As a kid from the 90’s all my childhood photos are kept safe in an old fashioned photo album with little pockets for each photo. I’m probably not the only one – but I love going through those old albums. Looking back at moments frozen in time sometimes helps me remember things from back then; where we lived in Denmark, old friends, building snow houses and people who now are gone. I’ve always been a pretty nostalgic person but it wasn’t until I really got into photography that I realized that what drives me in my work is freezing those little, subtle moments. The moments that later on help you remember, tell your story and can give your great grandchildren a good idea of who you were and how times were different. 

A while back I was looking through the wedding album of my partner’s grandparents. They’ve been married over 60 years and they had a photographer at their wedding, capturing the most important moments of their day – exactly like we do today. Of course with more technology we are able to photograph a lot more and even have whole movies made. But to the core photography has not really changed a lot over time. We want to remember. We want to look back on moments, people, things and places that have made us happy, that have built our story and we want to relive it and share it with our loved ones.

I sometimes get asked how long I’ve been photographing. Well.. to be honest.. almost my entire life. My parents had a camera that I was always very interested in. I asked for a digital camera every single birthday and Christmas until I finally got one. I took a photography course in high school, I wanted a camera phone as soon as they became a thing, I directed photoshoots for the school paper in college, I was always the one with a camera on every vacation and yet I never thought: hey I’m going to study photography and make a living as a photographer. You might be wondering why the hell not? And the answer is very simple: that wasn’t a proper job. It wasn’t a bulletproof, secure way of making money and building a career. It was simply too risky. Photography was a hobby and I would be stupid if I didn’t educate myself further and get a “normal” career. So I got an education. I’ve always loved languages and especially my native language. So I enrolled at the University of Iceland and finished my Bachelor’s degree in Icelandic linguistics. Right after graduation I moved to the Netherlands where my hard earned degree didn’t mean shit (no regrets though!). But what happened then? I got to know a wedding photographer who saw potential in me. She let me tag along on weddings, she mentored me and made me see that my “hobby” could become how I earn my living (thank you Svenja). Of course it doesn’t happen overnight – it is a harsh world – but for the first time ever I looked at it as a realistic option.

It has now been almost seven years since this realisation. I have found my own style and I’ve had so many amazing people trust me with freezing the moments they want to remember. In addition to weddings, pregnancy- and family shoots I’ve fallen completely in love with photographing food and creating content for people and businesses with a story to tell. I am the happiest when I can do my part in telling the story of people who have dared to make their crazy, great ideas happen. 

Let´s listen to our gut - it does wonders!