San Francisco: Most of the team has packed up their gear and flown home safely from Iceland and the adventure. Many have already boarded planes and left for other destinations. John McDermott is off to Texas for a shoot. Richard Morgenstein --home for a day--then on a plane to shoot in LA. As I write John Isaac is enroute to Brazil. George Jardine is off to China. Addy Roff remains in Iceland, taking some well-deserved R & R with her family.
The Adobe Iceland adventure already seems like a dream.
But it's far from over and none of us want to let it go. We need to properly document the experience so we can share it in its full glory with others. Like the ripples that emerge after a rock splashes in the water, we will try and spread around the stories and lessons from our adventure. If we do this part right, the adventure will have a life that lives a long time and becomes an inspiration to others.
From my end, I'll start by putting together a dynamite slide show/presentation to take on the road, hopefully in time for Photokina in October. Not only will the show highlight the adventure but it will showcase the work of the individual photographers who deserve so much recognition. Derrick and I have already started on a "Hot Tips from the Adventure" PDF, which we should have ready in a month or so. And then, of course, there is the book. I envision it as a hybrid between a coffee table tome and instructional manual. It will be beautifully produced by O'Reilly and contain practical advise on using Adobe Lightroom as well.
In the meantime, we are encouraging all the photographers that came on the adventure to edit and present their work on their own web sites, and we will provide links to everyone. Martin Sundberg and Johann Gudbjargarson have already given us their links. You can go to Martin's photos here and Johann's here. And here are some of my photos as well. George Jardine's photos are here.
As this adventure continues, and the stories emerge, I'll keep you up to date. Til then...happy shooting!
PS: I want to note several less visible people who provided the basic foundation for this adventure to take place: Adobe's Jennifer Stern, whose budget paid for everything; O'Reilly's Steve Weiss, who said "think out of the box and see what happens"; Graystone Travel's Barbara Camacho, who provided logistic support and made sure all the bills were paid; Icelandair's Brian Sheffield, who got us all there and back safely (no small feat!); Iceland Tourist Board's Einar Gustavsson and Olafur Hand who set up many of our critical contacts in Iceland; Hertz's Arnar Mar Arnthorsson, who put 6 vehicles in our hands (and, at moments, probably regretted doing so...); Fosshótel's Renato Gruenenfelde, who opened his entire chain of hotels to us to pick from; and SAS Radisson 1919's Greta Blaengsdottir who gave us a great deal on one of the finest hotels in Iceland. I've already mentioned in other places O'Reilly's Mark Brokering, Betsy Waliszewski, Colleen Wheeler, and Sara Winge but I wanted to mention them again because I'm so thankful for their help.
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