Things are about to get crazy busy soon with the holidays coming up and family portraits needed left and right! I recently took a trip up to a little town in New Harmony, Utah to photograph this family that I took portraits of a few years ago. It was so nice to see them all again! New Harmony is a little town outside of Cedar City and is west of the I-15. As you drive into the town and look back towards the highway, you have a spectacular view of Kolob Canyon, which is a lesser known part of Zion National Park. We took advantage of the view and created a beautiful portrait! Check it out!

I love family portraits. Growing up, the only family portrait we ever had was when I was around 3 or 4 years old and it was in the backyard of my uncle’s house during a 50th anniversary party for my grandparents. I’m glad we have that but somehow, we just never got around to taking a new one throughout the years. We weren’t really the picture-taking type, I guess. Fast forward to 2009, now a photographer myself, I tried and tried to coordinate a family portrait of all of us together at my parents’ home in New Harmony. My mother had a few months to live due to her cancer so I was definitely feeling the urge to get a portrait taken. Unfortunately, we ended up never able to get all of our schedules to align and we were unable to create the portrait of all of us together. It is actually one of my biggest regrets. I am happy I was able to take some portraits of my parents together, my mom by herself and my mom with my sister but I very much wish I would have acted sooner on getting our family portrait taken before it was too late.

Now, I’m not trying to scare anyone into getting a family photo taken, I’m simply saying that it is, in my opinion, by far the most important and meaningful portrait that can be take. I highly recommend you don’t put it on the back-burner and just get it done. You won’t regret it!

Lastly, before I fill up 10 pages worth of blog with words, here’s a fun little project I just completed. A client of mine has written a book about their experience in a foreign prison. He was needing a cover for it and came to me for help. We batted around a few ideas and concepts and came up with this. When the book is published, make sure you buy a copy!

Thanks everyone! Call us at (702)809-9763 anytime!

Nate

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It seems that wherever I go and whomever I speak to, the conversation somehow turns itself into the topic of my son-to-be. Even on this blog, you might have noticed, I talk about him constantly! Am I turning into a sappy parent before I’m even a parent yet? It feels like it. Here are three of my favorite portraits from a fun session I had with an 11 month old boy. All I could think was, “I’m gonna have one of those in January!” The very thought of it is so terrifyingly exciting it makes me want to cry, catch the tears into a jar, mail the jar to the Bureau of Land Management with a note saying, “Take these tears and plant a strong tree in my name…”

Seriously though, I am so excited and nervous for this kid that’s about to be my responsibility to feed, clothe and tell lies to just for my own amusement. I can see it now! My boy walks with me in the zoo and pointing to an animal, he asks, “Daddy? What is that?”

I reply,”What is that? Well, that’s called a stewtinsky! Stewtinskies  breathe fire, poop gold and live under your bed in the summertime.”

Wait! Wait! I’m foreseeing something else! Yes…it’s coming to me! Ah-hah! I see…I see my wife…mad at me for telling the boy lies…weeks of sleeping on a couch…maybe I shouldn’t mess with this kid? 🙂

Our top names at the moment are: Owen, Hayden, Corbin. LEAVE A COMMENT AND TELL ME WHICH YOU THINK IS BEST OF THOSE 3.

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Zion National Park is one of my favorite places around, especially in the fall. It’s a perfect getaway from the city hustle and bustle. Zion is also much less visited in the fall times so it’s very serene and relaxing. We will be in Zion National Park on October 29th and will be accepting only 5 families to join us for family portrait sessions. Call us now to schedule your “Portrait in the Leaves.” 🙂

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Nate

TNGphoto.com <- Main Las Vegas Photographer Website

TNGseniors.com <- Las Vegas High School Senior Photos. Seniors, go here!