Nick Fancher's Blog, page 12
June 6, 2021
Photo Shoot with Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse
In March I set up a makeshift studio in @ronnieradke ‘s dining room and in 10 hours we shot 25 unique setups. It was just the two of us, improvising and playing with light. He ended picking one of the shots for the cover of his upcoming book. I love when the creative process is allowed to flow, unchecked.
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June 1, 2021
American Lung Association: Keeping Student Bodies Healthy
Back in December I teamed up with the creative team at Fahlgren Mortine to shoot an anti-smoking campaign for the American Lung Association. Bill Fioritto, one of the creative director at Fahlgren, came up with the concept of a group of students (aka student body) all posing toge...
May 23, 2021
What Nightmares May Come: Exploring Prisms and Mylar
I’ve worked with prisms from time to time over the years and enjoyed the effects that they offer but never really fell in love with them. Last week I decided to see what would happen if I used a prism while photographing mylar. The beautiful nightmarish images that were produced ...
May 21, 2021
May 17, 2021
A Fixed Point in Space Over Time: Photo Shoot with Ballet Dancer Kristie Latham Zurmehly
In my art my go-to techniques all center around the passage of time. Take this shoot with Kristie, for example. I made long exposures and multiple exposures in order to observe how she moved through a fixed point in space over time, which I otherwise wouldn’t be able to see with my naked eye.
This made me realize just how ...
May 12, 2021
Vesperteen Promo Shoot
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
My buddy Colin Rigsby has a music project called Vesperteen, and he reached out to me to do a shoot last month. Colin and I go way back. His wife ...
May 6, 2021
What is Time?
I did some more time explorations in my latest shoot with Katy. I began with the same technique I explored in my last session, shooting long exposures with multi-strobing lights. I especially enjoy how the sparkly texture of her top catches the light, layers up, and turns into a ...
May 3, 2021
The Descent: Capturing Movement with Dancer Sophie Bolton
Whenever I am planning a shoot with a dancer I face the challenge of coming up with fresh ways to capture their movement. Sometimes I put my camera on a tripod and use a long exposure to capture their fluidity. Or I might have the dancer stand still while I move my camera, which creates a similar-yet-different effect. Or ...
April 30, 2021
Owning My Scars
Photo by Sean Quincy Munro
I was born with a condition called sagittal craniosynostosis. It basically means that part of my skull was prematurely fused and lacked the soft spot needed for head growth. It’s a fairly common defect but if it goes untreated it can cause de...
April 28, 2021
Mylar Skull
Another of my mylar explorations. This is a 7-image sequence shooting reflections on mylar. All in-camera effects.
