Author Archives: Ian GoodManhattan Sunset This is an older photo which I took late one afternoon in February 2009 on a business trip to New York City. I was staying at the Seaport Hotel, near Brooklyn Bridge, and saw this beautiful sunset as I walked back to it from the office in downtown. The shot was taken from […]       
 Road Trip, Iceland This shot was taken through the windscreen of a moving car on route 56 in the Snaefellnes peninsular of Iceland. No, I wasn’t driving! 🙂 Shooting through the windscreen of a moving car is not the best way to get a sharp photo, but here are a few tips to help if […]
 Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland Harpa is the concert hall and conference centre near the port in Reykjavik, Iceland. The very cool design was done by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in collaboration with the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. It was opened in 2011 and is home the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera, […]
 Strokkur Geyser, Iceland Strokkur is a fountain geyser at the geothermal area of Haukadalur in Iceland. It is close to the larger and better known Geysir which didn’t erupt at all while we were there. Stokkur was erupting every three or four minutes. The ghosted people in this long exposure shot give an idea of […]
 Reykjavik Church – Hallgrímskirkja This church in Reykjavik is a quite stunning landmark, which dominates the city skyline from miles around. It is named Hallgrímskirkja (Church of Hallgrímur), after the poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson, and was designed by the architect Guðjón Samúelsson, apparently to look like the lava flows of Iceland’s landscape. At 73 metres tall, […]
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