Skagsanden Patterns - Friday Photo #694
, ,

Friday Photo #694 – Skagsanden Sand Patterns

Photo: Sand patters bubble up on Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 26, 2020. 07:42 I was looking for a different image to post this week when I noticed I had never shared this one before. It’s actually…
Read more
Spring Ptarmigan - Friday Photo #693
, ,

Friday Photo #693 – Spring Ptarmigan

Photo: Winter plumage willow ptarmigan flies though mountain landscape, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 6, 2026. 18:23 In the longer and warmer days of April the local wildlife is beginning to increase its activity ahead…
Read more
Nappstraumen - Friday Photo #692
, ,

Friday Photo #692 – Nappstraumen

Photo: Fishing boat heading through Nappstraumen with Himmeltindan rising in the distance, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 5, 2026. 20:05 It is that time of year where Lofoten tries to decide if it is still winter or spring…
Read more
Skagsanden Aurora - Friday Photo #691
, ,

Friday Photo #691 – Skagsanden Aurora

Photo: Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis rise into sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 23, 2026. 21:26 The days of April are quickly growing longer as Lofoten enters the period of not-really-winter…
Read more
Fish and Rain - Friday Photo #690
, ,

Friday Photo #690 – Fish and Rain

Photo: Drying stockfish under a rainy March sky, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 19, 2026. 16:47 It had been an almost perfect winter, until it wasn’t. As soon as March arrived, the cold and calm days of January…
Read more
Unstad - Friday Photo #689
, ,

Friday Photo #689 – Unstad Flow

Photo: Waves flow over rocks at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 28, 2026. 11:25 After all these years, Unstad still remains one of my favourite beaches on Lofoten and is one of the few beaches that I’ll…
Read more
Sea Eagle - Friday Photo #688
, ,

Friday Photo #688 – Sea Eagle

Photo: White-Tailed Sea Eagle silhouetted against winter sky, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2026. 12:45 It took me several days this week to delete around 500gb of data or roughly 10,000 photos to clear up some hard disc space.…
Read more
Olstinden Reflection - Friday Photo #687
, ,

Friday Photo #687 – Olstind Reflection

Photo: Classic view of Olstinden mountain peak rising over Reine harbor in winter, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 27, 2026. 11:34 Some scenes require little work and this is one of them. When you have a perfect…
Read more
Narvtiden Reflection -Friday Photo #686
, ,

Friday Photo #686 – Narvtind Reflection

Photo: Dawn light shines over Narvtinden mountain peak and reflection, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 26, 2026. 09:51 This view has long been a favourite of mine. It is often a relatively straightforward shot, so I don’t…
Read more
Guiding in Norway - Part 3
, ,

Guiding in Norway Part 3 – Thoughts On The Future for Guiding on Lofoten

Continued from: Guiding in Norway Part 2 - Disfunction in the North News of the enforcement of the commercial driving regulations in the Lofoten region has begun to spread in the background of the photo workshop community. Many of the…
Read more
Guiding in Norway - Part 2
, ,

Guiding in Norway Part 2 – Disfunction in the North

Continued from: Guiding in Norway Part 1 - Commercial Driving Regulation Enforcement Begins on Lofoten The following is going to be long, complicated and confusing. And if you think it’s bad just to read, imagine trying to operate…
Read more
Guiding in Norway - Part 1
, ,

Guiding in Norway Part 1 – Commercial Driving Regulation Enforcement Begins on Lofoten

Several years ago I wrote an introductory article about the commercial driving license regulations in Norway for small guiding operations like photography workshops. See Article - Commercial Driving Regulations for Photography Workshops…
Read more
Valley Light - Friday Photo #685
, ,

Friday Photo #685 – Valley Light

Photo: Warm winter light shines through the steep valleys of distant Flakstadøy, Yttersand, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 26, 2026. 11:36 Despite the quickly lengthening days, the late January sun does not rise far above the horizon,…
Read more
Pastel Dawn - Friday Photo #684
, ,

Friday Photo #684 – Pastel Dawn

Photo: Misty clouds conceal Ristinden peak at dawn, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 5, 2026. 09:30 I will dare to say that the last month has been the best winter in recent memory. Day after day of cold and still weather,…
Read more
Windswept - Friday Photo #683
, ,

Friday Photo #683 – Windswept

Photo: Winter winds blow over Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 2, 2025. 11:48 But where are the mountains? Yes, there should be mountain in the background of this image, except at this moment in the middle…
Read more
Colorful Aurora - Friday Photo #682
, ,

Friday Photo #682 – Colourful Aurora

Photo: Colourful northern lights fill sky, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 20, 2026. 18:37 This is the following night from last week’s aurora image (Friday Photo #681) and actually a better display than the previous…
Read more