Expeditions are not always about climbing Everest or circumnavigating the globe at the age of 16. Sometimes, a simple concept can become the trip of your dreams. Brian Rueb from Redding, Calif., is a professional wildlife and landscape photographer and teacher who is in Iceland now on the photo op of a lifetime. He’s using his summer break to backpack across the picturesque country in just over two months.
He’ll be sharing his travels on his personal website as he snaps memorable photos, and begins writing a book on the experience. It’s also going to add a whole new perspective to his photography class at Mountain Lakes High School in Shasta Lake, Calif. He hopes to inspire students who are passionate about taking photography outside of the classroom.
He blogs, “Over the course of my journey around Iceland, I’ll walk, bus, and hitchhike my way from point A to point B. Eventually in early August I will arrive back in Reykjavík, where I will take a deep breath and head south to the famous ‘Blue Lagoon’ where I will soak my travel weary body all day long before getting a flight back to the United States, and starting the real work of the project: writing the book.”
A majority of his travel costs are being covered by sponsors and people who donate money. All are guaranteed an original photograph from the trip. Thanks to his Spot Messenger device, you can follow him like a tagged polar bear at http://brianruebphotography.com/project-iceland/. Or keep track via Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianRuebPhoto
