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Land of the midnight sun feature in the N-photo magazine

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Gyda is one of the contributors in the latest N-photo magazine in a 11 page feature. It is a cover feature called "Land of the midnight sun". The feature took place in the island of Grimsey in north Iceland. In each issue of N-photo magazine...

Best seller: Iceland – Wild at heart

Iceland: Wild at heart
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Coming home after weeks traveling it was nice to see our book Iceland - Wild at heart on all the major best-seller lists of books in Iceland. Since it came out it has been on the best seller list of Penninn-Eymundsson bookstores, which is...

Interview in Iceland Review

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https://issuu.com/mydestinationreykjavik/docs/ir_-_4/96 The magazine Iceland Review is one of the oldest and prestigious magazines in Iceland.  The latest issue of the magazine features a interview with us about our photography and life on the road. We met the author of the article when we were in...

Floating hide bird photography

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Using our floating hides for bird photography is becoming our favorite method for birds. We are using two hides from from floating-hide.com that have proven to be exactly what we need. This blog is not sponsored so this is simply my opinion after three...

Whiteout in the highlands

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Flying over the highlands in Iceland is always a adventure. It is the beginning of April and we took a flight with Circle Air, air tour company on a bright sunny day where there was a complete whiteout in the highlands. We photographed the Holuhraun...

Goðafoss waterfall

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We have been active in photographing in the past few weeks. This video is from a part of our travel around Iceland. It´s winter, and this shows the magnificent Goðafoss waterfall in winter conditions.

Northern lights and seascapes in Grimsey in February

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https://youtu.be/-iYQjTxnWkQ Late February we went to Grimsey island. The plan was to go there and shoot some winter scenes. The trip proved to be amazing. We did get northern lights, amazing sunrises and had a great time photographing. Going to Grimsey in February is not...

Shooting horses in a snowstorm

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https://youtu.be/UgEj5eYAGHM What do you do when you have had it with office hours post-processing photos or writing? Well.. go out into the snow. Find something to photograph. This time we went into Eyjafjordur near Akureyri, found some horses to shoot. We also made a short video...

Northern lights photography near Myvatn

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Everything is black after dark if there is no moonlight. No moonlight, no details in the mountains or the landscape. I prefer having some moonlight when photographing northern lights. Those were the conditions we had when we went from Akureyri to Myvatn few days...

Fighting for food in the backyard

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https://vimeo.com/207947690 Despite a winter which reminds more of a bad spring-weather than a real winter the birds in my backyard have been busy searching for food. I have been feeding these beautiful creatures, especially when it is freezing. The favorite food is pears, even though...

The bird whisperers in the backyard

Hettusöngvari
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For the past few years a Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) and a Eurosian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) have been regular visitors in our backyard. Those tiny visitors put their trust on getting some food over the winter and there is something romantic about attending them...

Going wild in Iceland with the N-Photo magazine

Nphoto - go wild in Iceland - Einar Gudmann
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    The latest issue of the N-photo magazine features a 12 page article called "Go wild in Iceland". This is the second apprentice article where I am a contributor. The experienced Sigurjón Einarsson went with me on a search for birds and wildlife in the...