tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770034410272693822012-02-16T05:10:08.379-05:00discussions of photography, technique and the fine art nudescottnicholhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07275648311015168321noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577003441027269382.post-15750499081523974212008-08-25T01:12:00.002-04:002008-08-25T01:16:58.613-04:00

i've really liked using blogger, but for various reasons i need to move my blogging onto my own domain at silverystars.com. i hope that this will both help to drive traffic to my site and allow me to have one unified place to post my thoughts.so, if you've bookmarked this blog, please update you RSS feeds and bookmarks to the following address:URL: www.silverystars.com/somanystarsRSS: feed://

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so i ordered the first copies of in the still air and will start selling signed and numbered copies immediately. i've taken an advertisement out in Black and White magazine to help promote the sales of this limited edition book. there will only be 50 copies ever printed. Black and White Magazine was kind enough to give me some space on their website to promote my work. along with the exposure

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i've got to go help a friend today. his father passed away over the weekend and the funeral is today. he called me yesterday, very emotional and asked if i could help with the memorial service and funeral by capturing some video of the event. seems morbid in a way, but really there are so many people coming from overseas, they feel it is best to somehow capture this. i proposed the idea of

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so, i finally have my work hanging for all the public to see. the results of this weekend showed that i can organize and pull off a successful multi-artist gallery show. i just hope that my measure of success is the same as everyone else's. honestly, i don't really care if my works sell or not, its really just the thrill of having my work on public display for everyone to enjoy that brings me

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i am very pleased to announce details of my first gallery show. i've worked really hard to find a venue that i thought would represent not only my work very well, but also the works for four of my dear friends and fellow photographers. if you live in the area, please come out to support the arts!thanks,scottThe Illuminated Figurea gallery show featuring works by 5 contemporary photographers:Bill

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so, we live in an interesting time. its bad enough that we blog in real time about events from hotel wifi connections while we nurse the sunburn and mosquito bites from earlier in the day. but when you're teasing your contemporaries with incredible shots like the one of Zinn here, its just plain abuse of technology!zinn and i started planning this trip down to the Outer Banks in North Carolina

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yesterday when i left my alter-ego-day-job thingy, i checked my phone to see if there were any new emails. there was a new one from Julie at Serbin Communications. they are the publishers of a few, small, niche magazines, one of which i like in particular called Photographer's Forum its a magazine focused on photographers with layouts that showcase their works. the layouts are simple and

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I will be giving a talk at the Lehigh Valley Photography Club on Thursday night. I will be discussing the production of my book, in the still air.here's a press release that should be going out later on today...Scott Nichol is a professional, published photographer whose works have appeared in American Photo and Photographer's Forum magazines and is a regular contributor to Lehigh Valley Living

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The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone

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i am making a growing selection of my prints available for sale now through my web site. if you're interested to purchase signed original prints, you can take a look right now at my gallery of collections.the prints are all produced by me in my studio using an archival inkjet process. some people call this process a glicee process. this is really an invented term, but basically is a process of

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ok, so i've been working on a book design of the series of images i made last summer. i decided to have azukabook.com print it because i thought their Laminate Matte paper and overall presentation of the book was superb. did my 40 page layouts and created my PDF. i uploaded everything and placed my order. my plan was to do a very limited edition of the book for collectors. the quality is

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i spent the day today riding around town looking at dilapidated spaces. warehouses, old factories, and abandoned garages. any place like that today caught my eye. i'm just thinking of the potential that any of these types of places might hold for hosting the group show. one place is actually not in a terribly bad part of town and... if rent was cheap enough, i might consider renting to form a

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well, the coffee shop/book store/gallery place decided to go with the original artist they had scheduled for june. this is actually the, "right thing to do". apparently, they had booked an artist for the space in june and were beginning to have doubts that she could pull it off. they wanted to know if i would be interested to take her place. of course. the hard part of prepping the artwork

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I've been working with several local galleries here in the Lehigh Valley, trying to find a outlet for my work. The ultimate goal, of course, would be to sell some prints. But truth be told, I really just like to show people my work and get feedback from their reactions. However, it really seems to be a difficult sell, trying to exhibit fine art nudes in public galleries. One gallery owner I

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while you make pretty speechesi'm being cut to shredsyou feed me to the lionsa delicate balanceand this just feels like spinning platesour bodies floating down the muddy river-radiohead, Like Spinning Plates

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i've recently become somewhat disenchanted with Aperture and the reasons why are in accordance with what has been widely discussed about Aperture across the web. i've got about 30,000 images cataloged and organized within the library and having all of these photo at my finger tips is a real joy.however, there are some real annoyances, chief among them, speed. Aperture gets so tied down in

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on monday of this week i did three separate photo shoots in one day.  the first was with Nori, a really good friend of mine.  having her come to work as a figure model really is just hanging out with a good friend.  i wasn't sure what i wanted to shoot until just after i got up that morning.  when she showed up at 9:30 a.m. i was still working out the details.  but i really didn't have to worry

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so, i had a chance this weekend to work again with carly erin who is just a load of fun to have around. we did some fine art figure work to round out her contribution to the black/white series. carly's work was really wonderful and i've had a chance to work on a few of the images, though i'm struggling through the workflow since the Aperture Team over at Apple hasn't seen fit to update their

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so, i just took delivery of my new Nikon D300. i've been listing lots of old junk on eBay that apparently someone likes! subsequently, i've raised enough money to offset the cost of buying the D300 and decided to take the plunge.the D300 is a wonderful camera and i'm not going to post a D200 image here to taunt you with. instead you'll have to wait until later this week when i shoot with carly

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hey everyone, i've decided to add a little feature section on the right hand column of the blog here. i'll call it "exposure" for lack of any other cheesy camera cliche. the reason is that i often get inspired by things other than photography in my day-to-day life and like to share them with like-minded individuals like yourself! i will change it up whenever i feel inspired, and the first

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An interview with me has been published at the Univers d'Artistes , a blog run by the wonderful Chris St. James. here's the link:scott nichol on Univer d'ArtistesChris' blog is a wonderful read and he does such a fantastic job researching and collecting so many interesting personalities within the fine art photography community!all the best,scott

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model above: Stephanie Annei've been working on a new series of images that i have gotten very excited about. the series defines for me a new direction and purpose that i haven't had in my young career as a fine figure photographer. the images contrast each other with alternating figures set against deep black backgrounds and light white luminous backgrounds. the inspiration has come over

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apparently, i've been featured in Chris St. James' blog about fine art figure photography.here is a link:Univers d'Artistes Featurechris also asked me if i would like to be interviewed for his blog and i submitted a bunch of carefully thought out responses... hope i don't come off sounding like a nerd! when he posts the interview i'll link to it here.Chris St. James is an editor for Carrie

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A limited selection of prints will be available for purchase during the month of October.I find myself in a curious position this year. A little while ago a photographer friend of mine asked if I would volunteer to help shoot the Women's 5K Classic run to raise money that would benefit Breast Cancer research. My mother fought and won (for now, at least...) a battle with breast cancer and my high

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