Photography Resources

The iconic Rubik's cube-a staple in our collective visual library-has been baffling its holders since Erno Rubik invented it back in the 70s. Photographer and Squarespace user Harald Wawrzyniak found the colorful, geometric puzzle to be symbolic of a new chapter in his life, snapping this pic soon after he moved away from his childhood home in Carinthia to Graz, Austria.

thousands of dollars in camera equipment and lenses; thousands of dollars in strobes, stands, modifiers and other lighting equipment; overhead cost for studios; backgrounds; hundreds and thousands of dollars for classes, seminars, workshops; hundreds and thousands of hours watching online videos and reading books to train yourself; years of practice to develop skill and artistic style; Thousands of dollars in computer equipment; Hundreds of dollars in retouching software like Lightroom and Photoshop; Thousands of hours reading and practicing retouching to perfect skills in retouching.

My name is Nick Fancher and I am a Columbus, Ohio-based commercial and portrait photographer. I specialize in lighting - specifically with the use of small flash in unconventional locations. My goal is to show that you can often create high-quality photos without using a conventional studio... and while using minimal, affordable gear.