Method Mag PND: My Portfolio

14 Mar 2014

PND: My Portfolio - Lucas Nilsson

^{One of our favorite photographers from the new generation is Lucas Nilsson. He has an affinity for film,doesn't get too caught up in the filter post-production hype and loves black & white. He runs around Sweden shooting all types of characters for different projects. We did a "My Portfolio" feature with him in Method Mag 14.1 where he presented some of his favorite photos he had taken in the past. To celebrate his new website he just launched we decided to do an extended Prints Not Dead gallery of some of his super shots with the story behind them. Enjoy.} Caroline Degardh 50-50: We chased the snow down in Falun last season, filming for Scandalnavians. We found this crazy rail. It’s actually just a down-flat but I managed to find an angle that made it look like something way weirder. It was quite a bit of tripod and small adjustments action before I was happy with the look. Erik Botner: I spent some time with Erik up in Riksgränsen in the end of last season, sometime in the end of May. We went to the classic spot ”Norgesvängen” where there are natural QP’s all over. It is such an amazing terrain. Erik first did some handplants and I saw the reflection on his base and knew that I wanted the reflection in the shot. It took a while, but we got it. Jonte Lindhé: I think you have to be with Kareem and the boys to find this kind of spots. There’s no way you’d end up building a kicker on a roof in central Ostersund otherwise. It was snowing like crazy and that interfered with my flashes so I ended up having to use optical slaves instead of radio transmitters. Low tech, but it gets the job done! Len Jörgensen: Norwegian glacier in July, epic sunset and a Norwegian method. Not much else to say. They make my job easy. Jonte Nilsson SW BS180: This is also a classic Riksgränsen spot, I began to shoot it from the opposite mountain face, but when the clouds moved in I saw my chance to get a good silouette and moved down the gully. Kalle Ohlson Miller Flip: This is a spot that you pass whenever you are headed out in the Riksgränsen backcountry. There was some claims that Hans Åhlund had hit it before but he has hit EVERY spot in Swedne, but when a rider wants to do a millerflip, no photographer turns him down! Ludwig Lejkner: Blunt on a super long, mellow downrail isn’t the most exciting thing to shoot, but it’s usually really long sessions that gives you a lot of time to experiment with angles and light that you otherwise maybe wouldn’t have done. I decided to bring out the tilt shift lens and give it a go. Nils Arvidsson SW Nosepress: We visited Jonas Wilhelmson in Funäsdalen since he claimed that he had some cool spots for us. He took us to this closeout where an unsuspecting tractor driver had left a perfect landing for us. Unknown at Banked Slalom: This was shot during the Riksgränsen Banked Slalom sitting in the lift, taking laps and trying to time riders coming down in the total whiteout. It took a couple of laps, but I got something a bit different in the end. This is Johan Olofsson riding the Riksgränsen banked slalom in his sorel boots. He is an amazing rider with super good style. Not much more to say.
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