bert’s film

monkey man

My beautiful, goofy monkey man. I’m feeling a bit tender and extremely grateful for such a deep but silly and playful partnership.

lost in hvalfjörður

Hi friends. It’s been a bit. I’m currently sitting next to my grandmother, where I’ve been for the last eight and a half hours listening to her inconsistent breathing and trying to offer her ...

this year’s self portraits (pt. II)

All geared up with a tripod, I’ve had to find new challenged for myself. So I’ve been more experimental with light, movement, composition and storytelling. I no longer get very excited about a ...

first year’s self portraits (pt. II)

For the last installation of “first year/this year” (for now), we have tripod self portraits. Although, in my first year I didn’t have a tripod, so I would stack book on top of chairs or boxe...

this year’s self portraits

First take away: a whole lot more selfies this last year than the first. Also, a cutie has joined me (that first year we were “just friends” and living in different countries). Obviously, I’v...

first year’s self portraits

I started shooting self portraits early on, as it’s the easiest way to experiment and figure out what you like and don’t like, since all you need is yourself, a camera and a mirror. It’s also...

this year’s portraits

I’ve been trying to post this all day, let’s hope it happens this time.

Honestly, seeing these compared to the first year ones, I feel very accomplished. I’ve really come a long way fr...

first year’s portraits

In my first year with a camera, I attempted some portraits. I didn’t understand lighting very well or what sort of feeling I wanted to evoke with my photos, so they turned out… not amazing. I r...

this year’s landscapes

And now we have this year’s landscapes. You can see there’s a lot more consistency in the style of photos. There’s also less to choose from, as I tend to focus more on portraits or everyday l...

first year landscapes

Since I started shooting film, I’ve honed my style quite a lot. I wanted to share with you and compare photos I took in my first year with a camera vs. this last year, and I’m starting with nat...

portraits

Here is a series of portraits I’ve taken. The difference between my portraits and Annie Leibovitz’s remains the same. Hers are thought out; curated; designed. Mine are spontaneous; lucky; oppor...

Annie Leibovitz

Queen of portraits, Annie Leibovitz, will be the inspi

happy accidents

Yesterday, I got reposted on a film feature page on instagram and remembered that when I took that photo, I actually took two back to back. Carter and I were at an arts festival and went in the sau...

Inspiration II

It's time for the second round of my "inspiration" series, where I seek inspiration from the masters of photography! I had a blast with my roll of film inspired by Saul Leiter and analyzing it with...

last saul series

In this last installation of my Saul Leiter inspired roll of film, we have Carter and I canoodling (fun word) on the one hand and Carter in bed on the other. The one I chose as my favorite of the f...

lounging

I wasn’t sure which one to pick as my favorite out of this series, but I ended up choosing the first one. Now I’m not so sure anymore, I might have changed my mind to the last of the series. At...

driving with Carter

Let’s dive right in. My first favorite out of the series - the first one you see here - feels the most like Saul to me. With the large amount of negative space (although with some texture), the g...

us and amma

Another series using the mirror as a frame - honestly my comfort zone. Do I even have to explain why I chose the first one as my favorite? Well I will anyway. The frame cuts the mirror in half, and...

framed by the mirror

Our first series we are dissecting is the most straight forward form of frame-within-frame on the roll. The mirror as a frame. Actually, in the first three we don’t see the frame. Which is becaus...

First Saul

I got frames (in frames) back! These are my favorite of the bunch, and in the next few days, I’ll be posting the series around each frame and explain why this one is my favorite. Disect it a litt...

my love

March 30th

We’ve reached today. And I want to end this posting spree on my favorite person. My favorite model, my favorite muse, my favorite creative partner and my favorite live-in inspira...

muses

March 28th

Man, the giddyness I felt when I got these photos back. So much playfulness and eagerness to create and experiment and it resulted in these absolute bangers. Bodies seemingly float...

vast

March 26th.

My dear friend Sandrayati released her song “Vast” a couple of years ago and asked me to shoot behind the scenes for her music video. What an easy shoot. Getting to piggyback...

she swims

March 24th.

These caves have lit me up creatively. In fact, there is a little announcement I will be making very soon that involves some of the photos taken in these places that I’m very e...

beach boys

March 22nd.

Pivoting entirely, here are my boys at the beach. Carter, my love, and Úlfur (e. Wolf), my best friend. Fun fact: my partner’s middle name is Wolfe, my best friend’s name is...

ophelia

March 20th.

Some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken of Marie. Feeling inspired by the painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais, we attempted to capture some texture in the water while she ...

self and self and self

My dearest patrons, as I’ve been MIA, I will make posts today for every other day since I last posted. Starting with:

March 18th.

A series on selfies taken in 2022. Which, as you mig...

quick bath

Second post of the day and last of my adventures with Marie in Iceland. For now. In this shoot in particular, she looked like a water nymph whose only responsibility is lounging in this little pool...

in dangerous waters

Another set from my adventures with Marie. The water was blue and cold and the stream was strong, so we remained on the banks for this one. Seeing how her body blended in with the rocks and her ski...

it is cold but we are free

Last post today. Have you ever run naked down a country road as mountains surround you and the cold air fills your lungs? If not, you should. It is a wonderfully freeing feeling. And it makes you g...