Nick Fancher's Blog, page 16

Bold Black and White Fashion Story with Molly

A few weeks ago I collaborated with Molly for the first time. As per usual I relied on her to do her own hair, makeup, and wardrobe and I waited to see what she brought before I decided how I would approach the session, stylistically. She brought a several jackets and items with ...

Ransom Supply Salt Yard Lifestyle Shoot

Ryan and I have collaborated on shoots for nearly a decade now, so I was super stoked when he reached out to me to work with him on his new clothing line, @ransomsupply. Though we were shooting in Columbus, Ohio, he wanted the shoot to feel like it was shot out west. When it com...

Shutter Drag with Window Light / Creating Dappled Light with DIY Reflector

For this shoot with Dajia I wanted to see how effectively I could balance one strobe with window light. I started off by getting an ambient exposure for the window light, making sure that my exposure was set around 1/10 of a second. Then I turned on the strobe and powered it up u...

Ho99o9 Shot Via FaceTime for Flood Magazine

Back in April I reached out to my friends in Ho99o9 to do a shoot over FaceTime. I hooked the call up to my projector, aiming it at a trash bag, which gave the images a fantastic texture, while also warping their features. I also shot through rubber cement and honey to get a rang...

Plastic Galaxies

It’s been a while since I’d shot images for my series One Man’s Trash, where I repurpose single-use plastic, so it was fun to make these images with Katy. She’s draped in a mattress bag and her pointy fingers came from vials saved from the chemlab at her school. I love the eerie ...

Michael Malul London Fragrance Campaign Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago I shot product and advertising photos for Michael Malul London fragrances. Not only did I shoot and edit the photos but this was my first time solo-styling a shoot. I shopped for fruits, herbs, and plants, as well as collected a range of organic materials and text...

Dried Up and Dead to the World

I take regular walks with my children through the alleys of my neighborhood, and the other day I noticed the abundance of dead sunflowers lining the backyards. I was struck by the beauty in the gnarled stems and dried leaves— their beautiful decay. Autumn has long been a time tha...

Ryan Bingham X Easyriders Magazine

Back in February I had the opportunity to shoot this video of Ryan Bingham for Easyriders magazine. I’m super proud of this piece, which I also co-wrote, directed, and edited. Big thank you to everyone who made it happen:

Creative Director- Vanessa Foster

Content Director- Emily Chavous

Visuals and production director- Nalani Hernandez

Chief curator- Brandon Kruger

Assistant camera- Travis Shinn

Wardrobe stylist- Nicole Scheider

Prop stylist- Carl Dove

Motorcycle- Erc Dean

Collaboration with Clothing Designer Xuena Pu

This was a deceptively simple shoot. Designer Xuena Pu makes garments with bold shapes, so I decided to make a range of basic shapes in Photoshop which I projected onto fabric behind the model. I made the shapes orange and chose to light the model with a complementary color of cy...

Technophobia: Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars Photo Shoot

I listened to more than my share of darkwave and industrial synth back in the day so I was more than a little stoked when the DC-based duo Technophobia reached out to me to shoot press photos for their upcoming album cycle. They left much of the creative direction up to me, invit...