Mason G's Photography Journal

 Friends come in all shapes and species! On this trip to Iceland I made some friends and it felt so natural. The human friends I made were from all over the world.  Some of the friends I made were these awesome horses with thick winter coats to keep them warm outside. These horses were so friendly to me and I felt their friendliness in a super cosmic connection that we found with eachother. I am still enjoying the interaction and connection I made with the horses. It was a very natural, confident and calming experience to meet and interact with these really friendly beasts.  I enjoyed my time with the horses and also with the humans. Here are a few of the friends I met along the way. Argentinians: Lily, Claudia and Alondra Horse w beard This friend just kept walking towards me One of my first horse friends on the trip Crazy Horse Marti and I And of course in the end my friend Marti was there with me near this cool rushing river at Thingvelir National Park .

 What a wonderful trip with really great people! The weather dealt us all kinds of challenges even before we arrived in Iceland. If there's one thing I learned from this trip is that you can't control the weather! Our guide Siggy the Viking did everything he could to get us in places where the weather was less of a problem, but it could not be helped many times. We had extreme wind, rain and blowing snow. Most days were overcast and gloomy. Not ideal photography conditions, but I practiced for these conditions.  I think the one real challenge (perhaps the most challenging thing of all) was dealing with a wet lens surface and how wiping it off and getting a shot in before more water droplets appear was challenging when the wind kicked up. I did learn a lot about landscape photography. Siggy taught us to use our phone cameras to size up a location and get a sense of framing. Then when you've figured out the area a little better you can use the mirrorless camera with a specifi...