Sorry, it's been a while. / July 23, 2024 by Nathaniel Harrington

It feels good when the content works.

Let’s blast into this like I haven’t skipped out on four years of blogging.

Recently I did a shoot with Captain Sam Atwell for Columbia PFG. The goal: catch a tarpon on fly in the Indian River Lagoon. Sam had a plan, and it was a good one. This was our first shoot together for Columbia as Sam was just recently added to their Ambassador program. So congrats to Sam on that! I hope we get to do many more of these.

Check out the Short Reel:

Sam Atwell: A Tarpon on the Fly.

Filmed Spring 2024

And then we had a concept for getting a snook using live bait. For this part of the shoot we really wanted to focus on the shoes and benefits of wearing a good watershed while fishing in shallow mangroves.

Check that out here:

Sam Atwell: Snook Stuck in the Mangroves

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Huge thanks to our buddy Kent Krebeck who turned his boat into the camera boat for the morning. He also nailed the land angle shots of Sam setting the hook and the epic jump. I was on drone duty, he absolutely nailed the long lens. Thank you, Kent!

Sam and Jess shared the insights from Instagram and I gotta say it feels good when the content comes together. I’ve linked both these images to the Instagram Page. Please do visit and watch them there.

The next Columbia PFG shoot will be published on this blog soon. It’s already been filmed, and let me say it’s pretty freaking cool. Hint: It has some unique interactions with sailfish.

Stay tuned, I might actually start using this again.

-Nathaniel Harrington

CNY's photographs of hooked Tarpon. / July 17, 2020 by Nathaniel Harrington

I got my hands on some of Captain Chris Yergans memory cards and wow was I ever impressed with what I found in them. He has taken some of the most incredible Tarpon jumping photos I have ever seen.

Here’s a couple I edited.

Tarpon Gulping Air as is pulls the boat along.

Its apparent how much time chris has put into chasing these fish. Not only is he great at guiding people into the fish but he is very good at photographing them as well.

Well done CNY. Well done.

A day at work / July 14, 2020 by Nathaniel Harrington

I am not one to post selfies or anything much of myself, but this photo is pretty cool. It was snapped by a client on the poling platform from the back of the Maverick.

there’s so many things going on when i’m filming with these fish, its pretty neat to have a split second of it frozen in time for myself to look back at and actually see what was happening. In real time the only thing i’m seeing is what the camera see’s and i’m just trying to keep a split second ahead of the chaos, anticipating what’s going to happen so that I can film it well.

Pure Chaos in my noggin that will get sorted out and turned into something legit to watch later. Love it.

Thanks for checkin in Ya’ll

-Nathaniel Harrington

Glimpse at Florida's incredible eco system. / July 13, 2020 by Nathaniel Harrington

Hey Hey and Hello!

Ive been working on a very cool video project with a good friend of mine, Chris Yergans, AKA CNY on the Fly.

These are a few frame grabs from insanely amazing moments during this past month of June. We have been fishing all over the state of Florida enjoying its many, many different creatures.

CNY on the Fly with a Tarpon caught on Fly

Very Large Tarpon caught on the fly by Chris Yergans, CNY on the Fly.

CNY and Myself cruising speed on the 18' Maverick

Full Crew off the Beach. Boat swap about to happen.

The Silver Tarpon is a Migrator that recently came back to the beach after spawning in the deep ocean. The smaller green back tarpon would be more of a Florida Coastal fish. That smaller male will now follow the larger female for as long as it can, … — The Silver Tarpon is a Migrator that recently came back to the beach after spawning in the deep ocean. The smaller green back tarpon would be more of a Florida Coastal fish. That smaller male will now follow the larger female for as long as it can, possibly forever, looking for the chance to also spawn.

Line of massive Tarpon Swim past just out of casting range. These Tarpon are daisy chaining and were doing some shallow water spawning.

I love this place.

We will be releasing some of this footage in the near future on this website as well and CNY on the Fly’s Website. Stay Tuned..

Thank you for visiting!

-Nathaniel Harrington

Kurt Stevens, Lifestyles and Portraits / May 27, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

In the past couple weeks I've been helping out local artist/musician Kurt Stevens put together some images for his big debut at the Carolina Country Music Festival. It kinda started with fishing and worked its way through. He brought me into his lifestyle and we created some social media. It was cool to see his passion for the water and lifestyle of Florida, his love for music, and ability to perform.

This South Florida local is about to hit it off but luckily I got the chance to snap some pics first.

Whats more fun, getting the bait or using it?

Kurt has been living the Florida fishing lifestyle since he was a kid and it shows. Music is a huge part of his life and I think fishing has been a major influencer to that.

Kurt Stevens Portraits and Lifestyles. Photographed in Vero Beach, FL by Nathaniel Harrington.

Some indoor white backdrop photography so the crowds can see what they are about to get.

This was a fun part of our shoot. I don't shoot Studio much and Kurt isn't running a model career, so there's a bit of a learning curve for both of us. I'm happy with how it turned out.

... and it didn't take long to get back to the river.

We played this off to look like a sunset, but its a good 'ol Florida sunrise. Rain showers in the afternoon and evenings make it difficult to plan around. Thankfully Florida light is amazing at the break of dawn.

I grabbed Kurts music video to give you all a better idea of who he is and his sounds.

This was fun. Thanks Kurt for the shoots and good luck in a couple weeks man! Knock them dead.

-Nathaniel Harrington.

@natehphoto @kurtstevensmusic