ICELANDIC TIMES - Land og saga

Blowing hot steam in HveravellirMarketa & TimCapturing IcelandÞingvallakirkjawhose aim was to teach chess tonative Inuit children. “I loved theidea that the chess club wanted tohelp the children learn to play chess.The kids learned quickly and had somuch fun. They even organised atournament with the winners gettinga chance to come to Iceland to learnhow to swim. It was especiallymemorable for me to capture the joyin the faces of these Inuit children asthey learned a new skill. One of mydreams is to be able to do more of thiskind of work, because sponsors needto be able to see just how thankfuland appreciative needy children arewhen they receive charity of anykind....it’s priceless”“There is so much potential inIceland and it is our hope to beable to use our talents to help localbusiness and social projects moveforward” says Markéta.See more of Tim and Markéta’sphotography at the followingWebsites:Flickr.comfineartamerica.comtimvollmer.demarketakalvachova.comin Facebook:Tim-Vollmer-PhotographyMarketa-Kalvachova-PhotographyPuffin with nest materials in beak-the fine-art nature photography of Tim Vollmer and Markéta KalvachováIceland, being the photographer’sparadise that it is, does not lackfor camera toting enthusiasts ofevery hue and genre, but theworks of photographers TimVollmer and Markéta Kalvachováare nothing short of aweinspiring.Tim arrived from Germany in2005 and Markéta from the CzechRepublic in 2006. They met inthe summer of 2006 and soonestablished a common bond,sharing the same love for Iceland,which is clearly portayed in theirphotography. “Trying to capturethe stillness of the mountains, thepurity and crispness of the air, or thehaunting isolationof a remote fjord is not easy”, Timexplains.Jðkulsarlón, with stops at all themost photogenic locations along theway including the thermal area ofHveragerði, the 19th century housesof Eyrarbakki, SeljalandsfossSkogarfoss, Dyrholaey, Vík andthe Jökulsarlón glacial lagoonamongst others. Summer tours ofthe south coast which will includeThingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir, thefamed “Golden Circle” of Iceland arealso being planned.Tim is a man with an eye fordetails. “My mother was alwaysworking with textures in her variouscollages,and I love to capture texturein my photography,” he says. Heespecially loves the challenge ofcapturing the textures of the lavafields...the lichen, the moss andthe curious lava formations foundthroughout Iceland. For her part,Markéta specialises in panoramicviews with her favorite area tophotograph being the HengillVolcanic System with its eerie yetenchanting stillness.In 2006, Tim travelled to EastGreenland to document a jointproject by the Chess Club of Icelandand the University of Iceland andGeysir “Strokkur”Happy icelandic foalAt the moment they are in theprocess of preparing to launch a 5day winter photography workshopwhich will span the south coastof the country from Reykjavik toPanorama from Morsárdalur20 21Detail of LavaFloating icebergs in Jökulsárlón