March Cold - Friday Photo #532
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Friday Photo #532 – March Cold

Photo: March sunset over Hornet, Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 12, 2023. 17:01 After what had been a mostly stormy and rainy January and February, March has brought a long winter cold spell to Lofoten - in other…
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Winter Shadows - Friday Photo #531
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Friday Photo #531 – Winter Shadows

Photo: Shadows on the wall at dawn, Hamnøy, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 20, 2023. 08:17 With a clear horizon but low clouds, the sunrise light does not always last long. On this morning with one of my workshop groups…
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Hamnøy aurora - Friday Photo #530
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Friday Photo #530 – Hamnøy Aurora

Photo: Northern Lights from the Hamnøy bridge, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2023. 23:23 After an extended period of grey skies over Lofoten, the weather finally cleared and the aurora once again danced in the sky…
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Photography Season - Friday Photo #529
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Friday Photo #529 – Photography Season

Photo: Photographers line the Hamnøy bridge at dawn, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2023. 07:31 If I had any doubt that travel was still slow in the post-Covid era, it is now over. Lofoten is currently as busy, if not more, than…
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Olstind Reflection - Friday Photo #528
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Friday Photo #528 – Light or Conditions

Photo: Olstind mountain peak rises into misty winter light over Reine harbor, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 29, 2023. 12:11 It is the middle of February and the winter photography season on Lofoten is well under way as…
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Friday Photo #527 – Winter Storm

Photo: Crashing waves at Myrland beach during winter storm, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 8, 2023. 12:56 I powerful storm swept over Lofoten on Wednesday causing damage and road closures across the islands. Included…
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Eye of Uttakleiv - Friday Photo #526
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Friday Photo #526 – Eye Of Uttakleiv Storm

Photo: Winter waves wash over the rocky coastline concealing the Eye of Uttakleiv, Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 24, 2022. 15:32 I had originally planned another image of the full moon for this weeks post.…
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Winter Moon - Friday Photo #525
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Friday Photo #525 – Winter Full Moon

Photo: Winter full moon over Ristind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 5, 2023. 11:58 After the storms of the new year passed the weather of early January calmed just in time for the return of the sun, which I first saw…
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Stortind - Friday Photo #524
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Friday Photo #524 – Stortind Winter

Photo: Stortind mountain peak rises over snow covered sand during low tide in inner Flakstadpollen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 16, 2022. 11:16 By ‘normal’ weather standards, this past December was a good one.…
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Reinebringen Winter - Friday Photo #523
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Friday Photo #523 – Reinebringen Winter

Photo: Winter view over Reine from Reinebringen, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 11:58 Late last week a pair of hikers required helicopter rescue from the summit of Reinebringen as they were unsure of their ability…
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Northern Lights

Searching For Northern Lights Video

Searching For Northern Lights on Lofoten YouTube Video for Destination Lofoten. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hlCQZuLvq1E Last winter I was filmed by some of the guys from Lofoten Film Collective for a project about shooting the northern…
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First Sun - Friday Photo #522
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Friday Photo #522 – First Sun

Photo: My first sunlight of 2023 as the sun partially rises over the Vestfjord, Hamnøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 4, 2023. 12:25 After a stormy holiday season with lots of wind and rain, the weather has finally cleared just in…
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Commercial Driving Regulations in Norway

Commercial Driving Regulations of Photography Workshops and Other Tours in the Lofoten Islands and Norway

Beginning on November 1, 2020 changes to Norwegian transport laws require all small scale tourism operators (photo workshops, northern lights tours, climbing/kayak/ski guides, etc) to be in possession of a taxi license - løyve / drosjeløyve,…
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Calm Between Storms - Friday Photo #521
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Friday Photo #521 – Calm Between Storms

Photo: Winter blues of the polar night on Christmas day, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 25, 2022. 12:56 The peaks of Himmeltindan rise into the pastel blues of twilight on Christmas afternoon in a rare moment of calm…
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Moonlight Aurora - Friday Photo #520
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Friday Photo #520 – Moonlight Aurora

Photo: Moonlight and aurora over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 16:31 While the sun remains below the horizon during the polar night of December, the opposite effect can happen with the moon, which…
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Last Sun - Friday Photo #519
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Friday Photo #519 – Last Sun

Photo: My last visible sun of 2022 from Reinebringen, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2022. 12:04 On Sunday I made a second trip up Reinebringen again. I figured since I had already put in the effort of breaking trail all the way…
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