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 …

One of the most photogenic region of Iceland totally changes its character in mid winter. Seen in summer the green and mountainous Skaftafell area along with Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon becomes a frozen world of ice and snow in winter. I have been going there more frequently in winter the last couple of years. Here is …

  Now since the winter is just around the corner it is a good time to post some tips & tricks about Aurora photography with focus on Iceland. Geographical luck has placed Iceland right on the Aurora donut that encircles the magnetic north pole so it is a convenient location for Aurora photography coming from …

Last weekend one of the most prestigious nature photography awards in Europe was announced at the International Nature Photography Festival of the GDT 2011 in Lunnen Germany. The award called European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 has been held since 2001 and attracts some of the most talented nature photographers around. I was fortunate …

  North and West Iceland In July 2011 I ran along with Johnathan Esper from www.wildernessphotographs.com two 12 day long photo tours around Iceland. Each group had 9 clients plus us two photographers. Our ambitious plan was to go around the island including selected highland locations during these twelve days and see all the main …