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ƒ/5 | 1/800 | ISO 400

The Conformist

Flashy car in front of a flashy house in Iceland. I find it hard not to want to burn it all down knowing that so much of the world would be in a better place if people didn't spend [their] money on such frivolity. But then, Porsche has been developing some of the most important technology for the advancement of road safety and their electric vehicle program is massively important to the future and getting rid of our oil dependency. What do you do? Sit back and take in the beauty, right? We are all rich in our own ways and the reality is that stressing out about what it all could be is not going to solve any problems for me. Still, a match, some gasoline, and poof, this man's fortune would be greater. After all, the owner of these wealth obscenities also runs the biggest insurance company in Iceland. 

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ƒ/10 | 1/320 | ISO 400

Helix

Taken in October last year, this photo is from a building in Reykjavik called Perlan. The building is made of five water tanks that have been linked by glass walls and have a restaurant and café at the top. It's a fun and gimmicky place to go, a bit like a less cool Griffith Observatory. This is one of my favorite compositions of random items to make something that looks like something else. It always reminds me of DNA.

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ƒ/10 | 1/1000 | ISO 400

The Pool

I took four shots of this stranger all from different angles trying to see what would be the most dynamic. The one you see here is taken without me looking through the viewfinder, hanging the camera from my neck strap. The hardest problem with this technique is making sure that the angle is straight. In this photograph you can notice that it is slightly askew from right to left. This is easy enough to fix in post, but little imperfections like that are also what make photos more dynamic in my opinion.

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ƒ/5.6 | 1/60 | ISO 400

Sunsetting on Summer

Sunset photos are basically cheating. I get it. We get fantastic sunsets here in Iceland and often I am not in the right spot to take a good shot of them. This time I was. Just take in the splendor, ok?

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ƒ/4.5 | 1/800 | ISO 400

Prikið

Sometimes the absence of a subject is the subject. If you know this spot, and most of my friends do, it has a lot of meaning to all of us in our lives. The rare moment when there is no one inside is as much a tribute to this place as I can imagine. The details on the table, knowing it is moved from that spot every night to make room for the dance floor and worn over corners of the wood furnishings -- the place wears its history with pride.