HDRI II Stories: Toni, Iceland: Out of the Darkness

The last week at iMynd with Guðmundur. Spend most of that time in the darkroom developing the films I shot during the weekend. Learnt a lot about chemistry, processing, dodging and burning + some other things - like why it is good to have a female assistant (20 min. in the darkness and nothing to do). Best are those who can sing - according to Guðmundur.

For the weekend I rented a car (the cheapest I could find) and made two trips - one along the ring road 1 to the south and another to the north. Visited the normal tourist traps i.e. Selfoss and Skógarfoss waterfalls + the black sand beach just opposite of the Vestmannaeyjar island. Although it's not the tourist high season there is hardly any solitude which is how Iceland is advertised - but thank god we have photoshop and multiple exposures.

On Sunday left before the sun rised to catch the first light at Brautarholt where there is an old church beside the sea. The christian church must have had a tough job turning pagans cause there are churches everywhere and most of them made out of wood which was a scarce resource back then. From Brautarholt I went to see the lighthouses at Akraness. Luckily the new lighthouse was open. There were four other people at the top of the lighthouse - three men and a finnish woman who was married with one of the icelandic guys. Small world. Took some pictures and enjoyed the view. Ended my day with a hike to Glymur which is the highest waterfall in Iceland - 200m vertical drop. Didn't manage to get to the top but the sceneries were magnificient anyway.

This week started to work for the goverment i.e the national broadcasting service (Ríkisútvarpið RÚV). My first task is to photograph buildings and people at the city to build up a database (which they don't have yet).