Reykjavík Photo Gallery Arctic Photo Gallery opened in June 2009 in Iceland´s capital Reykjavík. The gallery is located on the main shopping street in central Reykjavík, Laugarvegur 50. Accessable by foot from most of the main hotels in Reykjavík and close to the domestic airport and bus terminals it should be an easy task to …
Landmannalaugar is known for its colorful landscape in summer. In winter this colorful landscape changes to snowy monotone scenery of hills, ridges and valleys. This image is taken during the transitional period between summer and winter. Here in Iceland we call the winter “King Winter”. If you live in the Arctic you will know why …
Fall comes early in Iceland. Mid September the vegetation starts to change color and it will last about two weeks until the end September or early October. It is not only the trees that have the interesting color but the low vegetation as well. Lava fields are perfect for shooting low vegetation in fall color …
The very volcanic active area of Landmannalaugar is one of my favorite areas in Iceland. The landscape there is very varied from black lava sand deserts, colorful volcanic peaks to green pastures and lakes. The subjects and angles are endless and I go there often for the short period of time each year that it …
Although I am no wildlife or bird expert I have been having a go at them lately. Late July I borrowed an 400mm f2.8 lens for my Canon 5D MKII (not the best bird camera either) and headed to the south and south-east Iceland. Great Skua My main objective was to shoot the great …
On my recent trip to the Alps I did some hiking amongst the giant peaks of the Alps. The first hike was in the Aiguilles Rouges near Chamonix with view over the Mont Blanc massive. The intention was to photograph high alpine lakes but the snowy winter and bad weather prevented that. Here are some …
One my recent trip to Europe I stumbled onto this friendly group of alpine Ibex´s. A trip with the aim of photographing the alpine lakes of the Aiguilles Rouges natural reserve in the French Alps ended up as the best wildlife photography session I have had. I was chased down from the higher altitude where …