MORTIIS Iceland November 2019
A weekend in Reykjavik with Håvard E. for a MORTIIS photo shoot on friday and the Reykjavik Goth Night at Gaukurinn on Saturday.
We got some obstacles and restrictions (lights, weather, temperature etc etc xD), but we had the most awesome help from Tómas (Misþyrming) and Anna (NYIÞ), who drove us around and assisted when needed:) (They are also featured in my Icelandic saga The Troll:))). We worked with what we got and I think we did alright. What a fantastic country, though!!!
The night before the shoot was stormy with downpour ( couldn´t go outside on the terrace for a smoke because I was afraid that the winds would rip the door right off xD ) and that continued in the morning when our friends came to pick us up. So we made the decision to start with the cave pictures. Great with shelter when it was raining. Just that the cave floor was covered in some mud that was behaving in different ways. Either it was very slippery or just got you glued to the ground. Also it was constantly dripping ice cold water from above. Very interesting.
Luckily the raining slowed down a bit in awhile so we stayed at the cave but got some nice pics right outside. I´m not at all sure where we were at but it looked a bit like Mariuhellar when sorting out the pictures. Not too far from Reykjavik.
Next stop was (need to check the name of the location) a bit further out from town. Stunning views along the way , took some pics on a beach with mountains all around it and ended up somewhere with hot mud pools and steaming activity.
We drove around all over the place, stopped here and there for some (quick) pictures. Like at the lava fields. Absolutely amazing!! Always quick because Håvard/Mortiis outfit wasn´t really made for the brutal cold and harsh conditions that Iceland offers in November. Whatever ideas and experiments we had in mind, we had to skip. A couple of minutes of straight up shooting and then Håvard had to get some time to warm up in the car. Blue was not his best skin tone so we needed to keep him at least slightly normal coloured. It was really, really cold even when you were properly dressed:/
[Not done with this page yet. Will be adding some pics & stuff]
https://www.facebook.com/officialmortiis/
https://www.facebook.com/ReykjavikGothNight/
https://www.facebook.com/gaukurinn2014/
“Spirit Of Rebellion”, Gatefold LP on Picture Disc Vinyl, strictly limited edition of 100 copies. Released March 2021.
Tourist stuff in Reykjavik
[originally posted @ Insta] A care package from my great friends @norwegianrat arrived!! 
Man ska aldrig älta i gammalt, men detta var den krångligaste plåtningen ever med både egna fuckups och tekniska failures. Det tekniska handlade då om att objektivet hanterade inte autofokuset och eftersom jag bara kollade lite snabbt på ljuset i kameran så missade jag helt detta faktum ända tills jag drog upp allt i datorskärmen. Och nej, inga tidigare problem med AF. Det andra var nog bara om att jag nyligen bytt system helt och var inte alls så hemma i alla detaljer så det bklev lite felbedömningar. Egentligen borde man ha plåtat utomhus för utrymmets skull, men det skulle inte heller gjort mycket skillnad i slutändan. Uääähh surt det var. Och är fortfarande xD Blev en dyr reparation på objektivet…#neverforget #trippelkollaräckerinte
