I spent 3 weeks in Iceland in September — two on a photography workshop exploring the island’s volcanic highlands and one with Martha visiting the southern tourist spots. The workshop was lead by Erin Babnik (my third one with her) and we explored the southern highlands of Iceland during early September. Iceland has become a very popular photographer destination and Bend friend, Andy, & I were excited to check it out. The workshop consisted of 9 photographers, and 3 co-leaders — Erin, together with two French photographers with extensive Iceland experience. And we were all ably supported by two Icelandic guides, driving two large off-road 4×4 vehicles. Our days were spent driving the rough highland “F” roads and nights were in beautifully situated highland huts. The highlands are a stark out-of-this-world volcanic landscape, filled with an unbelievable amount of water in glacial-fed rivers & lakes, and with little vegetation other than lots of vibrant green moss. It is also known for its extreme and rapidly changing weather — we experienced sun, rain, & snow all within an hour, and two long days of continuous heavy rain & wind. But, best of all, we had many locations all to ourselves!

After the photography workshop, Marcia & Martha joined Andy & me for a short week of exploring the Golden Circle and South Coast tourist areas. Little serious photography occurred due to only midday excursions and the presence of MANY other tourists. Iceland is an incredible location, but is also an incredible tourist magnet — their 350,000 inhabitants saw 7 million tourists last year!

The galleries of my images can be found here: Iceland Galleries