Einar Gudmann

Einar Gudmann is a photographer, editor, and author living in Akureyri, north-Iceland. He strives to capture the beauty of nature and wildlife hoping to contribute to the effort of understanding and saving it.
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12 minutes of sunrise

Woke up at 2.50 am at Kirkjufell in Snæfellsnes peninsula. I was interested in getting a new perspective of the popular Kirkjufell mountain at...

Dancing into the sunset at Geysir and Strokkur

Traveling for photography in Iceland means taking it easy in the middle of the day and grabbing the camera gear late in the afternoon...

Kvernufoss waterfall

Kvernufoss is a well hidden gem near the much more visited Skogarfoss waterfall. The plan was to go to Skogarfoss and hope for a...

Search for motives in Vestmannaeyjar

Yesterday we sailed to Vestmannaeyjar, sometimes called Westman Islands,  from Landeyjarhöfn harbor. For some reason I have not seen many landscape photos from Vestmannaeyjar...

Long exposure in Arnarstapi peninsula

In my last post I felt sorry for the tourists in Iceland not seeing the sunset and sunrise. This does not mean I never...

Nightcrawling at Snæfellsnes peningsula

Sleeping at day, photographing at night. This is life. Last night I was at Svörtuloft in Snæfellsnes peninsula and photographing the sunset. Later I...

Lee SW-150 II filter system at the waterfall of the gods

I have been waiting for the new Lee SW-150 II filter system holder for a long time. It is a filter system made for...

The life and death of arctic foxes in Iceland

  A penetrating howling of a arctic fox woke me up from my slumbering consciousness where I was sitting staring into the snow. I looked...

Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon – a must stop for photographers in Iceland

  One of the must see locations for the landscape photographer in Iceland is Jokulsarlon. It´s a large glacier fylled lagoon close to the Vatnajokull...

Ground photos of the eruption

Now I have gone twice by plane and last Thursday few friends  of mine and I went by an old Land Rover from Akureyri...

Volcanic eruption in Holuhraun in Iceland

I had only seen cellphone photos of the eruption on second of September when me and my wife Gyda Henningsdottir flew over the eruption...

Dettifoss in danger due to possible eruption

For the past few days there have been speculations in the icelandic media about possible volcanic eruption in Bardarbunga volcano which is in the...

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