The Black Sand Beach in Iceland is a tourist destination along the main road in southern Iceland, east of Reykjavík. Here you can expect wedding photographers, tour buses, food trucks, patrolled paid parking and a few avid photographers.
Winter is a better time of year to visit the Black Sand Beach of Iceland. There are some wonderful hotels nearby. Winter is best from a photography point of view because the light is better with the sun lower in the horizon, bigger storms and larger icebergs on the beach. During the summer months, the iceberg remnants are having a contest to see which can melt away the fastest. In the winter it is a struggle of survival for the heartiest photographer. I visited in the winter of 2015. Iceland Winter Visit. Our goal in 2024 was to photograph Iceland from the air, from both an airplane and a helicopter. But first we need to travel to our tiny inland airport, photographing southern Iceland along the way.
