Hi. I’m Cay.
I do a lot of complicated-sounding creative work that boils down to one thing; I tell stories with still and moving images.
I’ve been a video editor, director, motion designer, photographer, and a corporate marketer trapped in endless conference rooms where creativity was slowly strangled by “brand alignment decks.” I’ve seen projects vanish into the black hole of committees. I’ve watched beautiful work suffocate under the weight of executives who think TikTok is a dance fad.
And yet—here I am, still compelled to make things. Because against all reason, I still believe small, independent businesses can cut through the noise and be heard. This site is a map. Choose your path:
Frame + Function
For small businesses who want to fight the billion-dollar hydras.
The internet is flooded with hollow storefronts that sell nothing but air shipped from Shenzhen. But maybe you actually make something real. Frame + Function exists to help you drag your work into the light; to carve out attention in a world that would rather feed you an algorithm than a customer.
Cay Takes Fotos
Photography for people who know perfection is boring.
I shoot light when it’s harsh, moments when they’re fleeting, and people when they aren’t ready. My photos are less about polished surfaces and more about the truth that leaks through the cracks.
CalebNewbury.com
Video work born from chaos and discipline in equal measure.
I’ve spent 15 years building every kind of internet-first video imaginable. Short content, long films, collage animation, commercial work. I’ve seen how stories can survive in hostile environments, how they can cling like moss to concrete. This is where the full body of that work lives.
Why all three?
Because I refuse to choose. My photography feeds my films. My films sharpen my marketing. My marketing keeps me awake at night, which drives me back to photography. It’s a circle, absurd but necessary. All of it is one thing: trying, against entropy, to make meaning with pictures.