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Iceland: Day 1
Ahhh… air travel. There’s just nothing quite like it. This morning, we drove a couple of hours to Pittsburg – arriving in plenty of time to catch our flight. But the flight was delayed. So, we checked...
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Iceland: Day 2
We rose at 4 this morning, and were out the door by 5. The fabulous people at Ranga actually had coffee waiting for us in the lobby! Heaven! I filled up my cup with as much milk and sugar as coffee…...
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Iceland: Day 3
We slept in this morning – since we were heavily clouded in – and had breakfast at Hotel Ranga. Afterwards, the skies cleared! We photographed gorgeous sunbeams over a field of black sand and rock. The...
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Iceland: Day 4
Well. What can I say. More wind. More rain. Wow. It’s so windy out there that the swans are flying sideways. No kidding.We spent the morning driving out into the valley past Seljalandsfoss. With...
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Iceland: Day 5
What a day. I hardly know where to begin! We damaged more gear today than we’ve ever damaged in a single day. Not much of an accomplishment!We returned to Jökulsárlón for sunrise. Jay was shooting on...
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Iceland: Day 6
My knee is looking much worse today, as the bruises develop. Yikes! Still – I’m standing… so no complaints from me. As long as I can get around, I’m good. We shot the mossy rocks this morning – and it...
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Iceland: Day 7
It snowed overnight – just a light dusting, but the distant mountains are breathtaking! The clean white snow stands out in brilliant relief against the black mountains! We returned to yesterday’s...
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Iceland: Day 8
Tired or not – I snapped awake at 3am. Time to check for the Aurora. I could see from the window that the sky was clear in the North! Stars! So, I got myself dressed, grabbed my gear, and headed to the...
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Review: 90mm F2.8 TS-E lens
For our recent trip to Iceland, we rented a couple of lenses once again – from LensRentals.com. Their service was excellent, as always. We placed the order a couple of weeks before we left, and the...
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Review: Canon 24mm TS-E F3.5L II
Last week, we reviewed Canon’s 90mm TS-E lens – one of two lenses we rented from LensRentals.com for our recent trip to Iceland. We’ve been considering purchasing a tilt-shift lens, and wanted to try...
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Ten Seconds To Takedown
Some of you have asked to see the photo of the wave that took me out on our Iceland trip, so I went ahead an processed it for you. It’s not one of my favorites from the trip… but half a minute later I...
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Featured Download: Iceland Blues
Click to DownloadJökulsárlón in Iceland is a breathtaking place. On one side of the road is a beautiful blue, glacial lagoon. On the other side is a black sand beach where giant icebergs lie scattered...
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Featured Download: Iceberg
Click to DownloadJökulsárlón was, without question, my favorite of the places we visited on our first trip to Iceland. I wanted an incredible simple composition for this image – so I chose a single...
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Featured Download: Rainbows in the Mist
Click to DownloadThis beautiful place is a tourist hot-spot in Iceland. A steep trail provides access to the mighty Skógafoss waterfall. The view gets better and better as you get closer to the fallsl....
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Rainbow in the Mist
I took this shot of Skógafoss with a 70-200mm lens, a circular polarizer, and a neutral density filter. I needed a longish shutter speed to blue the surface of the water in bright conditions, so that...
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Singin’ the Blues
Iceland was incredibly beautiful… and one of my very favorite locations was this gorgeous beach at Jökulsárlón. I think you can see why. I would have liked to spend far more time shooting these small...
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Beautiful Iceland
The sky was beautiful – but not over the waterfall I had planned to shoot. What to do? Well, that’s an easy one. MOVE! Go shoot where the light is right! :)There you go. That’s my piece of advice for...
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Shooting in the Mist
There are still places in Iceland where only the sheep wander… and even they only visit on a good day. My favorite thing about traveling with Varina, is that she is always ready to go explore these...
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Majestic Iceland
It rained while we were in Iceland the first time – and then it rained some more. It was windy and foggy pretty much all of the seven days we spent there last fall. The top of the Glacier was covered...
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Using a Tilt Shift Lens
Did you know you can use a Tilt Shift Lens to get everything in perfect focus… even with a wide aperture setting? That’s what Jay did for this shot he took in Iceland. We don’t recommend purchasing a...
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