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Victor Lucas
28th January 2008
Jim
Thumb through the pages of any recent issues of Dirt magazine, and you'll find some stunning photographs. It's what makes Dirt different, but what about the person behind the lens?
Most of those photos you've been looking at will have come from one man, Victor Lucas. Just take a peak at the side of the photo, or on the feature page of the article and his name will probably adorn the pages.
Here we have it, the next victim for our a-z alphabet cross examination..
A is for age
39
B is for last bike ridden
Specialized Enduro
C is for current career
mountain bike photo journalist
D is for favorite drink
Guinness
E is for essential possessions
Bicycle, ipod, camera, guitar
F is for film you love
'night on earth' by jim jarmusch. funny and quirky story about taxi drivers around the world
G is for future goals
ride bikes as much as possible, work less, meet good people!
H is for hometown
dublin
I is for most painful injury
Getting kicked in the nuts by the school bully
J is for first job
Apprentice car mechanic
K is for whose arse you'd like to kick
Any corrupt politician [that's a lot of kicking]
L is for location you wish you were now
At the top of a dusty flowing singletrack
M is for best memory
A 3 week camper van trip around California, Arizona and Nevada
N is for your full name
Victor Henry Lucas |
O is for one wish
I wish I could think of a funny answer to this question.
P is for last product purchased
Another ISIS bottom bracket. Bring back the square taper I say.
Q is for quote
'There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs' - Ansel Adams
R is for random fact about yourself
I used to design office furniture
S is for sports you like to do
Other than riding bikes? Moto-X, karts, snowboarding, pool!
T is for the trail you love
Can't say that I have one favourite - variety is good. Any flowing singletrack with corners that you can really rail hard.
U is for ultimate sandwich
Milla Jojovich, Anjelina Jolie and Kate Beckinsale. That should do it.
V is for your favourite vegetable
Peanuts - yes they are a vegetable!
W is for worst habit
Getting distracted from the most important things!
X is for X-rays
Yes I have had some. Nothing broken though.
Y is for when you were young what you wanted to be when you grew up
A stunt man. Well I didn't manage that, but at least I get to work with them!
Z is for zodiac sign
Gemini, the most superstitious of all the signs. But I don't believe in that stuff. |
What's your most memorable photo shoot and why?
The Irish Pub roadtrip with Steve Peat and Hans Rey. Great fun and we got some great photos.
What kit occupies your camera bag? What lense do you use the most?
Canon gear - 1DMarkII, 5D, 15, 24, 50, 85, 135 and 300 lenses. Remote flashes. At the moment I use the 50 lens the most.
Who is the best rider to shoot with? And similarly, the worst?
Best rider is somebody who knows what kind of action it takes to make a good photo, and has the patience to get it right while letting me do my thing with the camera.
There are lots of great riders, but of the ones I've shot, it's people like Ben Reid, Chris Akrigg, Peaty, Bernat Guardia.
The worst riders are usually the cocky ones who turn up in the wrong clothes and throw down some lame move while expecting me to make them look great on the first shot. When it looks crap they usually try to tell me how to use my camera.
Cheers Victor! While you're here, have a poke through his new website and scroll through the images.
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