Til Hamingju Íslands
Congratulations Iceland for today 17th June is National Independence day. The whole nation celebrates with pride as flags are raised to the tops of their poles.
View ArticleeBook review – Grant Collier’s guide to Night Photography in the great outdoors
Firstly, I would like to thank Grant for giving me access to this huge 164 page eBook for the purposes of reviewing it. A big book begets a big review and thus a lengthy, non Twitter friendly url and...
View ArticleVestraflott
This brown landscape scene captures the essence of the Vestrahorn location during the thawing season. The image observes the unique textures and patterns made by the melting ice and snow and the...
View ArticleThe Copper-House of Dublin
Relates to Magnificent Earth Photo Exhibition at The Brick Lane Gallery, London. June 2015 A huge part of my exhibition experience was dealing with print makers. My initial intention was to sign the...
View ArticleHvitGold
The Hvítserkur (White Shirt) is thought to be an ancient volcano plug. The tough basalt structure has withstood many thousands of years of Icelandic weather, although recently has a concrete base...
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Wise words and good intentions
Last year my visit to Námafjall Hverir was very brief because the landowners were charging 600 isk per person to look at the bubbling mud. My customers simply refused. Tourists pay a lot for tours,...
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Magic Cloth Trouble shooting
Though this technique produces some beautiful images for me, it is not without it’s issues. Here I discuss different issues and how they can be overcome. This is one of my favourite ice-beach scenes,...
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Magical Landscapes pt.1
Here I attempt to inform the reader of the several steps required to become a Magical Landscape photographer. This guide will be in several parts and will eventually turn into a full tutorial with...
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Mastering Depth Perception
This is an ironic thing for you to be reading because while you are reading this you are using very little depth perception – everything in your field of attention is at the same distance away. The...
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Ice beach method
This is the main method I use to process most images. After many years of doing this in photoshop, I have decided to share the technique with you. The aim of this technique is to enhance colours, to...
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Justnanco Bristol England
Do you ever have times when everything fits together in a collection of strange coincidences? For me, I seem to have more moments when everything falls apart in a mass of coincidences, but this time it...
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Little Treasures
I received an email from Paola Trevisan in Italy inviting me to submit artwork for an International Art Exhibition in Bologna, November 2015. The International Art Exhibition is called “Little...
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Like riding a bike
If you remove the hair and skull from the back of your head and used 2 mirrors and a strong torch, you might be able to see your cerebellum, just below your cortex. And if you got someone else to split...
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Magical landscapes 1 – Video tutorials
These video tutorials will encourage you to wave your magic cloth at Nature’s Landscapes for many years to come. Taken over 4 days in Gorvík Iceland. This is a hard to find part of Iceland that the...
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Perfect storm
It was the 4th Feb 2016 and we were in the middle of our 5 day workshop. A violent storm brought strong winds and extreme snow fall to our Guesthouse at Hali. To start with, we were staying put on this...
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The beauty of f/6.3
This stunning, albeit plump, Blonde was very honoured to pose for me although jealousy overcame one of her girlfriends and our shoot was photo-bombed several times. Ok, so the light is nice, the horse...
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Unclear signs at Jökulsarlon
So we are taking a walk around Jökulsarlon with our telephotos and my customers start to question the meaning of the signs dotted along the upper promenade from the car park towards the bridge. There...
View ArticleNight of Ghosts
Jökulsarlon is my favourite place. Often it is not at the top of my list, but if you consider what percentage of my successful images come from Jökulsarlon, both the lagoon and the beach, (we are...
View ArticleMy perspective on perspectives
Let’s forget the Maths and geometry here and focus on spirit animals. Your camera can become a spirit animal, but it is up to the photographer to decide which spirit to adopt. “Spirit animal” isn’t an...
View ArticleIceland panama paper leaks
So while the Icelandic prime minister (Sigmundar Davíðs Gunnlaugssonar) and finance minister (Bjarni Benediktsson) and minister of the interior (Ólöf Nordal) are trusted with the task of protecting the...
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