With the Holidays approaching, families are planning reunions, kids are coming home from school all to celebrate the season and to be with loved ones. Let me help you treasure these special times with a family portrait. We have several specials to help you capture these joyous times. Choose the one best for you and call to schedule your appointment before the memories are gone.
I know the big celebration of the Fourth of July is over and the fire works is just a memory, but do we remember why we celibate. I hope it is never just a memory. There are men and women all across the globe sacrificing in one way or another to ensure our freedoms stay intact. I have had the great opportunity these past few months to photograph many families with sons and daughters be deployed over sees. Some families were celebrating the return of a loved one. I love the profession I have chosen, because I get to be a part of these great occasions, and in helping preserve a moment in time of the someone’s family forever.
In the up coming fall months we will again be part of the “Portraits of Love” were will be photographing families serving our great country. While a mother or father a wife or husband my not b ing the portrait we will photographing the family that is here and sending a 5×7 to their loved one over seas serving, for free, as a remind to why they are doing what they are doing. As the fall season approaches we will be sending out more info about the “portraits of Love” program.
Ariyonna Gonzales and Bryanna Weast have been selected as 2 of our top HS Modeling Representatives. These two young ladies with a few others (you have already met) were selected to represent the studio because of their personalities and involvement in school and community activities. Over the course of their senior year we will photograph them to help show case our work, new sets, lighting techniques and backgrounds. Of course they will have the opportunity to share these images with their friends during their senior year, sharing with them the differences of what we do compared to the YB and novice photographers.
Ariyonna is from Green Valley HS and enjoys being apart of the dance team and GV High School and also ran track for the 1st 2 years. has all honors classes and strive to do her best in everything. She loves music (all kinds) and has a great sense of humor!
Bryanna is from Basic HS and enjoys has been a cheerleader all throughout middle school and high school. She also is involved dance, gymnastics and cheering for most of her life. She loves music, is fun and outgoing and is fully active in school and her church.
If you happen to know these two outstanding young women congratulate them on being selected as some of the best in their schools. Also, ask them about their experience they had during their first of many model shoots.
If you are looking to have or know someone who needs their senior portraits done then have them call me so we can talk about what kind of experience they want to have.
Tyler Taylor and DiNeshea Johnson have been selected as 2 of our top HS Modeling Representatives. These two young ladies with a few others (you will meet later) were selected to represent the studio because of their personalities and involvement in school and community activities. Over the course of their senior year we will photograph them to help show case our work, new sets, lighting techniques and backgrounds. Of course they will have the opportunity to share these images with their friends during their senior year, sharing with them the differences of what we do compared to the YB and novice photographers.
Tyler goes to school at Foothill HS and is a Varsity Cheerleader, as well as a Track and Field athlete. Tyler is also a also a member of the Rotary interact club, and loves doing volunteer work and to benefit the community.
DiNeshea goes to Mojave HS and is also a Varsity cheerleader. She also loves to model and has thought about auditioning for America’s Next Top Model. DiNeshea is also involved in the community in a verity of ways.
If you happen to know these two outstanding young women congratulate them on being selected as some of the best in their schools. Also ask them about their experience they had during their first of many model shoots.
Be looking for other models to come in the near future. And if you are looking to have or know someone who needs their senior portraits done then have them call me so we can talk about what kind of experience they want.
Mother’s Day is this weekend. I hope we all take a few moments to let the moms in our lives know how much they mean to us. My own mother is a great example of strength, compassion, spirituality and much more. We may not always see the same on different issues but I know she would do, and has done, anything for me to help when needed and is there in times of difficulties. The same is true for the mother of my children. She inspires me to be a better man, husband and father. She is always the side of reason and helps me see through the fog. I married way up out of my league!! I thank her mother for raising up a great daughter, being there in times of trails and helping us get through them. I love them all and would be lost, as most of us would, with out good mothers in our lives.
Remember your mother not only this weekend, but throughout the year. They all have entered the valley of death to bring us into this world. Moms love their families and will forever want them close to them in some way or another. A studio gift certificate would be a great way to keep the family together in a portrait that mom would treasure for years. Contact me if you would like one.
Sure Love Ya Moms
This past week I had the great opportunity to photograph Kiley Roundy, a senior at Foothill HS. She is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. We had a ton of fun with her and her two cousins. All three of them are in the cheer or dance squads at Foothill HS. Kiley, this past weekend entered the 2010 Sunburst Miss Teen pageant and needed an image to use for the photogenic part of the pageant. So they called and asked if they could get a print of one of the images for the pageant, of which I made an 8×10 for them. Not only did Kiley win the 2010 Sunburst Miss Teen Photogenic for the state of Nevada. She also won teen Queen, prettiest hair, prettiest smile, best attire and top model look. Yes, I took her portrait but she is truly a beauty and deserves all the credit.
CONGRATULATIONS Kiley you rock!!
