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Sigurd Løseth
@sigurdloseth
Best of the week 46 at #nomadict 2020
I’ve always been drawn to photography in some way, but I guess everything started with drawings when I was young. I loved drawing, I liked shapes and compositions, and I was totally sure I wanted to become an architect when I grew up.
Well, I didn’t become an architect, but I think this part of me has been the foundation of how I look at things and how I perceive and process my surroundings. I’m constantly looking for motives wherever I go and I actually think this is a pretty good way to look at the world; first finding and appreciating the details and then bring in the abstractionism as a tool for creativity and open mindedness.
As a lot of other people I love sunsets, and as a lot of people I used to capture sunsets as best as I could. I had a very simple camera and my mobile phone, but the best camera is the one you are bringing, right?! Later I started attaching small cameras to a remote controlled plane that my brother had and I got pretty obsessed with the bird’s eye perspective. So when I bought my first drone, a whole new world opened up for me. I loved seeing things from a different perspective and I took a lot of top down shots to discover how the world looked from above.
Of course, I shared these shots on Instagram and got some comments and likes which motivated me even more to shoot some more. The big turnaround for me though, was when I met Christian Trustrup (@christiantrustrup), a Norwegian content creator. I had seen a lot of his work from his trips and he shared a lot of tips I learnt from; he was for sure a true inspiration.
"I’m glad I started with a basic camera and learned the basics first. The feeling you get when the camera is limiting your work is great and a perfect time to upgrade."
I really recommend to start easy and go step by step instead of buying the best gear right away and not get the feeling of mastering the camera. I’ve never done a photography course and I’m far from a formal educated photographer so I have to thank Youtube and my good friend Christian for teaching me the basics. I think I found a style I’m pretty satisfied with. Not too much color and not too much edit. It may be a simple style, but I believe it helps the compositions to pop. I think composition is a key part to photography and I think this beats a photo with all the “correct settings” and “perfect edit” anytime.
"I think Norway is a perfect place for road trip adventures which allows you to be flexible and take your time to find the best compositions."
It’s a pretty small country too so you can get to many places within a few days. I remember the first trip I did together with Christian to the western part of Norway in spring and how this became a real adventure. The mountain tops were covered by snow and in the valleys it was green and full of life. This was exactly the scene I had been dreaming about. Such spectacular nature, so many motives and patterns! Lofoten in particular has stolen a part of my heart and it’s simply impossible not to be amazed by the impressive mountains that just shoot up from the ocean everywhere you look. It is like nothing else – It really blew my mind and got me addicted right away. As we were driving home we were already planning the next photography trip.
Not surprisingly, the winning shot was also taken in the Lofoten during a road trip. After driving around in stormy weather for a day it finally calmed down and the light and mood after the storm was incredible. The weather changed so fast and when I came to Reine and saw the rainbow, I couldn’t believe it. I got so stressed to send the drone up in the air! I was afraid that the rainbow would disappear before I got the drone up and ready, but luckily everything went as I wished for. Pure luck.
This is now one of my favorite photos and pretty much all my favorite shots have not been planned. I really love how you never know when your dream shots appear. It is like hunting, but with a camera.
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