Photographer guide in Iceland
Aug 30, 2023 09:08:29 #
lrm
Loc: Sarasota, FL
going to Iceland next August-September. Due to physical limitations need a personal guide for photography. Want to hire a photographer-guide for 5 or 6 days. Anyone have a name and a contact or two?
Aug 30, 2023 10:27:04 #
Aug 30, 2023 10:34:20 #
Aug 30, 2023 10:45:39 #
lrm wrote:
Thanks. I need a personal guide, not a tour.
They both show Private Guides as an option...
Aug 30, 2023 11:50:41 #
Aug 30, 2023 13:40:47 #
lrm wrote:
going to Iceland next August-September. Due to physical limitations need a personal guide for photography. Want to hire a photographer-guide for 5 or 6 days. Anyone have a name and a contact or two?
Here’s the contact info for the private guide we used in Iceland. He is very knowledgeable of the locations of interest and knows how to time manage so you get to see and photograph many of the wonders that Iceland has. Plus he has a good sense of humor.
Aug 30, 2023 14:56:10 #
CKAlbion
Loc: Mendocino, CA
While we didn't use a guide, we did take a ton of photos on our May-June trip to Iceland. Depending on what you want to shoot, you could easily take a car to most sites. If you want to photograph puffins, there are two options, one of which is physically challenging as you have to hike up a steep beach sand hill. The other has a series of stairs with platforms from which to shoot.
Shoot me a PM if you want to chat about what to expect. Iceland is amazing, but it is challenging physically.
Shoot me a PM if you want to chat about what to expect. Iceland is amazing, but it is challenging physically.
Aug 30, 2023 15:57:36 #
lrm
Loc: Sarasota, FL
pmorin wrote:
Here’s the contact info for the private guide we used in Iceland. He is very knowledgeable of the locations of interest and knows how to time manage so you get to see and photograph many of the wonders that Iceland has. Plus he has a good sense of humor.
Thanks, I will contact him.
Aug 31, 2023 07:30:54 #
I was in Iceland last year. We hired Julia Pertek to take us around. She is an excellent photographer and a licenced drone operator in Iceland. I highly recommend her.
https://www.juliapertek.com/about
https://www.juliapertek.com/about
Aug 31, 2023 07:43:44 #
lrm wrote:
going to Iceland next August-September. Due to physical limitations need a personal guide for photography. Want to hire a photographer-guide for 5 or 6 days. Anyone have a name and a contact or two?
We just returned from a wonderful trip to Iceland in July. We used a company called Iceland Luxury Tours - their website is https://icelandluxurytours.com. Our guide was a native Icelander and was a geology professor at the University of Iceland - he's also a hobbyist photographer. The company does custom tours so he might be able to do one for you. He was a GREAT guide and a pleasure to be around. His name is Kristinn Arnar Guðjónsson. I would strongly recommend him, so maybe you can call the company and ask if he can do something like that for you. Our tour was very reasonable.
Aug 31, 2023 09:20:38 #
Aug 31, 2023 12:28:33 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
lrm wrote:
Thanks, but I am looking for personal experience from someone on this forum.
Also look at https://toursbylocals.com, their guides are vetted, and complaints get guides dropped from the list. If they have any listed for Iceland. you can probably trust them to be truthful in their advertising and competent. I haven't been to Iceland, but have hired local guides through them from Europe to the S. Pacific, and was never disappointed.
Aug 31, 2023 14:28:33 #
A friend of mine , Einar Erlendsson, is a native Icelander. Am excellent photographer, he also an excellent resource. Email is einar@focusonnature.is, tel 354 824-1849. Mention my name Tom Singleton
Aug 31, 2023 14:28:59 #
lreisner
Loc: Union,NJ
lrm wrote:
Thanks. I need a personal guide, not a tour.
That is why you should work with a local travel company that could address your needs. They will help you find your guide that meets your needs. That is not to say that someone in this group can not help. A lot of Iceland is not ADA friendly.
Aug 31, 2023 14:30:41 #
lrm wrote:
Thanks, but I am looking for personal experience from someone on this forum.
I have met with and gone on photo trips with Einar several times. He lives in Iceland and knows it inside and out.
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