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Lorenz Holder

This shot was taken in Ruka, Finland, on December 16th 2009. Ruka is located close to the Polar Circle, and at that time of the year the sun shines for just three hours during the whole day before it sets around lunchtime. The temperature on the day was around -28°C, and everybody was really happy to get back to our apartment to warm up after a full day of shooting.

Marco Smolla still had some energy left to hit a kicker right outside of our apartment window. I shot this picture from inside our apartment. I didn’t do this because I was cold from the weather outside; I wanted to show the lifestyle that goes on during a trip in the cold North - a lot of Facebook, sleeping and relaxing happens, as well as a lot of snowboarding.

To frame Marco’s frontside 360 perfectly in the window took some time, but I was really happy that we finally managed to capture the photo the way I imagined it.

PHOTO INFO

Photographer: Lorenz Holder
Athlete: Marco Smolla
Location: Ruka, Finland

TECHNICAL INFO

Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: 10mm
ISO: 250
F-Stop: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250