Nappstraumen - Friday Photo #692

Friday Photo #692 – Nappstraumen

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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…
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Skagsanden Aurora - Friday Photo #691

Friday Photo #691 – Skagsanden Aurora

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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…
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Fish and Rain - Friday Photo #690

Friday Photo #690 – Fish and Rain

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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…
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Unstad - Friday Photo #689

Friday Photo #689 – Unstad Flow

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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…
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Sea Eagle - Friday Photo #688

Friday Photo #688 – Sea Eagle

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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.…
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Olstinden Reflection - Friday Photo #687

Friday Photo #687 – Olstind Reflection

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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…
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Narvtiden Reflection -Friday Photo #686

Friday Photo #686 – Narvtind Reflection

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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…
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Guiding in Norway - Part 3

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

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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…
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Guiding in Norway - Part 2

Guiding in Norway Part 2 – Disfunction in the North

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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…
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Guiding in Norway - Part 1

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

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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…
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Valley Light - Friday Photo #685

Friday Photo #685 – Valley Light

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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,…
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Pastel Dawn - Friday Photo #684

Friday Photo #684 – Pastel Dawn

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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,…
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Windswept - Friday Photo #683

Friday Photo #683 – Windswept

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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…
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Colorful Aurora - Friday Photo #682

Friday Photo #682 – Colourful Aurora

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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…
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Red Aurora - Friday Photo #681

Friday Photo #681 – Red Aurora

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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…
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Frozen Fjord - Friday Photo #680

Friday Photo #680 – Frozen Reinefjord

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Photo: Frozen snow covers the surface of Reinefjorden on a still winter day, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 7, 2024. 10:29 It is not often that the surface or Reinefjorden freezes during winter. While the temperatures…
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