Micah Simmang, Gap to Topsoul

With the release of Kingdom Mag Issue 7 out now, it’s time to see 2 of my photos that were printed in No.6 if you don’t get the magazine. These 2 photos went full page and looked really cool. First one is a skater from Texas. Micah Sammang, he traveled here with Josh Glowicki and Troy. They started there 30 day trip around Europe in London and were only here for 4 days. I had to work but on the Friday afternoon i finally got to catch up with them for only 2 hrs. We started off at some ledges then i took them to this kink. This kink is not far from the Famous Parliament building and Big Ben Clock Tower that everyone see’s when they see photos of London. A lot of skaters here and killed this kink in the past but Micah just had a look at it and decided something a little different. Gap over the flat to Topsoul. It’s pretty high and you have to look straight at the drop but it didn’t seem to phase him. Well this is what it turned out like. It was hard lighting it up just right. I hate fucking up photos when skaters are trying hammers. It’s basically just a big let down on my own talent if i don’t get it just right. Nice colorful clothes help against this dreary grey day and old stone and 3 flashes also help highlighting.

This is a really long kink, the stairs aren’t very steep so after the huck he had to regain his balance and ride it out. Fortunately for me the photographer, he had to do it a few times to get the clip for the video so I also had the chance to get the sequence of it. This doesn’t happen very often as every good skater knows, sometimes it takes a while to get different angles and photos and then a hammer becomes a mission more than just one off trick. Here’s the sequence in a gif. It wasen’t printed.
The boys left around Europe the next day hitting Summerclash a few weeks later.

Rob Nunn, Fishbrain to Fakie

This was such a gratifying photo for me to get printed. I met Rob and the Kent boys in my first week in the UK. There all real good but it took almost 9 months before i had the chance to get down and visit them for a weekend of shooting. This shot was the last shot i did before i left back up to London. We hit up so many places but he had planned this rail for a night shot as it would be bust during the day and i love shooting night photos the best. He already had stashed some ply in a garden to get over the blind bumps for the run up. It’s flat on top and pretty long. The other rail is pretty close so i had to stick my lens through the bars of it and hold that position. After a warm up, and i mean warm up cause it was pretty cold, He laced this perfect fishbrain to fakie. When i checked the photo, i was like “What the Fuck!! That looks sick”.

I captured this fishbrain to the best of my photography ability that I’ve learned up to now. With 4 flashes, i was really happy how it turned out and also how it got printed as a double page spread. Rob had never been in a magazine before, so he was stoked that it paid off and really happy he put in the effort for the photo. Although i spend all weekend there, i only got 2 photo’s for print due to some rain but I’ll definitely make the effort to get there again cause i know these guys always skate hard and are really nice guys.

So i hope you like my little write up and if you want the full high res versions, you’ll have to track down a copy of Kingdom Mag No.6 or subscribe from here  www.kingdom-mag.co.uk

Dale