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Two Friends + Fancy Clothes + Chill Vibe = The Perfect Day When one of my lifelong friends, Lindsay, told me that her eldest daughter was going to the Homecoming dance with a friend, my first thought was, "Surely we're not old enough for this to be happening.... didn't Lindsay and I JUST go to our OWN prom with all of our friends?!" (We're going to move past the part where that was, in fact, more than twenty years ago...) Ahh, the days of printed photos in scrapbooks! This w

A family photo session featuring the cutest pup and her parents Jess & John have been together for ages, but with the addition of their sweet rescue, Winnie, earlier this year they thought it was time for some updated family pics. We were overjoyed to help them with this process! The Setting Since Winnie is only about six months old and still learning to socialize outside of her little family, Jess was a little nervous about taking pictures with her out in public. So we helpe

Though we've loved photography for decades, this is the inaugural photoshoot for Zen Coast Collective! And we couldn't have asked for a sweeter family to help us make our debut. The Setting Vanessa chose a sweet little park in the heart of Wilmington because little miss Allie loves to explore outdoors. Their family loves taking long walks and bike rides together to discover new and beautiful places. The Family Portrait Life with a toddler guarantees that there's never a dull

A reflection on recognizing what's going right in life A Shift in Terminology If there's one positive thing that came out of the pandemic...

How we decided what's most important and what that means for our daily lives   Katie's First Act It's pretty unusual for a fourteen year...

There are very few real life fairy tales, but we believe that phrase actually applies to us! When we were kids (as in, I was literally a toddler), our moms became dear friends when they went to night school to become nurses. Our families grew close... Aaron and my brother, Jay, spent hours playing video games together, and I idolized Mandy, Aaron's sister who is seven years his senior because she was that quintessential older, cooler nineties teenager. Fast forward to 2016 wh