Everyone knows that Iceland has amazing landscapes throughout the whole country. But Iceland doesn’t only look beautiful from the ground. It also looks incredible from the sky.
On a recent flight, I had the opportunity to expand my aerial photography portfolio and focused on mostly top down images. Photographing top down is not easy. The landscapes look completely different than you’re used to. It’s like seeing a whole new world. New ‘paintings’ go by every second and you have to be quick to capture them properly. Rivers, ground textures, valleys... they all look very different from a top down perspective. The advantage of using a plane is that you can quickly fly everywhere and your perspective is much higher as opposed to using a drone.
Photographing from an open window out of a flying plane is not easy. Using a shutter speed of faster than 1/250s is a must if you want things to be sharp. This series was taken a few months ago in Iceland. Special thanks to Volcano Pilot for yet another great flight.
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Flying next to the Icelandic coast with interesting textures in the water. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
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This flight was late autumn with lots of autumn red covering the valleys. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
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Top down abstract of the bottom of a wide river. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Simple top down view of the waves on the black of the Icelandic beach. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Different colours of different mud and glacier streams coming together out of the mountains. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Sunlight hitting the greens in a valley in the Icelandic Highlands. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
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A river formed like a smoke finding its way into the ocean. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
An abstract view from the bottom of a glacier stream. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Harsh light on a bunch of streams. It looks like they’re forming the roots of a tree. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Another close up abstract in the form of an arrowhead or an organ. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
The autumn red combined with the blue of the rivers make for a beautiful complimentary color palette. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Black & White abstract of river flows. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Rivers along the coastal areas with lots of different textures combined. It looks like a water painting. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
Big rivers mounting into smaller streams. The excerpts are like organisms on their own. Photo by: 'Albert Dros'.
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Albert is a Dutch photographer with an extreme passion for landscape photography. He aims to capture places and certain moments in the best way possible by using his own vision and unique style. His style consists of strong vibrant, sometimes fairytale like images in which he expresses himself. Albert has a background in Design, Video and Animation. He has worked for himself his whole life and has as a Master Degree in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology.
Albert loves to travel. Next to photo tours and workshops he likes to explore the world on his own or with friends. He has a passion for visiting the most beautiful spots in the world, whether known or unknown. Challenging himself is what keeps him motivated. Albert loves planning his shots carefully.
He does this with great detail to make sure his efforts have the highest chances of success. He sometimes plans days, weeks, months or even years to get that particular shot he wants. Challenging himself combined with planning and writing a story of the whole process is Albert’s specialty. He is always looking for new challenges and adventures. He is able to find beauty anywhere in the world: from misty mornings in the forests minutes away from his home to rooftops of the highest buildings in Dubai to remote locations in Iceland or the US. Next to taking photos, Albert also likes to teach and write about photography.
He occasionally writes for the most well known Photography magazines both on - and offline. Along that he has worked with many brands in the photography industry and is an official Sony Ambassador of Imaging.
His work has been featured in some of the biggest news outlets & magazines worldwide, like TIME, National Geographic and Adobe.
