I grew up in faith. Not the kind that draws lines around who is worthy of love — the kind that teaches presence. That teaches witnessing. That teaches seeing people as they are, without judgment.

At the heart of it, my faith is simple: love is the most sacred act. And love takes all shapes. I photograph all kinds of love. Heterosexual couples. Queer couples. Men and men. Women and women. All of it — because when I look at my portfolio, what I see are people who chose each other. People who showed up. People who loved. That's the only filter that matters to me. Some people expect a photographer with my background to draw lines. I don't. If I'm in the business of witnessing love, then I witness all of it. That's it, point blank. I've watched the most Christ-led moments happen between couples that the world might tell you to question. I've seen what real love looks like when two people are brave enough to choose each other exactly as they are. And that is what I want to photograph. That is what I believe is sacred.

I believe in the long way over the fast one. In road trips to nowhere and bare feet in the grass. In handwritten notes over materialistic purchases and film grain over filters. In mountain ranges that remind you how small and how held you are all at once. In showing up — for the people you love, for the moments that matter, for the life that is already happening all around you. I would love nothing more than to show up for yours. Whether your love looks like what the world expected or not — whether you're getting married in your backyard or halfway across the world — I'm here. I'm here to witness you. To see you. To bring you back images that prove you were loved on one of the most important days of your life. You won't spend your day posing on command. You'll feel fully present because I'm fully present with you. And that's where the real moments happen. That's where the memory lives.

xx Chey