Are you a trend setter? Do you want to earn money towards your senior portraits? Do you want to have the coolest senior portraits in the valley? If you said yes to these questions then being a Studio Model rep for Mikel’s Fine Art Photography and your school class could be right for you!!
Senior reps will receive:
- 2 complimentary senior sessions with Mikel the valley’s top senior portrait photographer
- Designer rep cards with your image to pass out to friends
- Digital images to show off on your Facebook page
- Mini FB video to show all your friends on FB
- You will earn a $5 print credit for each senior you refer that books paid a session
- You will earn a $15 print credit for each senior you refer that places an portrait order.
And for every 5 sessions paid booked you will also receive a $10.00 iTunes gift card.
Requirements:
- Be a full time student graduating from high school in 2012
- Be outgoing, energetic, and enjoy being photographed
- Get the OK from your parents
- Have your senior portraits done exclusively with Mikel’s Fine Art photography (with the exception of your yearbook photo)
What are we looking for?
2 young men and 2 young women, from local high schools who are members of the Class of 2012 who want amazing creative senior portraits and will help promote Mikel’s Fine Art Photography in return. You don’t have to be a perfect model size or look like a model to get in; we look at personality, activities and eagerness to be in the program. We want models that truly appreciate our image quality, and can see the difference in our work. Application must be received by May 7th 2011 and the first session must be booked by May 21st 2011.
If you know you have the drive and energy to a TOP MODEL then fill out this form and send it back for final review. GOOD LUCK
My wife hates it many of the great land marks that she knew growing up here in the Las Vegas And Henderson areas have been imploded. I tell her many of the buildings are so outdated and to refurbish them would cost even more. This town has been and will continue to build on reinventing it’s self. Always out doing the past and keeping the buildings newer and fresher looking, many having a great artistic flare.
There is now a casino in every state, which adds up to be hundreds across the country. But, 
people will still remember coming to Las Vegas over some boat or reservation casino. Why? For exactly the reasons mentioned above. If we still had the same hotels of some forty years ago people would not give us a second look. They had their place but with better technology, designs and colors people pay attention and are drawn to them helping our economy.
The same is true when it comes to senior portraits. 20,000 plus seniors shuffle in the yearbook studio over a four-month period of time and many have the same photos taken, with the same backgrounds their parents did when they went to school here in the valley. Every photo just blending together, like all the others. Have you looked at your graduation announcements as well? Yep, they are same white paper with gold foil used 30 years ago, the only thing that has changed has been the color of the paper. Do you think your graduation announcements will stand out like the Vegas Strip out just be another card to add to the bone yard pile?
I am in the business of promoting you, because your senior year should stand out from everything else. I stay up to date with the latest styles, colors, art, and technology so your portraits and graduation announcements don’t get tossed to in bone yard. Call me to schedule a session or consultation on how we can get you to stand out from everyone else. 702-564-7166
Anytime you walk into someone’s home, look around. What is it they are saying they treasure the most? Art is very subjective these days and will continue to be. I know many people that love their family like there is no tomorrow. But, when you walk into their home the walls have good looking pieces of art from department stores, catchy phases, and 3 dimensional large objects on the walls. The home looks like those you see in the magazines or what you might see in a model home, everything perfectly placed. As you look closer you see a small 8×10 or 5×7 of the family tucked away on the corner shelf.
Many of our youth look to the media, models, or the entertainment world on how to dress and look. In many cases the same is true about how we decorate our homes. I have watched many of these home make over shows, and it is rare, extremely rare if they use family portraits as decor for the house or room they are making over. What we display on our walls says a lot about what we truly treasure in our lives. By displaying large portraits of your family as art yow will show individuals what you treasure most.
When I have a family that wants me to create a large piece of art of their family for them we do a couple of things first.
This consultation is an important factor when wanting to display your family portrait as art in your home.
It is many times the same questions an interior designer would ask you. So when you are ready to make over the family or other rooms in the house and you want to display a large family portrait as art give me a call.
Smile, and make someone’s day.
Mikel Conrad
Owner/Photographer
www.MikelsFineArtPhotography.com
Hey, it has been FOR-EV-ER since my last entry. Sometimes sitting at the computer and typing is just not what I am cut out to do. Anyway, I hope to do better.
I had a great opportunity to be a guest speaker on “The Attitude of Money” talk radio show yesterday. No, I have not turned into a great financial wizard, or I would be cruising the Bahamas. The show is about investing your money wisely and creating great financial and business opportunities for yourself and business, it airs every Tuesday on KNUU 970 am radio from 4pm to 5pm.
So, still wondering why I was on the show, and how a professional photographer can give you financial benefits? Listen to the show and see for yourself. The entire interview is about 30 minutes, I start about 15 minutes into the show. Patrick and Mary both are clients but more importantly great friends.
Until the next time
Smile, and make someones day.
Mikel Conrad
Owner/Photographer
702-564-7166
www.MikelsFineArtPhotography.com
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