Nick Fancher's Blog, page 11

Making Light in Darkness

Talking about light and darkness and then making light in darkness. Had a great time chatting and making with @dust__shape

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The Boy Who Was Struck By Lightning

When @mengesdesign was 8 years old he was struck by lightning. That random fact immediately came to mind as we looked over the first two images from our latest collaboration. I used a black fiber optic light brush from @lightpaintingbrushes (thanks for the heads up @lightnlense) ...

Creating Dappled Light with a DIY Reflector

What if I told you that i only used one light to create this image. It’s true. I used one of my favorite lighting modifiers— a DIY reflector. To make it I covered a sheet of cardboard with self-adhesive mirror tiles, first scoring it in two places for easy folding. It works well with both studio strobes and sunlight, with...

Water Drops, Light Painting, and Lens Fungus (Oh My)

Last week I began experimenting with fiber optic “light painting” brushes to be used when making long exposures. Whenever I’m trying to wrap my head around a new technique I first practice on a still life, so I first stopped at a floral shop to acquire some flowers. When I got ba...

My Shoot with Beartooth for Revolver Magazine

It was great to reconnect with @beartoothband for @revolvermag. I wanted to honor the album art that @tnsndvsn made for their new album so I decided to work within the same purple color palette. I was happy that @calebshomo was so patient and willing to let me experiment on makin...

Coors Light: Hold My Coors Campaign

I recently teamed up with the creatives at Five Hundred Degrees studio to shoot the Hold My Coors campaign for Coors Light. We spent a day on location and a day in studio capturing this clever line of beer accessories. I legit want one of those hoodies now. Thanks to my assistant Seth Moses Miller and to the entire team a...

Studying Time with Multiple Exposures

For the last week I’ve been working on creating content for a chapter about in-camera multiple exposures, which will be included in my upcoming book, The Creative Portrait. @yungallyce graciously popped by my studio and patiently waited as I worked through a number of different t...

Conceptual Photo Shoot on Vision for The Wall Street Journal

In today’s edition of the @wsj there’s an incredible article written by Susan R. Barry about eyesight. The piece focuses on Liam McCoy who, at the age of 15, underwent corrective surgery to give him the ability to see. As Barry articulates in the essay, when a blind person gains the ability to see later in life “the impro...

New Work for Angels and Airwaves Album Lifeforms

Last year I teamed up with Brandon Rike and the crew at Tension Division to shoot art for the upcoming Angels & Airwaves album, Lifeforms. Modeling by Shelby Stephens and hair by Christine Pointdexter.

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New Creative Portrait Workshop Date!

My two-day Creative Portrait workshop is back! Currently I’m only offering one workshop, which takes place at my studio in Columbus, Ohio on August 14-15th. This workshop is an intimate group of 5 students, so make sure to act quickly if you want to snag a spot. For more info go to https://www.nickfancher.com/photography-...