About

I help outdoor and fitness brands turn what they stand for into a visual point of view people actually feel. From strategy through production, across photography, film and 3D, I make visuals that are raw, tactile and human, setting the conditions for a moment rather than staging it.

Most brands in this space have started to look the same, and people scroll past sameness. What they stop for is a brand that knows who it’s for and shows why it exists, something they can feel part of, not just buy. I lean into what is true and particular about you, what you build and why it matters, and let that decide everything we make. It comes together in three steps, and a fourth when one project turns into an ongoing partnership.

How I work

01

Align

Before anything is made, two things have to meet. Your brand, what it stands for and how it wants to be seen. Your target audience, and what they should think, feel and do. Both land in a visual direction you approve. Every frame after that has a job, which is why the visuals connect with people instead of only looking good.

Align

02

Create

People ask more of what they buy now. Who made it, why it exists, what it stands for. Telling them isn’t enough, they believe what they can see, and a staged moment always looks staged. So I set the conditions for something real to happen and then capture it, reaching for photography, live action or 3D depending on what the moment needs. What comes back are visuals your audience believes, and belief is what makes them act.

Create

03

Deliver

Visuals that speak to a whole genre resonate with nobody in particular. That is exactly the problem, because looking good is not the same as being unmistakable. Instead, what you end up holding is a body of work that could only belong to you, made to spark something in a specific someone rather than to look at home beside everyone else.

04

Partner

Content tends to arrive in spikes. Everything at once, then a quiet stretch, then a scramble when it runs out. That is a rhythm problem, not a content problem, and it is solved by booking the year rather than the shoot, with dates set ahead so you plan launches around them instead of chasing them.

Partner

Hi There!

Ólafur Magnússon
Ólafur MagnússonCreative Director, Photographer & 3D Designer

Attention is the new shelf space. The outdoor and fitness brands people talk about are not the biggest anymore, they are the most interesting. I want to empower the brands sparking that interest.

I take a few at a time, closely enough to understand what you need and learn how you think, then make the visuals that could only belong to you.

I lead every project myself and bring in trusted specialists when the work calls for it, so you have one point of contact and the right hands on every frame.

  1. 01

    I back the brand, not the brief

    I only take on brands I’d buy from myself. So I’m not reading your brief from the outside, I’m invested in where you’re going, not just the next shoot.

  2. 02

    Real over perfect

    I believe a moment only lands when it feels real. So instead of posing people, I direct them, building the world your brand lives in, the place, the story, the people, so the reactions come naturally. Every frame is planned around how you want to be seen, but what people feel is genuine, and that’s what makes them believe in you.

  3. 03

    You always know what is next

    From the first call to final delivery, every step has its place. Direction, dates, feedback and files live in one shared project space, never buried in an email thread. You always know where things stand, and you can answer for the project to your own team without chasing me.