The Videographer

Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Travel and Culture Gallery, week ending 8th June, 2012! >Click here for large version<

Two months ago I traveled extensively in Iceland to set up a new workshop there.

This image was shot on the famous black beach near Jökulsarlón. Almost all the images I had seen of this place had no reference for scale, so it was quite a surprise to see the actual size of the ice chunks - some of them were almost man-sized on one day, and broken into thousands of smaller bits the next.

For this shot I decided to include my wife Daniella (who also shot the amazing video on our website) in the frame as both an interesting focal point and a scale reference. It was cold and windy that morning, but the soft light and muted colors were wonderful. I chose a relatively slow shutter speed to create the streaky effect of the incoming tide.

Awesome, I love the flows and the scene is just... Awesome!

I agree with WK -- an awesome image!

Cool place. Neat shot. She just needs a red jacket.....

I just noticed some weird lines just above the head and the backpack in the large version. They're not there in the small version, nor in the original. I have no clue what caused that, but the lines shouldn't be there.

Darren - red jackets can be helpful, although in this case it would have been too much imo.

Are you wearing a red jacket in your avatar?

This is lovely Marsel. Well planned and executed. I love the subtle color palette.

Nice shot and LOVELY video. Well done on both.

Good choice of slow shutter speed; love the flow of the water and the picture.