Hi, I’m Stoch.

And welcome to A.F.S. Photography.I don’t really see photography as just taking pictures. To me, photography is a way of paying attention. It’s a way of taking something that only exists for a moment a look, a laugh, a little bit of chaos, the way two people look at each other—and turning it into something you can come back to. That’s what A.F.S. Photography is built around. Real people. Real stories. Real moments.

As an artist, photography is the medium I chose to tell stories with. Sometimes that means documenting a wedding exactly as its felt. Sometimes it means creating a portrait that actually feels like the person standing in front of my camera. And sometimes it means making something completely weird and artistic just because I wanted to see if I could. That’s the fun of it. I LOVE YOU FOR BEING HUMAN.

That’s one of the ideas at the heart of A.F.S. Photography. You don’t have to be perfect for your photographs to be beautiful. Actually, I don’t really want perfect. I want you, The real laugh, The nervous moments, The ridiculous inside jokes. The way you look at each other when you think nobody is watching. The things that make your relationship yours. Because your story isn’t supposed to look like somebody else’s.

Here’s a real example.

A couple once asked me if I could show them photographs I’d taken of another couple that looked like them. Now I completely understood why they asked. everyone wants to know what you’re going to look like. You want to know whether my style works for you and You want to know what your photographs could become. But I couldn’t honestly show them another couple and say, “This is what you’ll look like.” because you’re not them. Every couple has their own equation—their own history, personality, humor, awkwardness, connection and way of loving each other. That’s what I want to photograph. Not a recreation of someone else’s Pinterest board. Not a collection of poses that could belong to anybody, but Your story.

I make art too sooo,

if you like art