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Art nudes, photography, works on film, some ghosts. Just stay tuned and you might see something beautiful.

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Untitled – Window Light Another simple studio setup with controlled window light. ISO 1600 with the Fuji X-T2 model: Riona Neve ©2017 scott nichol all rights reserved

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Little Pond

The Little Pond Workshop this year had a wee bit of drama this year with a model dropping out last minute and lighter than expected attendance.  This might sound awful, but it meant that I was out as an instructor, but able to work with some of the models as a photographer.  I had my large format camera with me (film coming soon!) and shot some digital as well.  It also allowed me to create some…

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Four Steps

Had a blast this morning shooting with Zoe and then we quit early to go get coffee and crepes.  Still, we managed to crank out some really great shots. I processed this with Capture One, which I’m tempted to purchase as a RAW editor, but keep coming up against its limitations. Zoe – Four Steps Model: ZoeCW ©2017 scott nichol unauthorized use will result in a beating with a ladder

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The Embracing Warmth of Solitude

The Embracing Warmth of Solitude

Scan and crop of an Ilford Delta 100 4×5 negative.  Illuminated with indirect window light. I feel like this completes the triptych of the other two similar bench images from this session with Zoe. Zoe CW – The Embracing Warmth of Solitude Model: Zoe CW ©2016 scott nichol all rights reserved.

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The Center Does Not Hold

The Center Does Not Hold

The center does not hold, everything falls apart. Scan of an Ilford Delta 4×5 negative, shot with a bit of a front lens board tilt for selective focus. Gridded medium sized soft box to frame right. Zoe CW – The Center Does Not Hold Model: Zoe CW ©2017 scott nichol unauthorized use will result in a wedgie you’ll never forget!

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Goodbye to All That Figure with bench and window light, take 2. Model: Zoe CW ©2016 scott nichol all rights reserved. my photos, so leave them alone, ya hear?

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I'll be offline for a bit while I tend to some analog fantasies.

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New 55 Film - Round 2

New 55 Film – Round 2

I’m finally getting back to shooting a bit more and had an afternoon scheduled with an art model yesterday.  I wanted desperately to give my stock of New 55 Film another chance after I’d disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled my film holder.  The results I got were much better and far more promising than my earlier experiments, though getting everything to work properly wasn’t without challenges.…

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Jen - Rossland, BC

Jen – Rossland, BC

Geeze, another color piece. From Canada? Who would have thunk it? I guess this is what happens when you go through you work and find some old, hidden gems. On some mornings, those of us who were brave enough got up before the first light of dawn and kindly asked our models to dip into the cold waters of the lake at Nancy Greene Provincial Park.  The results were normally nothing short of…

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Rhus - Ferns, Rossland

Rhus – Ferns, Rossland

The post holiday break has given me a chance to revisit some of my old work.  There’s a lot there thats been passed over in favor of the one or two I thought were perfect when I first looked through them.  But there are some that might be less than perfect (slightly soft focus in this case), that still hold some passion or emotion that shouldn’t be over looked.  Add to that the fact that I…

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Keira Grant - Steps

Keira Grant – Steps

I always love a good anonymous image.  The highlights and shadows were a bit of a challenge to balance, but the composition is strong, so I’ll approve the image. Enjoy! Keira – Steps Model: Keira Grant ©2016 scott nichol all rights reserved don’t steal this image.

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Keira Grant – Steps You get used to it. model: Keira Grant copyright: ©2016 scott nichol usage: none. don't even think about it

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Keira Grant - Lock

Working images again feels cathartic on some level. Back to what I've always loved to do. @keiragrant - Lock

Working images again feels cathartic on some level. Back to what I’ve always loved to do.  12:25am, listening to some of my favorite music, thinking bed might be more than a few minutes off again.  Where do these images come from?  It doesn’t often matter, just that some photons passed through a transparent medium onto a light sensitive medium and made an impression. Further interpretation…

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Keira Grant - Spiral

Spiral - figure study with @keiragrant

It’s been quite some time since I’ve had the chance to explore some figure studies with a model. So, I carved out some time this weekend to work with an old friend who was in town and booked a slot at Frog Hollow Studios.  Located on the Main Line in the Philadelphia suburbs, the studio is quite wonderful, with interesting spaces and subtle natural light. I was immediately drawn to the spiral…

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New 55 Film

A few months ago (well, ok now that I look at it, it was last summer) – August 2015 to be more precise, I purchased some New 55 film.  This was a Kickstarter project to create a modern version of Polaroid’s Type 55 film which was an incredible product that in just a few minutes created a positive print as well as a negative.  The negatives that came from Polaroid’s Type 55 were just about…

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Opening the Vault

Zinn – Cape Hatteras Sunrise It’s truly been a while since I’ve posted anything new here.  I hope you’re all not too disappointed in me.  For some reason today I started to think of some old images I shot with an old friend a long time ago.  Almost 8 years ago this week Zinn and I traveled down to the Outer Banks from PA and spent a few days shooting on the beaches and dunes around Cape Hatteras,…

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