Whoever watched Game of Thrones knows this location, just with a little bit more snow in the scene. In the very first Episode of the HBO series, the night watch is checking out the area “North of the wall".
I shot this image at the original filming location of the scene, because I was fascinated by the tall trees with their green, moss-covered "shoes" as I called them. To highlight Senad and to make him pop in the picture, I used two spot-flashed that only light him up, without getting any light on the surrounding trees. We also built a small wooden ramp that we have hidden with moss behind the trees, so Senad could get some airtime and perform with his timeless style.
What actually looks like a pretty easy shot in the forest was actually a very long and nerve-breaking, bureaucratic act. The simple reason for that was that getting a permit at an original Game of Thrones location was way more difficult as I thought. Just one day before the scheduled shooting day, we got the go to actually shoot there.
Lorenz Holder

About the shot

Biography
I grew up in Munich, close to the Bavarian mountains, and it is those mountains that have always played a major role in my life. Being outside with my friends was always the thing that motivated me most, be it as a snowboarder back in the days or nowadays as a photographer.
I've never studied or learned photography but I was so impressed and fascinated, how one single image can describe a whole scene, a whole day or even a whole trip. This power of an image caught me straight away and passion became profession. I've finished my university for being a teacher and then went all in - All I wanted to do, is to shoot and create.
The biggest influence on my style of shooting comes from outside the action sport scene. I love to get impressed by creative work from landscape-, architecture- and fine-art-photography. But for me, this was always a little bit too boring to shoot, so I tried to combine those genres with action sport and that's where I found my true love for what I'm doing. Walking through life with open eyes and seeing possibilities.