Baldur Bjarnason
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Baldur Bjarnason
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Writer, web developer and consultant based in Hveragerði, Iceland. Lapsed Interactive Media Academic. Webby Tech Stuff and webby book stuff.

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This kind of photo tickles my brain. #photos #iceland
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For this #caturday, some of the local cats hanging out in and on top of a commercial greenhouse. They're friends with the staff, who occasionally forget the cats are there when they leave at the end of the day, so the owner has to go and let the cats out when they don't show up for meals
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
These photos are kind of the "leftovers". Not bad photos, per se, but don't work quite as well as I had hoped they would when I took them. I'll probably need to revisit them at a later date. #photos #iceland
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Last of this batch of bird photos. A pair of pigeons perch on a street light. #iceland #bird #birds
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Scenes around the river Varmá here in Hveragerði were genuinely picturesque this week. #photos #iceland
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The smaller birds were also out and about this week here in Hveragerði. Redpolls, redwings, and blackbirds #photos #iceland #bird #birds
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
A few more raven photos from earlier this week. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
January 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
So, during winter here in Hveragerði steam frosts on the plants in needle-like ice formations when it's cold. I'm guessing this can happen wherever humidity and frost combine, but it gives the plant life next to the river a unique look #photos #iceland #winter
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I did get a little bit obsessed by the branch that hung over the river yesterday. #photos #iceland #winter
January 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Another angle on yesterday's raven pair, during a quieter moment. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
January 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I wonder why the river is called "Varmá" (literally "Warm River" in Icelandic)? 😝 #photos #iceland
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This raven pair gave off strong "Statler and Waldorf commenting on passing hikers" vibes. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Local commercial greenhouse during sunset #photos #iceland
January 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún teiknaði myndasöguna Kötturinn og ég í gráu, með smá snert af lit #bók #myndasaga #bækur

Fáanleg í verslunum Pennans: www.penninn.is/is/book/kott...

Brynhildur Jenný talks about why she drew the graphic novel The Cat and I in tinted gray-scale.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
These are probably the spookiest from the foggy walk the other day #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Because I tend to underuse colour. #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
These photos give you a little bit of a sense of how thick the fog was here the other day. #photos #iceland #hveragerði #blackandwhite
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So, because editing and rewriting is where the magic happens, I decided to rework yesterday's "signs in fog" photos. Made the colours a little bit less natural and contrasty (still more natural than the average phone's defaults) #photos #iceland #hveragerði #iceland
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Finally, a few of the earliest photos I've taken, at least in terms of deliberate practice. I took them on a Yashica SLR in the mid- to late-nineties in Reykjavík. #photos #film #blackandwhite
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I took these four photos in 2000, or thereabouts, my last job in Iceland before moving to the UK was as a vision mixer in a news studio. These were taken either at work or on my way home. #photos #film #blackandwhite
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The author of The Cat and I, Brynhildur Jenný, explains why she draws by hand and isn't fond of drawing with a tablet or iPad (English subs included)

Brynhildur Jenný útskýrir afhverju hún handteiknaði myndasöguna, Kötturinn og ég, og er ekki hrifin af því að vinna í tölvu #bók #myndasaga #bækur
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM