
Friday Photo #645 – Volandstind Sunset
Photo: May sunset over summit of Volandstinden, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 16, 2020. 22:46
From mid May it is not long until the midnight sun arrives. Though as I often write, the light and temperature often do not match…

Friday Photo #644 – Maybe Spring
Photo: The first signs of spring as the fields begin to turn green in mid May, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 9, 2025. 14:27
While the landscape is still dominated by the brown dead grasses of winter, the fresh green growth…

Friday Photo #643 – Changing Seasons
Photo: Willow Ptarmigan in flight over grassland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 1, 2025. 15:30
April and May are always a strange time of year for me in the mix of summer daylight but winter-ish temperatures and landscape.…

Friday Photo #642 – The Sea Road
Photo: Mountains of the ‘Lofoten Wall’ rise from the sea while traveling on the Bodø - Moskenes ferry, April 24, 2025. 19:52
20 hours after I should have originally been home from a short trip to Scotland, Lofoten’s mountain wall…

Friday Photo #641 – Stornappstind Reflection
Photo: Bluehour reflection of Stornappstind with dusting of snow, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 28, 2025. 06:37
For many weeks this winter even just a dusting of snow mid-way down the mountains like this morning was…

Friday Photo #640 – Unstad Waves
Photo: Setting winter sun behind misty waves at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 25, 2025. 16:47
One benefit to this year’s windy and stormy winter is that the sea is anything but boring! Unstad in particular…

Friday Photo #639 – Aurora
Photo: Northern lights dance over Storsandnes beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 6, 2025. 20:46
Like every year, the ever shortening nights of April mean Lofoten’s northern lights season is quickly coming to an end.…

Friday Photo #638 – Snow and No Snow
Photo: Snow and no snow at Haukland, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 17, 2025. 09:55. And March 6, 2025. 12:40
In the last days of March it finally feels like spring is in the air and that winter is coming to an end.…

Friday Photo #637 – March Aurora
Photo: Aurora Highway - moonlit northern lights rise into the sky over Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 24, 2024. 22:17
Eight months after their first appearance in Lofoten’s night sky, the northern lights will soon be making…

Friday Photo #636 – End Of The Road
Photo: View across the sea from the cliffs at Å to Værøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 18, 2024. 13:49
I make frequent visits to the end of the road at Å each winter and despite being quite familiar with the location, still…

Friday Photo #635 – Winter Cormorants
Photo: Cormorants at dawn, Haukland beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2024. 09:11
As the blue hour light over Haukland beach faded into early dawn I was ready to head off to the next location. But walking back…

Friday Photo #634 – Winter Light
Photo: Soft dawn sunlight shine over Flakstadtind, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2024. 09:24
Before this moment I had actually been shooting pretty wide in the 14-20mm range with some nice foreground wave action over the rocks…

Friday Photo #633 – Unstad Winter
Photo: Dusting of snow covers rocks at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 5, 2024. 12:23
Sometimes one doesn’t need to contribute much more to a photograph than being there. This is one of those times: park…

Friday Photo #632 – Frozen Reinefjord
Photo: Olstind mountain peak rises over a frozen Reinefjord, Toppøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 7, 2024. 10:16
It is not so often that Lofoten is still enough or cold enough for a large portion of Reinefjord to begin to freeze…

Friday Photo #631 – Hamnøy Bridge View
Photo: The classic view from Hamnøy bridge, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 20, 2024. 07:30
A moody morning at one of Lofoten’s classic views: the red rorbu cabins from Hamnøy bridge.
While the desire for many photography is…

Friday Photo #630 – Hamnøy Bridge Crowds
Photo: Photographers stand shoulder to shoulder on Hamnøy bridge during sunrise, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 12, 2024. 08:43
With February arriving tomorrow Lofoten’s winter photography workshop season will be kicking into high…