I feel so grateful and lucky to have had the opportunity to have Chelsey photograph our wedding. I actually knew I wanted to work with Chelsey years before I got engaged because her photos immediately stood out to me. She does such an amazing job capturing both beautiful scenery or poses AND the energy and emotion of the people pictured. It's true art and storytelling. We had to postpone our wedding by a year due to COVID, and Chelsey made it very easy to move our date. Chelsey was easy to communicate with and offered great tips throughout the wedding planning process. With both our engagement photos and our wedding photos, she made us feel comfortable and relaxed -- my husband actually described our engagement session as just "a really fun date where we happen to have someone taking our pictures." As expected, our wedding photos turned out absolutely amazing. We got a ton of sneak peaks to share the very next day, and the full gallery was available within the expected timeframe. Every time I've looked through the photos, I've felt so much joy reliving the moments from the day.

We loved working with Friends and Lovers Photography for at least 6 different sets of photos, including our wedding. Chelsey is incredibly kind and caring, on top of being so talented. We love every single photo she has ever taken for us and couldn’t have imagined our wedding day without her there. She flew all the way from Denver to Atlanta to be a part of our day. She was so on top of everything, so thorough, and mindful of every little request we made. Seriously, if you are looking for a photographer for anything at all, you have to pick Friends and Lovers.

We found Chelsey through Instagram and, as a same sex couple, immediately loved her passion for photographing queer couples. She cares about building rapport with the couples she photographs and did a great job making the—for us, very awkward—experience of being photographed a comfortable one. Chelsey first did an engagement shoot with us where she captured the most cuddly pictures and then photographed our sunrise elopement in Colorado, which was absolutely stunning.

Chelsey is creative and down for adventure (shooting the elopement at sunrise was her idea). She hiked a snow covered trail in 28 degrees to get to one of our favorite hiking spots for the elopement. She drove over an hour to get to the trail and then spent four hours on the mountain and off—roaming around Silver Plume—taking really spectacular pictures of us and our dog.

Not only did she take stunning photos—she sent us the entire album in under three weeks. It felt like she was as excited to see and enjoy them as we were.

Chelsey is an awesome photographer and the kind of local entrepreneur we’re really proud to support. Thanks, Chelsey, for being so wonderful.