Iceland

Iceland, Silfra Fissure at sunset. 

I think about that hour when the light softens and everything feels slightly more honest. Silfra is already an in between place, a seam in the earth where two continents hold their distance, and the water sits so clear it feels like a lens.

At sunset, the fissure turns quiet in a new way. The surface takes on a faint glow, and the dark edges of rock look like careful ink lines. It is the kind of scene that reminds me why we chase locations at all. Not for spectacle, but for mood.

In filmmaking and in travel storytelling, a setting like this does more than establish place. It sets pace. It invites restraint. You do not need to over explain Iceland here. You just frame it, let the air and water do the talking, and trust the viewer to feel the distance between one world and the next.


Joshua Campbell

Joshua Campbell

19 Dec 2025