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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Gyrfalcon hunting a greylag goose

Driving home after a funeral of a relative. Location is near Hrafnagil in Eyjafjörður. The middle of the bridge over Eyjafjarðará-river to be exact....

Northern lights photography near Myvatn

Everything is black after dark if there is no moonlight. No moonlight, no details in the mountains or the landscape. I prefer having some...

Fuglabjarganes in Vopnafjörður

Finding new locations to photograph in Iceland is kind of an ambition for me. Some parts of the country have been photographed from every...

Puffins seen in a different light in Grimsey

As all photographers know the importance of light can not be overstated. This became obvious when me and Gyda were photographing puffins in the...

The less busy locations in Iceland

The area around Melrakkaslétta has always had a interesting appeal to us when we try to travel far from the busyest tourist areas in...

The grim fate of a arctic tern chick

It can be tough to watch the life of birds when the cold and cruel reality is showing it´s face. We are now in...

Iceland – Wild at heart

https://vimeo.com/222263693 The past few weeks have been very busy and fun in our small home. Besides getting married after 12 years together with everything that´s...

Winter conditions for photography in Iceland

A good friend of mine told me that pro-photographers only travel to Iceland during the winter. According to the number of photographers we met...

Fighting for food in the backyard

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...

The bird whisperers in the backyard

For the past few years a Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) and a Eurosian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) have been regular visitors in our backyard. Those...

Going wild in Iceland with the N-Photo magazine

    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...

Rainbows and northern lights

The darkness has arrived here in Iceland, but the winter has not. The conditions for northern lights have been good and the calm weather...

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