'Man muss die Dinge neh men,wie sie Kommen.'
Zach
In German, the above quote translates to 'You have to take things as they come.' Most of us have learned this is woefully true. We welcome the good things, we begrudge the bad, but regardless, whatever things are coming, are impossible to avoid. As many FH readers are aware, photographer Tom Nakielski, (Lights On Studio) knows this all to well.
Tom has been dealing with some health issues, and the aftermath of a fall, making lifting, and then holding his beloved camera, an impossible task. Still, the desire to create, as Yoda would say, is strong with this one. So strong, Tom takes the plunge into his archives, whenever there's a model or old shoot I want to explore and share more of on the site.
FH were first introduced to Tom's work with Zach with a piece back in 2016. (Après-Ski) In that winter themed post, Zach was coming off of the slopes, sliding out of his ski clothes, and posing nude in Tom's studio in front of a large wintery backdrop. I loved the series Tom sent on, and thought Zach was completely adorable, and wanted to know if Tom had shot any other themes when he and Zach worked together.
Before getting too much further,, I don't want to forget to mention why I began this piece with the quote that I did, and of course, why it was in German. Tom first connected with Zach on Model Mayhem and although the young model was eager to shoot, he was also incredibly busy. The finally fit in some dates, in between Zach's busy class work schedule, his night classes, not to mention an upcoming trip overseas.
Turns out Zach was heading to Germany for work just a week after his last shoot with Tom. This was going to be Zach's first trip to Germany, and while dressing and undressing, he entertained Tom with the many German words and phrases that he was studying and learning before his trip. The quote was one of the phrases that stood out to Tom, and that he remembers Zach sharing.
So back to this series. Tom and Zach shot twice together, the images with the winter themed background images resulting from their second shoot. These images, are from their first session which lasted almost all of the afternoon. Tom planned several other set-ups and themes and as well, they spent time shooting outdoors in front of a local museum. Many of these shots are from that shoot, outside on location.
Given their location, and many spectators mulling around, Zach was a bit shy, and more than a little smart, and decided to keep his pants on while Tom snapped away outside. The later returned to Tom's studio to shoot some fitness themes, as well as some nudes.
On that first shoot, Tom's focus was on physique and artistic, implied nudes. The theme was geometry, with Tom doing some experimental work with some bright colored geometric props that he had acquired. It wasn't until they focused on full nudes, including the winter themed images that I have previously featured.
To check out more of Tom's work with Zach, as well as the results of their studio sessions, simply CLICK HERE:
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