Zea Hodgdon Photography

11/05/2025

Happy November friends, family, locals and long-distance pals. I touched up my entire website yesterday and sometime during that process I realized I had about 15 booking inquiries spanning from the last year until about a month ago that I never saw. They were being sent to an email I lost access to, and all of this is due to no fault but my own. (I had kept wondering why I was predominately seeing communication via instagram and such.)

Alas, I am so proud of some small improvements made on the website in general, and all inquiries sent are being routed to the correct email address now. Phew!!

Boone NC + surrounding areas. Digital + film photographer of over 20 years. Candid, lifestyle, portrait, family, maternity, and weddings.

11/05/2025

A high energy frolic! A sweet chilly evening! A big, big sky gazing down at us. An incredibly beautiful family of four—a fully independent + hilarious toddler, a precious baby still absorbing the world around her, and two parents in the Thick Of It who are clearly best friends despite it all.

With explicit details outlining her needs - I am allowed to share some of these moments while obstructing 95% of the children’s faces. I am so thankful to capture this family and the opportunity to get even more creative when preparing to post some of this lovely session.

09/29/2025

AB the soon to be graduate. May these last few months of high school show you, remind you and guide you in its own perfect timing.

12/16/2024

Swooning over this session. I’m having a blast spamming social media with this gorgeous little family. What a dream!

12/15/2024

A few days ago I published my first blog post on my website. It really satisfied the tumblr-era teen that will forever live inside of me. What’s kind of baffled me is that it’s gotten over 100 views so far and I haven’t even shared it anywhere yet. Here’s some thoughts (lots!) on my intentions behind this dream and a few last minute DIY pointers for framing photography and art this holiday season. Thanks for stopping by.

What are some things you’d like to see in the future?
-info about my gear?
-editing tips + tricks, and my post process flow?
-balancing a job, parenthood and a hobby that is quickly turning into a part time job?
-SEO, marketing and social media management?

Let me know!

Over the course of my life, I’ve held many cameras. The more I think about it, the more enchanted I am that folks who owned them ever handed an eight year old, or a fourteen year old their gear for even a moment. Not to insinuate that I’ve had some special calling since birth that others could s...

12/12/2024

Items official, my domain is live! Website is revamped! I’m so excited!

Boone NC + surrounding areas. Digital + film photographer of over 20 years. Candid, lifestyle, portrait, family, maternity, and weddings.

12/03/2024

A cozy in-home family maternity session was one of my bucket list items as a rising local photographer and this was genuinely a dream come true. What an incredibly beautiful, kind and relaxed family ringing in new life.

11/28/2024

I feel so lucky to live in a place so vibrant and I feel even luckier to be trusted with helping create family heirlooms. We’re hosting thanks today but I just have to pause and share these, my goodness.

11/25/2024

I'd love to capture you and your family for some heirloom-quality photos just in time for sentimental gift giving for the holidays. 15 minutes of your time, $25 deposit, 10 stunning, high-resolution images. Wanna connect?

If you've been thinking about a quick, effortless and dreamy family photo op with the blue ridge as your backdrop, this might be the perfect spontaneous photography session for you. 15 minutes, 10 images. $65 total, with a nonrefundable deposit of $25 to hold your time slot. Thanks for stopping by!