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Chelsea Abril Photography is a wedding and elopement photographer based in Seattle, Washington; splitting her time during wedding season and photographing events through the Hawaiian Islands on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Big Island (Hawaii Island). Chelsea Abril Photography believes in building a day specifici and unique to what matters and is most important to you and your loved ones. Want to spend the day getting incredible portraits of just the two of you? Great! Want to spend the majority of time celebrating with your guests? Awesome! Chelsea has years of experience and is an expert at guiding couples in creating days that feel authentic, honest, and fun. You can trust knowing that you will get beautiful photos that capture the essence of you as you truly are, feeling joyfu and natural. Her clients consistently report feeling supported, comfortable, "like themselves" and surprised at just how fun the photo process can be, especially those who expressed feeling anxious about being in front of the camera.

If you are looking for someone who makes the photo process easy, painless, and fun while still capturing incredible, timeless photos that preserve your love story and wedding day in a natural, joyful, authentic way - Chelsea Abril Photography is the photographer for you.

Services Offered
Chelsea Abril Photography pours love, energy, and years of expertise into everything and everyone she photographs. Additional services include:

  • Wedding portraits
  • Intimate Elopements
  • Micro-weddings
  • Additional hours
  • Destination/travel
  • Engagement shoot
  • Suprise Proposal
  • High-resolution
  • Liability insurance
  • Multiple locations
  • Second shooter
  • Photobooth

Areas Covered
Chelsea Abril Photography is based full time in Seattle, Washington in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Hawaii, she frequently travels back to the islands to celebrate and capture couples in love.

  • Asian-owned
  • Pacific Islander-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Slideshow
Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Add'l Hours
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Slideshow
Albums
Digital Files

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Film
Natural
Traditional
Vintage

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Matted Prints
Prints
Proofs
Save the Date
Thank You Cards

Reviews of Chelsea Abril Photography

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Chelsea Abril Photography is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding photography. She is praised for her incredible talent, positive energy, and ability to capture both posed and candid moments beautifully. Reviewers appreciate her professionalism, fun personality, and ability to keep the wedding day in a party mood. The photos are described as amazing, stunning, and exceeding expectations. Overall, customers highly recommend Chelsea for capturing the most special moments of a wedding day.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Chelsea Abril Photography is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding photography. She is praised for her incredible talent, positive energy, and ability to capture both posed and candid moments beautifully. Reviewers appreciate her professionalism, fun personality, and ability to keep the wedding day in a party mood. The photos are described as amazing, stunning, and exceeding expectations. Overall, customers highly recommend Chelsea for capturing the most special moments of a wedding day.

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Kathryn Sent on 12/22/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Chelsea is the best

Chelsea is amazing. Not only is she an incredibly talented photographer, she is also a delight to be around. As is true for many couples this year, our wedding plans were turned upside down by CoVID. Chelsea helped us plan the perfect elopement and document the experience in a way that made our family and friends feel included although they could not be with us. Due to intimate size of our elopement party, she even signed our license as one of our witnesses!
Jessica
Jessica Sent on 08/16/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Chelsea is the best wedding photographer in the world!!!

Chelsea deserves an infinity star review!! If you are looking for a wedding photographer who will provide A+++ photos, capture all the important moments and provide nothing but good vibes from start to finish, book Chelsea right now! She's worth every penny. Booking our photographer was one of the most important decisions we made for our wedding, and from the first time we met with Chelsea we knew she was the perfect fit. We first met with her in February of 2020, she stuck with us through COVID delays and venue changes and ultimately photographed our wedding in August 2022. It was a record-hot day, but she still had boundless energy and helped keep everyone in a party mood. Not only is she an incredible photographer technical-wise, she's also loads of fun and just radiates constant joy. That's exactly what you want on your wedding day! When we renew our vows someday, Chelsea will once again be the first vendor we book!!
Taylor
Taylor Sent on 03/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing photographer and even more amazing human

Chelsea is an absolute delight to work with. From day 1 she had the positive energy I needed to keep planning my wedding. My husband an I don't enjoy taking pictures and on our wedding day she made sure it was fun and comfortable for us. Chelsea is also lightning fast, she was everywhere during our wedding day making sure she got all the shots we wanted. Our reception was awesome largely from the energy that she was bringing. She works efficiently but is also the sweetest person and is truly there to ensure she captures you having the best day of your life.
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Awards

52
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

4 Endorsements
Love Letter Weddings LLC Love Letter Weddings LLC Wedding Planners

There are a lot of amazing photographers in Hawaii, but Chelsea is truly a gem! I have been blessed to work with her many times and I have been able to observe her as a professional, an artist and a colleague (turned dear friend). What I can tell you is this... From the first communication with her, my clients are instantly put at ease with her genuine charm and desire to make their wedding photos great. She exudes a positive and excited vibe that somehow makes you even more excited to get married. This energy carries over to the wedding day where she is miraculously able to direct and entertain her subjects while at the same time taking the most amazingly natural and candid photos. Not only have I observed her technique during my clients' weddings, but I have also had the pleasure of being the subject of a few of her photos. Having had professional portraits taken before, I knew how awkward and un photogenic I could be, but to my very pleasant surprise I had a really hard time deciding between 80 stellar images! If you are looking for gorgeous photos and an incredibly lovely and genuine human being to take them, Chelsea is your gal!

Knots & Shots Hawaii Knots & Shots Hawaii Wedding Officiants

Chelsea is an absolute joy to work with. She literally radiates positivity and laughter which reflects in the images she captures. If you're looking for professionalism with a personality of gold, look no further than Chelsea.

National Tropical Botanical Garden National Tropical Botanical Garden Park & Outdoor Weddings

National Tropical Botanical Garden recently hosted a wedding, photo shoot at the McBryde Garden at the Waterfall location. It was an amazing morning, beautiful weather and what a happy playful couple. Chelsea was fabulous with a beautiful personality, easy going and super detailed oriented. For every photo shot she would ask the couple to move and pose in so many different ways to create that perfect photo. Great job! I would highly recommend Chelsea Abril Photography.

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Chelsea Abril Photography frequently asked questions

Chelsea Abril Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Slideshow
  • Digital Files
Chelsea Abril Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • Add'l Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Slideshow
  • Albums
  • Digital Files
Chelsea Abril Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Film
  • Natural
  • Traditional
  • Vintage
Chelsea Abril Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
Chelsea Abril Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Proofs
  • Save the Date
  • Thank You Cards
Chelsea Abril Photography is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.

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