A tale from the Volcano in Iceland

Over the past few months I have been working together with Gitzo and Manfrotto and have started collaborating with them as a tutor and contributor to the Manfrotto School of Xcellence. There I will be writng articles and blogs on my photography and will try to give a real insight on what it is like to work in the field for a nature photographer.

My first story is on the work I did at the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in the Filmvordurhals area. I spend three days there photgraphing the first eruption and you can read the story here: http://manfrottoschoolofxcellence.com/2010/06/22/uri-golman-a-tale-from-the-land-of-fire-and-ice/

I will make sure to let you know as soon as there are any new stories up on the site.

NEWS: National Geographic chooses volcano Image for interactive edition.

Check out this link to the National Geographic interactive edition.

http://dk.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416126293&o=int&prev=sub&p=

This edition is only available for sale in the US and can be downloaded for laptops, computers and ipads.

You will find one of my images from Iceland in the slideshow called “Iceland Erupts” in the middle of the main article about Mount Saint Helen.

I really like the whole idea about an interactive edition like that and I truly believe that this will be a huge part of our future. The extra features like slideshows and small filmclips embedded in the magazine is great and just think about what it can do to our planet. Wow where wil all this be going in just a few years?

Volcano Video on National Geographic Nordic

Hello everybody,

When I was in Iceland I spend most of my time working with the new Canon 1D Mk IV. I had just received it a few days before my trip but did not have time to test i thoroughly  before leaving. So naturally i was quite excited to test the video capabilities of the camera at the site of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

After arriving there i quickly mounted my 1D Mk IV on a tripod together with the EF 70-200mm 2.8 lens. Switched of the IS and had a quick read in the instructions manual. I adjusted the settings to full HD video and started shooting my first film. Naturally i did not have the time to check out the quality before being back at my hotel room. I sorted out a few pics and decided to check the video...

Now the only thing that bugs me is that i did'nt shoot some more :o)

Well - Have a look for yourself and see what you think. The video is up on National Geographic Nordic in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland and the music is a beautiful piece called Lightin made by Antony Raijekov from Bulgaria.

But let me hear what you think about it?
Just click on the title of this post and you should be able to add a comment.

All my best,

Uri

Volcano slideshow on National Geographic Nordic

Hello everybody,

Wow - what a fun and busy week this one have been.

I started out giving a 3 hour talk to a danish photoclub and had to make a brand new slideshow for the occation. I have sorted trough most of my images from Iceland and India and at the same time i have done some serious layout on my new book that will go to print in june/july.

It has been a lot of long nights working at the computer listening to good music on the Ipod and let my creativity run freely.
Then, today i decided to take a day off and found out that Politiken (One of Denmarks largest papers) had run one of my images from iceland on the frontcover. To top it all off, I had a call from National Geographic Nordic that wanted to run a slideshow on their webpage http://natgeo.dk/ with 10 of my images from Iceland as well.

What a great way to end the week.

Frontpage on Danish newspaper "Politken"

Congratulations (Tillykke), says the headline on the danish newspaper Politiken today. Although the headline is not meant for me, but for the queen of Denmark as it is her birthday, I was quite happy to see that i had one of my photos of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland on the frontcover today.

The story is that the current eruption there is sending large amounts of ashes and glass into the air. This cloud is now drifting in over Europe and the airports are closing down due to the dangers of flying trough the clouds.

I got home from Iceland about two weeks ago after spending three days at the volcano site. What an amazing experience that was and i am still spending time, sorting trough the many images. I will be posting some on this blog later on today.