Behind the lens

In this video, we share our experience of photographing Arctic foxes. When we started photographing them, it was a big challenge for us. We pursued this activity like a secret and emphasized capturing images that show certain behaviors. Photographing foxes is particularly sensitive. We...

In this video we share travel tips and photography tips. A photograph of Hvitserkur is on the front cover of our new book: Photographing Iceland - A Photo Guide to 100 locations. Hvitserkur is one of Iceland´s best known landmarks and here we show...

We often get the question: How does lava sound? In the past videos about the volcano eruption we have done our best to record environmental sounds, but getting a really good audio recording of the lava is not so easy. In this video, we...

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...

Kirkjufell mountain is one of the most popular locations for photographers in Iceland. There is something magical about this magnificent mountain. The sunset and sunrise give magical colors to the surroundings, sometimes crazy colors and this mountain is becoming a icon for photography in...

Nikon just messed up my mind in terms of gear options for bird photography. I am probably not the only one who sees the benefits of a crop sensor for bird photography but since I have been using Nikon D4s for almost two years...

We were moments away from diving into a hot-tub with our friends after a nice dinner when Gyða´s mother called. The eruption had started. We happened to be in Reykjavík but we had already packed and planned everything in case the eruption would start....

Finding landscape motives with long lenses is challenging. After a long day of photography, we spent an evening at the Selfoss waterfall trying to be creative. At least we had a great time photographing. This video is shot in North-Iceland at the Selfoss waterfall. It...

We wanted to capture the behavior of the puffins when they started to prepare the burrows in Grímsey. It turned out the peaceful puffins do sometimes fight! This is taken on a trip to the island of Grímsey, which is at the Arctic Circle....