You may have noticed that a couple recent blogs have had moving images in them (symphony and magic as examples). These are animated GIF images that I have been experimenting with. Both those were made starting with videos that I shot during the event. With some masking magic, I am able to obtain a moving […]
Iceland 11 – Wrap-up With Thermal Vents
Today was a fairly short shooting session in the Reykjanes Peninsula located 45 minutes west of Reykjavik. They say that weather changes rapidly in Iceland,so you have to be prepared. The cold wind was gusting, and we were repeatedly struck by rain, hail, then more rain, however there was wonderful low angle light. I got […]
Iceland 10 – Waterfalls
After a late night editing aurora photos, we got off to a leisurely start today. We began by visiting the same mountain and waterfall (Kirkjufellsfoss) where we had been the night before for the aurora session. The place looked so different in the day that we didn’t even realize it was the same place until […]
Iceland 9 – Major Aurora!
Success! We really came to Iceland to see a good aurora borealis show. After 11 days of solid overcast and frequent rain, we were beginning to think we would have to settle with that little distant bit of Northern Lights color we saw on Nov 15. The forecast for tonight was clear from 10PM to […]
Iceland 7 – Geyser and Waterfalls
We started today at a geyser field on the Golden Circle, which were reminiscent of Yellowstone in the US, though much smaller. There were busloads of people wandering through, making the photography a bit tricky. From the parking lot markings though, I am glad I am not here in the summer, when there were spots […]
Iceland 6 – More Ice and Churches
Today was our third and last visit to Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon. As we saw yesterday, the ice blocks here change constantly. There was so much ice here today that it was hard to find isolated chunks to make the kind of photos I had envisioned (as seen in the two lower left images above). We then […]
Iceland 5 – Glacial Lagoon
We returned to Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon today for a second day of shooting of the ice orphans that are sloughed off the glacier, then head out to sea through the tidal lagoon. The interesting ice chunks from yesterday were all gone, but in their place was a lot more ice that had newly broken off […]
Iceland 4 – Ice Cave
The highlight of today was entering a massive ice cave in the Vatnajokulpjodgardur National Park (see, I told you those names were long and unpronounceable! 🙂 ). Just a week ago, the interior river that carved the cave was frozen solid and crampons (spikes you put on your shoes to walk on ice) were needed. […]
Iceland 3 – Glacier
Waterfalls are everywhere in Iceland, formed either by the frequent rains or by melting glaciers. We stopped at a farm this morning that has several waterfalls on the property, for a short session. We then visited our first real ice — in the form of a glacier. It produced some interesting near-abstract photos by zooming […]
Iceland 2 – Northern Lights
This photo tour with Iurie Belegurschi had a busy first day — culminating in success on a key goal. We had never seen the Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) before, and scheduled this trip specifically to have a chance at them. It has been raining for days, and no chance for them until tonight. Weather […]