I’ve never seen a place that can quite compare to the contrasts of Iceland. From the lush green mosses, to the towering waterfalls, then the intimidating volcanoes, and finally the cold blue glaciers. And everything is on such a massive scale as well, so there are no comprimises.

This photo shows the colder side of Iceland and was taken at the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon. When we arrived at the lagoon and stepped out of the vehicle, it felt like the temperature had dropped by 10 degrees as the ice and water seemed to radiate a penetrating cold. I could have stayed here for hours watching the large blocks of ice slowly drift towards the ocean. They were constantly flipping, turning, and breaking into pieces with loud cracks and splashes.

Throughout it all, I found one favourite block of ice. It was striped with dark streaks of dirt and gravel that the glacier must have picked up during its travels and it looked like a chunk of mint icecream with thick lines of dark chocolate.

Because the blocks of ice were slowly moving and drifting around it was tough to do any sort of long exposure, but I found that keeping things between 10 and 15 seconds usually allowed you to get the water nice and blurred without getting any motion blur in the glaciers. It took a lot of blurry photos to make that discovery!