternity at the Los Angeles temple, and I feel so honored to be a part of this incredible occasion.

First of all, this couple was incredibly in love and it showed.

Secondly, they had a family that loved and supported them both very much, and it showed as well. 

I cannot thank everyone who was involved with this unbelievable day enough for being so willing to work with us for photos and for being so kind and generous. 

If we haven't said it before, we have the BEST CLIENTS around. And Rachel and Adam continued to make that statement true for us. 

A huge congrats to this beautiful couple! Stay happy. Keep each other laughing. Always say 'I love you.' 

Thank you so much for allowing Folks Photography to capture such a momentous time in your lives together as a couple. You're both gorgeous ;)

For more photos from Rachel & Adam's big day, click here.

wow isn't Rachel absolutely FABULOUS?! What a gorgeous bride....

Before I close, I'd like to give a couple shout outs.


First to CRISTINA & TREVOR for referring this amazing couple to us! We are so blessed to have such amazing friends. You rock our world.


Second, AMANDA!!! A big big big big big thank you for spending the whole day in LA with me, making sure I didn't go into labor (whew, sidestepped that landmine, eh?) and for putting up with me bad mouthing cars in bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours ;) I'll blame it on the hormones haha We should have gotten Blizzards afterall!


Love you all!


Love, Folks Photography

[kadie] senior portraits, sneak peek!!

dear kadie,

you are fabulous



love, Folks Photography



ps. more photos to come ;)

farewell teddy....helloooooo cletus!

so you know it's a bad sign when you walk into your hallway, and you see this....

poor little guy didn't even stand a chance....

And THEN you walk into your living room, and see the REST of the masterpiece...

Lucy, looking triumphantly over her work...

By the way, mucho mucho apologies for the poor quality photos above. Turns out, my point and shoot just doesn't cut it like the good ol' Canon. Hence, my logo is not on any of them....feel free to steal as you feel necessary. Although you stealing pictures of my dogs and their messes is kind of weird....but whatever......

in HAPPIER news! Those of you who are already friends with me on Facebook probably already know a thing or two about our new surprise (by the way, if you're not friends with me on facebook yet, you really should be. I'm a hoot of a buddy. At least I'd like to think so....Melissa Jennifer Folks-- add me today!). But I thought I should officially announce this on our blog now that we have PHOTOS! That's right. You know where I'm going with this one...

We've got a bun in the oven!!!

Say hello to Cletus the Fetus (artistically "named" by our dear friend, Sally Van Orden....)

This is the little one waving to the world. In this lovely photo, we see a foot and hand.

I'm not sure what the doc said he/she was doing here, but I think if you look VEEEERRRRRY closely, you can see he (or she) is sticking his (or her....man that could get old) tongue out at us. ANNND it kind of has a big nose. He or she got that from me if that's the case. Sorry little one!

And this is the last pic of the feet kicked up and just relaxin...we got the hearbeat here-- 170 bpm.

So for the record, I'm just now getting out of the first trimester. I'm about 13 weeks this Friday (WOO HOO!). And to answer some questions-- YES I am deathly ill with morning sickness. Hence, the lack of blogging lately. Very sorry about that. Turns out getting sick 6 times a day just doesn't lend me much time to do anything. And NO we're not actually planning on calling the baby Cletus. Although Matthew still kind of thinks Rocky is in the running. After the infamous Rocky Balboa. I thought it was cute and clever at first....I'm not so sure anymore. We'll update you more on that later...

BUT YES WE ARE STILL DOING SESSIONS! Please do not hesitate to book a session with us as soon as possible. Our dates are filling up very quickly due to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and we would absolutely love to come and capture whatever event you feel needed. Click here to reserve your date or to see some of our past work!

Oh, and we'll probably know the sex of the little one in about 6 weeks, so we'll keep ya posted! Hooray for good news!

Have a good rest of the week everyone!