Nick Fancher 7/30/25 Nick Fancher 7/30/25

Manny Pacquiao for ESPN

This shoot with the legendary boxer / former senator of Philippines / genuine man of the people @mannypacquiao for @ESPN was a new record for me in terms of speed of shooting (which seems appropriate given the speed at which Manny fights). Only four minutes elapsed from the time I took my first portrait of Manny to the last portrait…

Nick Fancher 6/8/25 Nick Fancher 6/8/25

Recent Work

I have fallen behind when it comes to blogging, but still wanted to update it periodically. Here’s some of my favorite work from the last six weeks…

Nick Fancher 4/7/25 Nick Fancher 4/7/25

Trying Out the GVM B100C Foldable LED Light

I was recently sent a GVM B100C, which is a foldable LED light. To get a sense of it’s capabilities I did a shoot with Rachel Luree and used the light in two different setups…

Nick Fancher 2/13/25 Nick Fancher 2/13/25

New Work: Nov. '24 to Feb '25

I used to be better about blogging regularly, but life happens, and the more I fall behind, the more daunting the task is of catching up. In an effort to at least loosely keep my blog followers informed (few as they may be), here’s a batch of new work that I’ve made over the past two months…

Nick Fancher 12/30/24 Nick Fancher 12/30/24

My 2024 Photographic Recap

I continued in my exploration of photographing different liquids, and soon ventured into working with epoxy resin…

Nick Fancher 11/10/24 Nick Fancher 11/10/24

Images From the November Creative Portrait Workshop

Last week I hosted another one of my Creative Portrait workshops, in Columbus, Ohio. Students came in from Toronto, Portland, Asheville, and San Francisco to learn some of my lighting and camera techniques. Big thanks to @westcottlighting for providing the strobes, transmitters, and light modifiers, and to @nanliteusa for providing the LEDs.

My next workshop is January 25-26 and is at a discounted rate until December 15. There are only five spots FYI. More info, here.

Nick Fancher 11/1/24 Nick Fancher 11/1/24

Y2K Lifestyle Shoot for Unsplash+

I was recently commissioned by @unsplash to create a body of work around the theme of early 00’s tech and fashion. I was born in 1980 so this was my era. I already knew how to approach shopping for props because I was basically buying everything I always wanted but couldn’t afford 😂. I was heavily influenced by the aesthetic in Gregg Araki’s 1997 film, Nowhere.

Nick Fancher 7/29/24 Nick Fancher 7/29/24

Jordan Larson X ESPN

Back in April I was given the opportunity to work with 3-time Olympic medalist Jordan Larson @gov1007 for @espn. In the pre-production call with the creative team, I suggested a couple of techniques I could use as a way of capturing her power and grace…

Nick Fancher 7/24/24 Nick Fancher 7/24/24

Butch Reynolds X EPSN 30 for 30: False Positive

My earliest memory of the Olympics was watching the summer games in 1988. I remember being mesmerized by the South Korean flag, which I drew in the margins of every school notebook I had. My father was a massive sports fan— specifically anything involving Ohio State— so I’d heard all about @butchreynoldsofficial , who was not only representing OSU in Seoul, but went on to take home a silver and a gold…

Nick Fancher 6/25/24 Nick Fancher 6/25/24

Slipknot X Revolver Magazine Photo Shoot

This shoot was a make-it-work situation, if ever there was one. I was given 30-minutes to shoot a magazine cover as well as individual portraits of each member of @slipknot for @revolvermag. Apparently I didn’t think this was tall enough of an order, so I decided to shoot four different color schemes, both with and without a prism…

Nick Fancher 6/23/24 Nick Fancher 6/23/24

Multiple Exposure Portraits with Roarie Yum

My studio is located within @thefort614, which is a 130 year old warehouse on the south side of Columbus. It used to be the home of the Seagrave Company, which used the space to manufacture fire engines and other rescue vehicles, for over 60 years. Every square inch of the building has a glorious patina that can’t be faked. The cracked plaster, distressed flooring, and sun-faded glass is something especially rare in this fast growing city, populated with new builds…

Nick Fancher 5/29/24 Nick Fancher 5/29/24

Images From the May Creative Portrait Workshop

Here are some of my favorite images from my latest Creative Portrait workshop. As you can see, we covered a braod range of techniques over the two day class.

Nick Fancher 5/5/24 Nick Fancher 5/5/24

Multiple Exposure Portraits with Rigid Textures

Last year I explored fluidity quite a bit in my work, and this year I’ve been gravitating towards rigidity. To create these images I wandered around taking photos of a range of textures, which I used as a base layer to make in-camera multiple exposures in two portrait sessions.

Nick Fancher 4/28/24 Nick Fancher 4/28/24

Processing Trauma: Photo Shoot with Covid Nurse

Meris is a nurse that witnessed profound trauma during Covid. She kept a journal as a way of processing all that she experienced, which included journal entries and collage art. When she asked me to take her portrait and mentioned the journals, I suggested that I could photograph some of the pages and use them to make in-camera multiple exposures (seen below)…

Nick Fancher 4/22/24 Nick Fancher 4/22/24

Liquid Strength: Multiple Exposure Photo Shoot with Bodybuilder

I started the session by photographing a mix of oil, seltzer, and ink, in a variety of different glassware…

Nick Fancher 4/11/24 Nick Fancher 4/11/24

Identity: A Commission by Unsplash+

The team at Unsplash reached out to me to commission a body of work around the theme of identity. Identity is such a broad, subjective concept that I ultimately used several different technical approaches to create the portraits…

Nick Fancher 4/7/24 Nick Fancher 4/7/24

Machine Shop Photo Shoot with In-Camera Multiple Exposures

My inspiration for this shoot was two-fold: the movie, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and the cover of The Industrial Culture Handbook…

Nick Fancher 4/3/24 Nick Fancher 4/3/24

Technicolor Rainbow

Nick Fancher 3/31/24 Nick Fancher 3/31/24

Micro and Macro with Katy

I had a wildly varied session with @cortadh0e last week…

Nick Fancher 3/29/24 Nick Fancher 3/29/24

Photo Shoot with Ballerina Dancer

I rarely go into a shoot with a fixed notion of how I want it to go, or how I want the images to look. I often base my techniques, color palette, and post processing on what the moment dictates…