My first assignment in Iceland was to photograph a play by the theater group LabLoki, called Ufsagrýlur or Gargoyles. It´s a great play by an Icelandic writer called Sjón and performed at the Hafnarfjarðarleikhúsið.
The poster and program was designed by me and my friends Thorri and Linda at Hringbrot.
Check out the slideshow with images from the preparation [...]

One of the most fun shoots this summer was a shoot I did for Shi Studio. Shi Studio, based in Victoria BC, designs jewelry and accessories. They have beautiful products for both men and women.

We decided to shoot the outdoors scenes at dusk on a great summer day. Using the golden hour to capture the [...]

“Light at dusk” could be the English  translation of the title of this book “Birtan í Húminu”. A book of poems by Canadian poets.
It was published by The Reykjavik International Literary Festival and features poets that have won the Griffin Poetry Prize, among them A.F. Moritz, C.D. Wright and Michael Ondaatje.
I had the honour of [...]

Did an assignment for PNR shooting the RCMP Musical Ride last weekend. It was a fun event with sky divers, Scottish Pipers and of course the RCMP Musical Ride. Great to see the RCMP in their distinctive red uniforms and the Musical Ride was pretty amazing.

21
May

Got some good news the other day, next issue of Photosho has my photo on the cover.  You can buy the magazine here.
I am taking part in an online contest and one of the prizes is a popularity vote. You can follow this link Snorri_Portfolio and vote for me, no need to sign in or [...]

27
Sep

Photosho is a newish Canadian Photo magazine, issue 2 is on the way. I submitted a photo and it was accepted. Check it out and buy a copy or two. There is a preview available for download on their website and it looks very good, cant wait to see it.

My photo flow II was selected as the cover for the September issue of Photolife. It is a part of a feature Photolife does every year, showcasing emerging photographers.
I am very thankful for this exposure, Thanks Photolife!

10
Jul

Spent the Canada Day weekend working for the Peninsula News Review, photographing Sidney Days. I have uploaded some photos to Flickr click here to see them.
Sidney Days was very fun, my wife and children went with me on the Saturday for the Parade. My son Oskar declared that we would be moving to Sidney, he [...]

Well I have been busy today updating the web site. Put some work under Design, Published and Photography. I also updated my Resume. Published is a new page where I intend to put a selection of works that have been published, writing, photography and design.
I have also put up a page at portfolios.com you can [...]

I do a lot of reading on the Web, so many places so little time.
Strobist is an excellent site that I discovered far too late, tips on flash techniques, funny stories from the job as a photojournalist and more, good stuff.
Sportshooter is a website for photojournalists I read their forums daily, good discussions and thoughts [...]