Filters or not, presentation matters when posting online. From trained professionals to casual photo bloggers and everything in between, the profiles featured here remain personal and true to the essence of the city. Adding them to your Instagram timeline brings a sense of warmth and familiarity to what can often feel like a vast, impersonal space.
Photographers like Laro Pilartes, Laurie Lyng and JT Garza share their finalized images along with tips, tricks, tangents and info dumps to their followers, often prompting open discussions in their comment sections. Archival accounts like Walls of Corpus Christi quietly preserve the city’s ever-changing terrain by sharing what the hidden corners of our city looked like in the past and the ways they change year by year.
At the heart of the city’s bubbling creative energy sits the CCCreators project, in which Lyng, Pilartes and Garza all take part. This community-forward collective embodies the supportive and symbiotic nature of the Coastal Bend’s scene. Monthly collaborative sessions, open to any creatives in the area, keep the multimedia group continuously evolving. A one-of-a-kind form of content creation in our city, their uploads offer a perfect way to keep your finger on the cultural pulse.
In a time when what we consume shapes who we are, how we feel and where we go, these accounts offer something brighter: homegrown flavor, a fresh point of view and a feed offering sunshine over rain.
Laurie Lyng
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Laurie Lyng (@laurielyngimagery) has perfected her craft over the last decade, carving a niche for herself as an aerial photographer in South Texas. Sharing her work in the form of romantic Reels of our land and cityscapes alongside a bite-sized serving of context, her airborne take on Corpus icons offers up a new perspective she hopes can help others “slow down, look around and see Corpus Christi a little differently.”
CC Creators
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The epicenter of the CC Creators (@cccreators_) project, their page features landscape videography, portraiture, influencer content and everything in between, all pulling inspiration from our sparkling city by the sea. The variety of posts almost guarantees you’ll find something to love, and as a project fully conceived and executed on Instagram, you can trust it’ll be good.
Laro Pilartes
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Scroll through Laro Pilartes’ (@laropilartes) thoughtfully curated Instagram feed for some sweet eye candy. Pilartes provides the total package—vivid, well-composed photo and video work paired with captions giving a glimpse inside the techniques, storytelling and perspective of a well-seasoned veteran of his craft. Deliberate post-production allows his grid view to flow effortlessly from one concept to another, maintaining a visual brand while, he assures, never “compromising authenticity.
Flora Roseate
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Flora and fauna, what’s not to love? This photography page Flora Roseate (@flora_roseate) features the bright flowers and playful birds populating the Coastal Bend. As a resident of the Birdiest City in America, you can’t go wrong with a profile focused on the multitudes of feathered friends who make landfall in South Texas.
Walls of Corpus Christi
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Talk about shining a light on the city’s forgotten corners—started in 2020, Walls of Corpus Christi (@walls_of_corpus_christi) acts as a digital time capsule of a town whose facade is constantly changing, by capturing walls of street art, eye-catching infrastructure and shuttered businesses. Follow the story of the city as told by time’s silent witnesses.
JT Garza
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Used to showcase his extensive portfolio, JT Garza’s (@jtgarzamedia) decade of experience clearly shows in his mix of street, landscape, studio and portrait photography as an active member of the CC Creators project. Relish his effective use of color, landscape and lighting as he shares travel stories and the vibrancy of the Coastal Bend through his lens.
Lu Ann Kingsbury
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Sometimes beauty captured with the eyes of a trained professional can make even the most well-trodden paths glow anew. Lu Ann Kingsbury’s (@coastalrazzi) careful approach to her photography captures not only the imagery but the feeling of coastal living radiating throughout our city. Into each of her images—be it marine life or infrastructure—she breathes new life through her unique composition and use of color.
Corpus Christi International Airport
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How do you make content about planes taking off and landing, over and over again, entertaining? Corpus Christi International Airport (@flyccia) seems to have cracked the code, finding the perfect balance among being informational, personal and entertaining. CCIA supplies your feed with announcements of new airlines and flights, local takes on the biggest TikTok trends and airline memes to die for.
Del Mar College
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Del Mar College (@delmarvikings) isn’t your usual suspect for a must-follow, especially if you graduated many moons ago and aren’t even an alumnus. However, the posts speak for themselves—combining helpful content for students with a heaping dose of humor keeps the campus community informed while putting a smile on even the farthest-removed follower. Enjoy a bit of traditional TikTok humor with a hyper-local twist, and maybe find out about one-time courses to take, too.
CC Texas Goldens
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CC Texas Goldens (@cctxgoldens) reembraces the reason social media was created in the first place: to share cute pet pics and unconventional animal pairings. These stylish golden retrievers pose around iconic locations in the Coastal Bend and supply a much-needed pup break to anyone’s feed.
Morning Sun in my Life
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Taking an old-school internet blog approach, Morning Sun in my Life (@morningsuninmylife) provides followers with photos of beach walk sunrises. Incorporating a more spontaneous feel to your feed, this account reminds us to find the beauty in the little things, and that anyone, regardless of following, training and equipment, can stop to smell the roses of the land that surrounds us.
