Popular landscape photography locations can be a bit of conundrum in some sense: they're likely popular because they offer great images, but that reputation means it can be difficult to produce original work from them. This vlog follows one photographer as he seeks out those compositions in one of the most popular locations in the world.
Iceland is certainly no stranger to landscape photographers. In particular, you've likely seen Kirkjufell is countless photos. Of course, the frequency of some landscape appearing in photographs doesn't change its inherent beauty, but it does make it harder for your shot of it to stand out. In this video, Andrew Marr heads to the famous location in search of a more unique image than the standard photo you see that frames the mountain on the right and the waterfall on the left. It's an interesting and beneficial exercise, and I really appreciated some of the shots he came away with, particularly since I've seen this landmark thousands of times.
Hey, speaking of shooting landscapes in Iceland, did you know we have an entire tutorial where we did that? Check out "Photographing The World: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi" if you'd like to learn more.
I would hardly say those compositions were unique. They were actually very classic Kirkjufell compositions :)
Same thought, very disappointing...
I will always be glad to look at photos from Iceland but the place has been shot so much that there really aren't many unique things to shoot there anymore. At least not at the most visited locations. It's still wonderful to see no matter how many times I've seen the same shot. It certainly helps to have been there too.
Was there in May with a buddy and thought the same thing so we found GPS coordinates up the mountains and did a bunch of video shooting at the top.
people mostly don't want to venture more than 100 yards from the parking lot at most locations in Iceland. Its fun to have to work to get the shot, and climbing up the ropes at the top was truly that.