About Chelsea
Aloha friend,
Hi, I’m Chelsea LaBenne (pronounced La-Ben)!
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When I am not chasing my three little girls around or taking them to their various activities, you can typically find me coffee in hand, reading a book or admiring the way the sky changes and mingles with the color of the sea below. I love to swim, garden, cook, and listen to music. Reading is a strong passion of mine. I love poetry, but mostly romance and fantasy. Diving into another's creative imagination takes me out of my own stresses and sparks my own creative musings.
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I married my high school sweetheart, my forever best friend and we have three daughters, two pups, and are slowly building our dream house.
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Photography for me has gone through many stages, but always focused on capturing Creation in its most true and beautiful form.
As a young girl, I picked up a camera when bored on a fishing trip with my family (we went on many and fishing is not my favorite) and found a passion for capturing the world through my the lens.
As I grew older, more involved in activities and forming friendships, I loved to capture the moments that mattered and found joy in looking back and feeling the emotions. Seeing a picture of my best friend laughing around a campfire and hearing her laugh through the image. Noticing the way the beams of sunlight drifted through the ferns onto the shore and remembering the sound of the waves lapping at the rocks and the salty breeze in the air.
Over time this passion for capturing beauty transformed into capturing more moments of love and life between people.
I found a fondness for weddings and all things encompassing love. Young love, engagements, marriages, and growing families.
My own family plays a huge role in gifting me a view of the way time moves quickly, but a meaningful photograph can encapsulate a scene, an emotion, and a memory in just one frame for generations to come.
I strive to capture His artwork in my own artistic way.
What makes me special to your
"I Do"
I began my career in this industry on the opposite end, planning and executing weddings and events with a brilliant team of creatives for an amazing company. When I found out my first little darling was coming, my perspective shifted.
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In college, I majored in Communication and Art - photography was a huge focus of mine and my love for it sparked even further as I dove head first into the wedding industry. With each couple I met, my passion for appreciating the moments and the details of their day grew, and I knew I wanted to be the one creating a visual diary of the day for my couples - able to stop and appreciate each moment with you instead of setting the moments up beforehand.
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My knowledge of weddings and elopements is well rounded and I am proud of and appreciative of the way I broke into this industry. With me, you get the artist who puts every effort into capturing the details, the moments, and the emotions of your day, while also having a deep understanding and love for the chaotic flow of weddings and adventurous elopements!