Nick Fancher 12/25/20 Nick Fancher 12/25/20

Elegance of Form

I kept it simple in this shoot with Angela. No fancy camera or lighting techniques. Just focusing on mood and form…

Nick Fancher 12/11/20 Nick Fancher 12/11/20

The Fort, From Above

Here’s a short video I made just for fun. This is The Fort— a sprawling warehouse on the south side of Columbus, where my studio resides…

Nick Fancher 9/30/20 Nick Fancher 9/30/20

New Photo Tutorial (Creative Portrait #3)

I’m excited to announce that I just dropped the third episode in my ongoing tutorial series, The Creative Portrait. It covers ten scenarios with each scenario showing real-time raw file capture, camera settings, and color grading in Lightroom.

Nick Fancher 7/31/20 Nick Fancher 7/31/20

Nick Fancher X Adobe Lightroom

I’ve been an Adobe Lightroom user since 2007, when it first dropped. When it comes to post-processing, I use it almost exclusively, only rarely opening Photoshop. It has not only elevated my color grading game but it has also probably added a year to my life with the time it’s saved me. All that to say I was honored and flattered when they reached out to me to write some tutorials on how I use their software…

Nick Fancher 4/17/20 Nick Fancher 4/17/20

Episode Two of The Creative Portrait

Episode two of The Creative Portrait is now live. In case you missed my previous post, I am teaching my entire creative process in a multi-episode video series. In this episode I cover the following setups:

Nick Fancher 4/4/19 Nick Fancher 4/4/19

Re-Visiting Older Work

I shot the above portrait of model/photographer Helena Martin in 2014. At the time, I was so proud of the mood that I had created with my lighting and post processing that I included the scenario in my book, Studio Anywhere. When I look at that shoot today however, all I see are information-less shadow areas and matte blacks, and I cringe.