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Ivar Eythorsson
(@ivareythorsson)
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My name is Ívar Eyþórsson and I am a 24 years old commercial and landscape photographer from Reykjavík, Iceland. But, my journey as a photographer has been quite unconventional, I would say.
In the summer of 2015 one of my friends came to visit me in Iceland. He came with his most recent purchase, a DJI drone! I have to be honest, I was stoked about the drone. Having one powerful eye in the sky was surreal to me. After a couple of fun sessions with my friend, I decided that I also wanted to have my own drone.
"This was before I even had a DSLR camera!"
Buying the drone motivated me to travel around Iceland so I could see the full potential of this aerial tool. One day, driving around Reykjavík I found a group of people on jet skies and speed boats sailing around the harbor. I decided to stop and create a short video just for fun.
Surprisingly, the owner contacted me saying that he wanted to purchase the video to use it in his website and social media. That was a big surprise to me! This was my first video so I didn’t expect such a nice reaction to be honest. But then I asked to myself: If the owner of a boat club enjoys my work, perhaps more businesses can find value in my work as well?
"In late 2016, I picked up a camera for the first time and at that very moment I knew that this was something I was meant to do."
With every picture I took, my passion for photography grew bigger! Soon enough I began to capture and share landscape photos more seriously and in late 2017 I was offered a job as a photographer at a marketing agency in Reykjavík.
Now, I’ve been working as a freelance here in Iceland for just about a year. Honestly this has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Thanks to photography I have gotten the opportunity to travel, work with big companies and meet people which I can now call my best friends.
"My advice to everyone out there: work hard and your dreams will come true!"
