Cover photo

In need of a cover picture for Facebook and Website with a black background I asked her to stand to the left so that the title of the page could appear to the right. See the final use of this image here: http:///www.staerdfraedi.is

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2014-04-13 10-09-30 SG

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2014-04-13 10-30-49 SG

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Russell Crowe in concert

Being in Iceland filming Noah Russell Crowe heard about Reykjavik Culture Night and decided spontaneously do to a one day concert tour. He listed his locations on Twitter and I went to Kex Hostel, a cool easy going bar with a hostel. I was there an hour before the show supposed to start and got a seat in the first row just in front of the microphones

Women Expo Zurich 2013

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Women Expo Zurich 2013

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This picture looks cold since the boys are wearing hats and the mountains in the background have snow but this picture is from a warm July day in Northeast Iceland - you still need to wear a sweater most of them time and sometimes hats too when there is a cold breeze from the Atlantic Ocean.

The tooth is out!

Inspired by Jason Lee we had a blast tonight trying out some of his ideas. They boys were very willing models and excellent actors. We had so much fun that we are definitely going to try this out again.

Happy!

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Photoshoot for Skema

Programmers of the future

6 long-time girlfriends with their husbands and children spend a weekend together under Snæfellsjökull glacier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%A6fellsj%C3%B6kull). The weather was fantastic as was the company - PERFECT is the only way to describe this weekend!

Salka Valka

I love dogs! I grew up with dogs and I really miss not having a dog. Luckily my my in-laws have dogs and now finally my sister and her family. And this is her, Salka Valka - so cute and gentle :-)

Topsy in black

Years ago I saw this great photo of a black labrador and I always wanted to create a similiar picture. Topsy is not completely black but the image turned out exactly like I wanted.

Bounty and Dakota

These beautiful models were in my studio yesterday and showed each other love and affection.

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The friendly cat's EYE

I went out with my macro lens to try something new - the idea was to take some macro shots. It had been snowing and I thought it might be cool to take pictures of leaves or berries in the snow - which I did. I had finished my walk and was about to open the door at home when a cat comes to me from nowhere. He/she starts to circle around my legs and even if I am not a cat fan I thought .... hmm... this might make a good picture subject. So in the freezing cold outside I started to push the cat gently away and follow it around... and the pictures I got proved to be much more interesting than the macro shots - which proves again that you don't have to look far for photographic motives ;-)

The Icelandic sheep are different from the European ones, they are according to Wikipedia Northern European short-tailed sheep. Anyway they are the sheep that I grew up with and I find them cute, at least from a distance. Normally they are scared of people and run away but this one didn't. It first posed for me but then it caught interest in my camera and came so close that it stuck it nose up my lens!

Washing

Walking around Rodebay in Greenland where 50 people live off fishing and hunting I was drawn towards dry hanging fish, washing lines and bright houses. The washing was as colorful as the houses which made it much more interesting to photograph than the washing I know from my home :-)

Thoughtful at Húsavík

It was an absolutely perfect day at the whale watching capital, definitely a t-shirt and shorts weather. Even if you don't go whale watching Húsavík is a wonderful place to visit in Northeast Iceland.

Sunset in Reykjavík

That evening a planet was going in front of the sun and everybody got out to see and photograph this unique event. I didn't see the black dot that I was supposed to see but I got a spectacular sunset instead.

New Year's Eve

Just after midnight on New Year's Eve. The fireworks in Reykjavik are amazing - some say it is like a war zone but to me it is something special that I haven't found anywhere else. As a comparison Zurich fires up 3 tons of fireworks at New Year's Eve and Reykjavik 600 tons. So where do you want to be next New Year's Eve?

Sunset in Dalvík

The sunset disappears for several weeks in Iceland and starts to return end of July. Sunset at the harbor of Dalvík was spectacular, also the ducks enjoyed it.

During Street Parade there are numerous boats on Lake Zurich and the Limmat river and here is the police boat checking if everything is Ok.

Zurich is not just a beautiful city by day, also by night or actually evening because the lights that light up the churches are turned off at 11pm.

View from Lake Zürich on the old town with Limmat river in the middle, Grossmünster on the right, Frauenmünster on the left and the Conelli circus in the front.

Prague by night

This picture is taken the day before it started to rain very heavily in Prague and only a few days later the spot where I took the picture was totally under water. This night was beautiful although cloudy and Charles bridge shines in light.

Time has stood still in the old village of Bergamo which makes it a joy to stroll through narrow streets, enjoy street art and good food & wine.