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              pegboard
              December 2, 2012
              Lee Morris

              Turn Pegboard Into A Fashion Photography Backdrop

              Good photography isn’t all about having a big budget and I am always a fan of photographers who can prove it. Columbus, Ohio based photographer Nick Fancher just sent me a quick video that outlines his very simple, yet brilliant, lighting idea. Nick took some cheap pegboard and lit it from behind creating a hundreds of little beads of light behind his subject. By using a wide aperture he could blur each of these bursts of light to create some pretty compelling images.

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              • http://www.thrashonistas.com/ Anthony Ryan Tripoli

                This is so awesome. Going to have to try something like this myself!!

              • http://zsuttonphoto.com/ Zach Sutton Photography

                Awesome idea and execution.

              • http://tambnguyen.com/ Tam Nguyen Photography

                Wow, awesome idea actually. I’ll try this one day. Thanks!

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bram-Berkien/640803000 Bram Berkien

                Cool idea! And the guy’s got a cheap assistant :)

              • http://www.facebook.com/angel.oviedo.f Angel Oviedo

                Great idea… and he has a great little assistant.

              • http://profile.yahoo.com/H3N2AAX42CFI5VF26MKMDYYKOE Nicholas

                I love Nick Fancher. He just gets it done. He inspires me by with his no-excuses-just-shoot attitude. 

              • http://twitter.com/AlanLangley Alan – Dover Design

                The results are excellent – thanks for sharing.

              • shaundavid

                Nick does such solid work! Representing Ohio well! Such a cool idea.

              • Jimmy Arcade

                Very cool stuff, Nick! Your creative perspective is very inspiring.

              • http://twitter.com/DavidOtokpa David Otokpa

                Haha… Amazing assistant = amazing work.

                Seriously though that’s good creativity. 

              • http://twitter.com/DavidOtokpa David Otokpa

                Haha… Amazing assistant = amazing work.

                Seriously though that’s good creativity. 
                 

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