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 …

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 …

I have been updating my portfolio, which is a selection of my best images. Included are both new images along with a selection of older images.   Unpublished Volcanic Images Included are unpublished volcanic images. My collection of images from the 2010 and 2011 eruptions is huge and I will be posting more in the …

  South and East 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 …

  I was asked by the staff of 1x.com to write a detailed guide on how I shot my Crystal Cave photo shot in Svínafellsjökul, Iceland. I added some image from the same location to add context to this blue world. Here are the details: (1) CONTEXT: I had planed a tour of Iceland in …

At the start of this month I was award a highly commended Astro Photographer of the Year award by the Royal Observatory in Greenwhich for one of my images from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Shooting Aurora and volcanic eruption at the same time had been a dream on mine of a long time. Surprisingly on …