Weddings & portraits
Capture it before it becomes a memory
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Engagements ✦ Boudoir ✦ Elopements ✦ Weddings ✦ Maternity ✦ Family
Sessions
Made to be treasured
Six kinds of session, each planned around the people in it.
Weddings
A day that moves fast, slowed down so you can walk back through it later.
Kind words
What clients say after the gallery arrives
We can't thank you enough for your beautiful work.
Mark + Annie · Family session
These photos are so amazing!
Grace + Matthew · Engagement session
You are the absolute greatest!
Brianna + Casey · Family session
This past Sunday, Jordan and I had actual wedding pictures done since we didn't get any when we got married back in October. I'm so incredibly happy with how these turned out! I'll post them after we show Grandmom in person. Thank you so much!
Marina Vickers · Wedding
We're so grateful for your gift in photography and for capturing such beautiful moments for our family!
Daniella + Terrell · Family session
Portfolio
A gallery of gathered moments
A small selection of weddings, elopements and portrait sessions. Look through them the way you'd turn the pages of an album.
Who I am
A devotion to telling stories
Satin & Silk is one photographer: me. I started it after letting go of work that drained me, and I built it around the opposite feeling.
I shoot in natural light and I don't rush. I give gentle direction when you want it and stay out of the way when you don't, so the photographs look like you and not like a pose.
More than photographs — a breath of life, a reflection of love, and a little piece of forever.
Chealsee Kalivas, founder
The process
How your story is gathered
I
A conversation first
A no-pressure talk about your date, your vision and what the day means to you.
II
Holding your date
When you're ready, your date is reserved and it is yours.
III
Preparing together
We plan the timeline, the location and the details side by side.
IV
The day itself
Natural light and gentle direction, so nothing feels staged.
V
Coming home to your gallery
Sneak peeks within a day or two, then the full gallery. Wedding clients receive a curated album after the honeymoon.
Why a key
A day you can open again
The moments worth keeping are the ones that pass fastest. A first look. A hand on a belly. A child who won't be this small next year.
The key is my promise about what happens after the session. Your photographs are kept carefully, handed to you beautifully, and yours to open again for the rest of your life.
Let's capture your story
Tell me what you're dreaming up. I'll get back to you within 24 hours with dates, planning, and answers to your questions.