Move over Daenerys and Cersei—these girls are the real life queens of Game of Thrones.
Tiia Ohman and Satu Walden are TV and film superfans who have traveled thousands of miles to recreate their favorite scenes.
The travel bloggers, both 39, have criss-crossed the USA, Iceland, and Northern Ireland to bring their characters to life.
Using an iPad with stills from movies and TV shows, they insert protagonists into the real-life location where it was filmed in a technique they call ‘scene-framing’.
One of the girls holds the iPad perfectly in perspective with the backdrop, while the other takes a photo of the scene.
Tiia and Satu, both from Helsinki, Finland, have even produced guides for other Game of Thrones fans wanting to tour filming locations in a day.
To date they have visited 16 locations and ‘scene-framed’ 26 characters from the hit HBO series. They have also captured scenes from hit productions such as Brokeback Mountain, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders, Star Wars, and Shawshank Redemption.
Tiia, a freelance photographer and travel blogger, said: “Our visit to Iceland was combined with a massive eight-week road trip in the USA and Canada last year and we absolutely loved it.
“The best experiences we’ve had are those where the location looks exactly or very close to what you’ve seen on screen”
As huge fans of both TV and movies, in 2013 the pair decided to build their summer trip to the U.K. around visiting filming locations.
“Luckily, Satu had her iPad with her and we decided to see if the photos would work with a tablet instead of a print—and they did. They got over 60,000 shares on social media so we’ve stuck with the idea ever since.”
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