Kelsey Smith

Film Photography — Weddings, Documentary Stories, and Long Form Work

Based in Georgia and serving the Southeast

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Recent Work

schools out
schools out
the game // the ghost
the game // the ghost
light // longing
light // longing
the sacred // the ordinary
the sacred // the ordinary
I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Columbia, South Carolina (though originally from Georgia). My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small
I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Columbia, South Carolina (though originally from Georgia). My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small towns, fading light, and the kind of moments that feel both familiar and a little uncanny. I shoot mostly on film with my Leica M6, and I’m pretty obsessed with Lomography 800 (it’s almost impossible for me to use anything else tbh haha)! When I’m not out taking photos, I’m usually editing, writing, hiking, or overthinking something existential. I love exploring backroads, getting lost in small towns, and chasing that strange mix of melancholy and beauty that hides in ordinary places. If you’re new here, welcome! If you’ve been around a while, thank you so much for sticking with me and I mean this wholeheartedly when I say it truly means the world. (This was also an excuse to post some weird, experimental stuff I’ve been playing with lately, and also a cute video of my dog haha)! 💛
what remains // what was lost
what remains // what was lost
past flickers // present remains
growth // stagnation
growth // stagnation
loving // memory
loving // memory
return // remain
return // remain
schools out the game // the ghost light // longing the sacred // the ordinary I felt like it was a good time to say hello and reintroduce myself! 💛☀️ I’m Kelsey, a film photographer and artist based in Columbia, South Carolina (though originally from Georgia). My work usually leans toward the quiet and nostalgic. Small what remains // what was lost
past flickers // present remains
growth // stagnation loving // memory return // remain

Photobooks

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Presets

Digital preset pack 'Sunlit Memories' for photographers, featuring a collection of filters that emulate the warm, golden hues of sunlight and the soft, nostalgic essence of early film photography, perfect for enhancing photos with a vintage, sun-kiss
Lightroom Presets’ header image with a softly blurred background featuring one of Kelsey Smith's signature photos, inviting photographers to explore a variety of presets that enhance images with the depth and warmth characteristic of film.
‘Moonlit Reflections’ Lightroom preset pack, inspired by the classic feel of film photography, infuses night scenes with a cinematic moonlight glow, deep contrasts, and the timeless allure of film's cool color palette

Gallery

Person in a lace dress holding a bouquet of white roses, baby's breath, and greenery, with visible tattoos on her arm and red nail polish.
Weddings

Testimonials

  • "Kelsey's warm, editorial-style imagery stirs up deep-seated feelings of nostalgia, capturing moments that reverberate with an evocative resonance."

    @Ethan.Uncurated

  • "Kelsey's work is straight up nostalgia personified. It's as if you're revisiting cherished memories you never even knew you had."

    @Amslebrun

  • "I'm a huge fan of how Kelsey sees the world around him. He has this incredible ability to turn the ordinary into something beautiful."

    @BriscoePark