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ƒ/8.0 | 1/800 | ISO100

Ocean Beach

Going way back into the archives for this one, a photo dear to my heart as it was one that got me holding onto my camera again, carrying it with me as much as I could and trying to take more photographs as I went through my life. Just a random moment, catching a kid running down a sand dune on a beautiful day in San Francisco.

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ƒ/3.2 | 1/100 | ISO400

Gleðileg Jólasýningin

From last year’s show at Ásmundarsalur in Reykjavík, when the walls of the gallery are adorned with the artwork of countless artists (as long as they meet the criteria of being worthy by the curators). The show will happen again this year and it will be interesting to see how it goes down.

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ƒ/3.5 | 1/60 | ISO400

Still life of the last week.

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ƒ/5.6 | 1/80 | ISO100

Darri

Walking to the pool last Friday, we came upon Darri leaving the store in this wonderful sweater by Prins Polo. It worked so well with the light and the way the store is designed that I asked him for a portrait. Really happy I did, this is an instant favourite.

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ƒ/8 | 1/500 | ISO400

Highland Cattle grazing in the Faroe Islands.

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ƒ/5.6 | 1/100 | ISO400

RUNE SECHER PETERSEN “LAST NATION”

This is a piece from a commission I received to photograph the BA students projects for Listháskóli Íslands in 2020. The student had a table set up with materials and items of inspiration for this model, and I was completely in awe of it. The shape, the textures, it all connected with me in an impactful way. I tried to photograph it to erase scale and show it as big as I could.

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ƒ/1.7 | 1/125 | ISO1250

Showmaker

I snapped this behind the scenes on a set I was a part of building for the League of Legends World Championships. This team was one of the finalists and apparently quite good; they were billed as the team to beat and then they went on to lose. The set build involved a month of building and tearing down set after set to make these feature videos to introduce the competition and players. This one was a combination of previously built sets, involving multiple tons of grass turf, real trees, columns fabricated off-site, and a whole lot of heavy lifting.

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ƒ/4 | 1/60 | ISO1600

Øland by Marble Crowd

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ƒ/3.5 | 1/800 | ISO400

The road to Gjógv

The Faroe Islands are car commercial paradise. Road after winding road, perfect for showing off the capabilities of all types of vehicles.

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ƒ/4.5 | 1/2500 | ISO100

Here’s a photograph from Flateyri two summers ago. The sun was bright as can be and I wanted to freeze Maggie mid-jump to created the floating look you see. Fast shutter, stopped down to 4.5, and a low ISO to make everything extra crisp.

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Fuji Superia // ISO400 // Canon Elan 7 // EF 24-105mm USM

Happiest of birthdays to my wonderful wife! Super lucky that I dropped some rolls off at the local film shop this week and got back one of the most incredible photos of her I have taken. Just in time to post it for her birthday. She’s an incredible human, mother, and partner.

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ƒ/4 | 1/60 | ISO1600

ROF by Sveinbjörg Þórhallsdóttir

Halla Þórðardóttir danced this piece beautifully the other night. I was in the audience, photographing from a stationary seat as were the constraints of the gig, working as the Reykjavík Dance Festival’s photographer for the 5th year in a row. Sometimes I am able to watch run-throughs and move around and other times, I have to get the right seat so that I can make the most of the show while not interrupting the enjoyment of others. This was a mighty task, as the music was not the loudest and lighting was on the dim side. Still, the above photo is one of my favourites from this past iteration of the festival.

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ƒ/3.2 | 1/160 | ISO400

On a recent commission I was discussing with the client the various little things that I appreciate in interior photographs that contribute to a more natural look of a space. In the above, that includes leaving the books on the kitchen counter that were recently purchased and left in a convenient spot to be read over morning coffee. They had a nice look to them and contribute to the feeling that this is a home, not a rental space meant to be lived in like a hotel. Often a little bit of controlled chaos is the answer to question, “does it look too sterile?”

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ƒ/5.6 | 1/125 | ISO100

Fall Jaguar

I walk past this Jaguar with my daughter almost everyday on the way to school; taking note all the while that at some point the details are all going to fall into place to capture it in the perfect moment. After about 5-7 days noting the little details that would really turn this into a special moment, it finally fell into place. The weather became colder giving the morning a blue hue, the leaves changing and dropping, the car would fog up overnight and create an organic feel, the ground perpetually having this post-overnight rain shine, and the last piece of the puzzle, the light of the ever later morning sun being exactly right for the moment you see captured above.

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ƒ/4.5 | 1/125 | ISO400

Still Life of a Clear Table

I have been spending a lot of time being inspired by painting lately. Still life is one of the only things that can be replicated across many mediums of art without imbibing onto it too much of the medium. Hyper-realism painters can create paintings that look like a photograph and photographers can create some photos that look like paintings. I was attempting to create this photograph in the space just in between realism and a painting. I left the highlights blown out and used deeper shadows to create a more painterly effect.