Entries by Cody

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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 reflection, nice dappled light, fresh snow on the mountain, and a few wispy clouds, all you need […]

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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 tend to stop there too often anymore, but on this January morning, it looked like the sky had […]

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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 more serious (international) guides have already been using legal and licensed transport in recent years, […]

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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 in Norway As the rules currently stand, only Norwegian residents with a Kjoreseddel – taxi operators license – received from the Norwegian police, […]

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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, leaving much of the northern valleys of Lofoten hidden in shadow. Here, even approaching noon, the sun only shines […]

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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, barely a hint of wind, and nights of dancing northern lights over the snow […]

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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 of a passing snow shower, there aren’t. Or well, the mountains are there, you just can’t see […]

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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 night. The image is looking south towards the colourful aurora filling the southwestern sky over Lofoten, though not long after […]

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Friday Photo #681 – Red Aurora

Photo: Red Northern lights fill the northern horizon over Lofoten, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 19, 2026. 23:23 On Monday night one of the biggest solar storms in the last 20 years hit the earth, bringing northern lights down to Italy and parts of the southern US. I’ll let the space nerds debate on how […]