Welcome to leotheepic.com
an archive of the Photography & Videography work done by myself Leo Wilson.
I'm passionate about photography and videography as a tool for connecting people
storytelling, and marketing ideas and projects in a way accessible to a variety of audiences. Much of my work has revolved around my love for skateboarding, but I’ve also worked professionally for a large variety of organizations & brands.
From CG animation to Technical Analog Techniques and even Stop Motion. I’m all about using different techniques & artforms to make a vision come to life, and I am excited to translate my skills for your project.
Take a look at my work, and if I fit the part, Hit Me Up!
featured projects
Ive only been climbing a few times myself. But after my friend Bobby that runs Sohi Studios saw some of my skate photos through friends he asked me to come take photos of climbing in that style. Ever since then we’ve done multiple projects and made a lot of cool stuff. I’m forever grateful for bobby giving me the chance.
While Bobby and friends were working on a video I shot photos in between takes and during breaks, along with specific stops for photos. Taking climbing photos is tough because of the need to rest between tries and the lack of space to shoot. But even with those limitations I think we got some pretty good shots, some that Mountain Hardwear put into use.
The photos ended up as inside cover ad in the Spring 2026 Issue of Summit Journal.
I wanted to try the trichrome technique (taking 3 photos on black white film using a red green and blue filter and combining them together to make a colored photo) after seeing a video by Attic Darkroom. I had seen the technique done before but only with landscapes with slight movements adding a chromatic aberration type effect to the picture, but in Attic Darkrooms video he had one photo of a band playing at concert that made me realize how much more you could do with the technique.
To achieve the results I was looking for I went out multiple times after failing again and again adjusting my process until I finally got a photo that I was happy with.
After finally capturing the photo I was looking for I wanted to do something I had never seen in a trichrome video and that was to print the trichrome in a dark room. I have no idea why I thought this was a good idea because previously I had only printed in a dark room a few times. But anyways I did the same thing of trying over and over until it worked (for the most part(watch the video to see the results)).
I made this calendar with my friend Rob Scowcroft after looking through my skate zines and feeling sad realizing most of their life is spent on my shelf. I wanted to make something like a zine that would be easier for people to return to and enjoy for a longer period of time and a calendar was the perfect solution for that.
I made the calendar by slowly going through my archive of skate photos from 2021-2024 and making each page about one of my friends I photographed. My friend Rob did the design and helped with the writing. As well as making sure it was formatted correctly for printing.
We ended up printing 100 calendars and selling to different Skate/Record/Photography shops all around the city as well individual customers. And it was a resounding success after selling out of the calendars and the shirts and receiving positive feedback from a variety of people.