![](https://photographingiceland.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EG91438-2-1200x799.jpg)
I am no fan of selfies but selfies in landscape photography offer scale. They show the size of the landscape with something in comparison. Instagram is probably the center for the selfie-makers and the platform has given selfies a new dimension.
![](https://photographingiceland.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EG91397-2-1200x800.jpg)
For landscape photography I find selfies more appropriate when the person can´t be recognized. It also suits introverts not to be on the wrong side of a camera. Humans in a landscape photo offer scale and give the viewer a better feeling for the location and it´s size. I find it important that the one posing in the photo is unknown and with no apparent logos to make it more likely that companies can use them.
![](https://photographingiceland.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EG91525-HDR-2-1200x800.jpg)
My absence from the social media in the past months has nothing to do with being inactive traveling and photographing – to the contrary. I have been traveling with Gyda for many weeks and somehow Facebook and Instagram have been forgotten. This blog is a reminder that we are still active.
![](https://photographingiceland.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EG90776-HDR-3-1200x800.jpg)
At the moment Gyda is in Grimsey island photographing puffins and the islands magnificent scenery. I have been traveling with our dog Kútur and good friends photographing in the north.
![](https://photographingiceland.is/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EG91298-2-1200x800.jpg)
Since I have not been posting anything edible to Instagram or Facebook I include some typical social media photos of me in the landcape. To take them I use the Hahnel Captur Module Pro remote control which is great for long distances and is very reliable.