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PERFECT IS OVERRATED ✦ REAL LIFE LOOKS BETTER ANYWAY ✦ CHELSEA MARSHALL PHOTO ✦
PERFECT IS OVERRATED ✦ REAL LIFE LOOKS BETTER ANYWAY ✦ CHELSEA MARSHALL PHOTO ✦
For the people and the moments you never want to forget.
 MICHIGAN + BEYOND 
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Family of four relaxing together in a vintage convertible, with two children sitting beside their parents
PERFECT IS OVERRATED REAL LIFE LOOKS BETTER ANYWAY
EXpLORE FAMILY STORIES ↗

The noise. The little hands. The in-between. The way your people were, right here, right now.

Not the perfectly coordinated version of your family. The real one.

FELT.

01./ the heart of it all

THIS IS
ABOUT HOW IT ACTUALLY
Family spending time together around a red vintage car, with a young child standing beside the open door
Mother standing and playing with her children while their father sits nearby in a sunlit living room
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT.
NOT FOR 
EVERYONE.
a little wild. a lot of feeling.
BIG FEELINGS. SMALL GUEST LISTS.↗
THE WILD ONES ↗
THE CHAOS. THE CUDDLES. THE WHOLE DAMN THING ↗
INTIMATE WEDDINGS
COUPLES
FAMILY
Newlywed couple standing close together outdoors in warm evening sunlight
Couple playfully lounging together in the grass beneath an open sky
Family of five enjoying a picnic together on a blanket in a grassy park

The moments. The mayhem. The meaning.

The Good stuff.
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say hello ↗

Photographer. Nostalgia chaser. Firm believer that the stuff you'll miss someday is happening right now.

Perfect is overrated.

I'm Chelsea. But you can call me Chels. Wife, mom of four, and very familiar with the beautiful chaos of everyday life.

My house is loud, somebody always needs something, and I'm constantly wishing time would slow the hell down.

Maybe that's why I'm so drawn to the ordinary stuff. The little hands, the belly laughs, the moments that don't seem like much until suddenly they're everything.

I've got four kids. Trust me, I don't expect yours to sit still.

And I wouldn't want them to anyway.

I'm Chels.
hey babe,
let's make it happen ↗

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your people.
your storY.
all the feeling.
lets make something real