Camera Shake Photography Podcast
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 12 segments
Iceland is one of the most photographed countries in the world—but what's it really like behind the camera? In this episode of The Camera Shake Podcast, I sit down with landscape photographer…
Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveGuestKersten NutzHostAnd I'm very happy that I did that, but I'm still definitely within my community the odd duck out, uh, 100%.
You know, when I go back, uh, to see friends or my family in Germany, I always feel like the odd one out because I'm the one that has done the exact opposite to what everybody else has done, you know?
Um, but then when I'm, uh, living in the UK, I kind of feel the same thing for a number of reasons.
When I'm not hanging out with my creative friends, I'm always the odd creative guy, [laughs] you know, who's, who has done things- You know, based on a, on a map.
You know, like you say, like you get married and you have kids and you buy a house and blah, blah.
Um, now coming back to Iceland, so social media has i- has created a, a very specific image of Iceland.
But what is the, what's the reality that photographers discover when they actually arrive in a place like Iceland?
Well, it's a very interesting subject, and it's a, an interesting subject that I've thought about a lot as well, uh, is that Instagram and social media is kind of ... it's a place that reinforces certain kind of images.
And what you see is that people over the years, they kind of collect these kind of places, uh, collect these kind of viewpoints, images, compositions that they really like, uh, and that are very impactful and that they see perform really well, uh, on social media.
And I find it incredibly interesting because, uh, first of all, I don't f- I don't function like that.
And I'm very happy that I did that, but I'm still definitely within my community the odd duck out, uh, 100%.
You know, when I go back, uh, to see friends or my family in Germany, I always feel like the odd one out because I'm the one that has done the exact opposite to what everybody else has done, you know?
Um, but then when I'm, uh, living in the UK, I kind of feel the same thing for a number of reasons.
When I'm not hanging out with my creative friends, I'm always the odd creative guy, [laughs] you know, who's, who has done things- You know, based on a, on a map.
You know, like you say, like you get married and you have kids and you buy a house and blah, blah.
Um, now coming back to Iceland, so social media has i- has created a, a very specific image of Iceland.
But what is the, what's the reality that photographers discover when they actually arrive in a place like Iceland?
Well, it's a very interesting subject, and it's a, an interesting subject that I've thought about a lot as well, uh, is that Instagram and social media is kind of ... it's a place that reinforces certain kind of images.
And what you see is that people over the years, they kind of collect these kind of places, uh, collect these kind of viewpoints, images, compositions that they really like, uh, and that are very impactful and that they see perform really well, uh, on social media.
And I find it incredibly interesting because, uh, first of all, I don't f- I don't function like that.
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