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 to the performance. Gargoyles|Ufsagrýlur

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 models and the product in the late daylight.

Check out their website! and their new blog!

Click the more for more photos.

Lately I have been getting a lot of requests for technical information. Without going into to much detail(I am lazy) here goes:

Outside shoot. One AlienBee 800 Octagon softbox, stripped for harder light. Powered by a really long extension cord to a converter attached to a car. Should really get a nice portable battery unit! Everything shot with a Canon 5D – Canon 24-70 2.8 and Canon 16-45 MII 2.8.

Studio. 3 AlienBee softboxes, square ones for back, side and hair and an Octagon softbox for front fill. Same camera and lenses as outside.

“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 having one of my Photos on the cover.

Here is the original photo, it is from a fall trip to Port Renfrew.

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.

I often wondered how they managed not to injure themselves – a big group flying about on big horses with spears in their hands sounds like a recipe for disaster but the Musical Riders pulled it off gracefully and in style. Great show.

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 anything, just click the five star symbol and you´re good to go! It even has a photo of me looking all slick and handsome.

Cheers

Snorri

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!

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 was impressed by the Sidney Days festivities.