The really beautiful thing about the Lofoten are the wide fjords. Again and again, one sees on the other fjord shore some great snow-covered mountain ridges, most of the times still with a great light in the sky above. One … read more or write a comment …
This was not on the workshop agenda, we were never out that early. Even before the morning meeting for a little theory and the following departure to possible motives I just came back from breakfast to my little camping hut, … read more or write a comment …
A little different image from me. As I walked across the beach and was always looking for an interesting foreground for my motif, my view was almost vertical down to this little stream running across the dark sand. Here different … read more or write a comment …
I have always wished for Lofoten light in the clouds and on the mountain tops. But that I would also get it on the ground I had not expected. With the small stream in the foreground, the motif has become … read more or write a comment …
»Foreground matters« that we got from Hans Strand on the first morning of the photo course! The beaches of Lofoten on Flakstadøya and Vestvågøya invite you to do so, because you almost always find great mountains on the other side … read more or write a comment …
Finally my photo course with Trym Ivar Bergmo and Hans Strand at the northern edge of Flakstadøya Island should start. After a day full of snow and storm, the short drive over to Flakstadøya was quite tranquil but also without … read more or write a comment …
I had always hoped to see the sunrays on the mountain tops during my time at Reinefjord. When I stood in the snowstorm on the bridge to Hamnøya and looked down to the red rorbuer, I had in between no … read more or write a comment …
Almost lagoon-like, the small bay of the Reinefjord with the island Sakrisøya lay in front of me. In this area, the water is so shallow and with a sandy bottom that it glows green. It was the day with blizzards and … read more or write a comment …
I had to wait 3 days for this moment, it was always overcast or even rainy during the day. When I was on Hamnøya that day, looking for motives with the stockfish racks, the sun came through the cloud cover … read more or write a comment …
The cover picture of this article is only an section of the panorama, so it’s worth opening the article to let the full magnificence of the picture take effect. After I left my accommodation in Å in the morning hours … read more or write a comment …
At night on the way to Reine, just out of the corner of my eye, I saw the snow-covered mountains above the small fjord and braked immediately (luckily there was nothing going on on the roads at that time!), turned … read more or write a comment …
During my stay in the Lofoten I first had to learn from the local people that in the Lofoten one always only has to go east (towards the mainland) and west. This might be still valid for the eastern part, … read more or write a comment …