Wind - Friday Photo #374
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Friday Photo #374 – Wind

Photo: Windy ridges of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 20, 2020. 12:39 Each winter here on Lofoten seems to have it’s own defining element. For 2020 it will be the wind, and maybe rain for 2nd place. Defiantly not on…
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Winter Twilight - Friday Photo #373
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Friday Photo #373 – Winter Twilight

Photo: Soft winter twilight the mountain peaks of Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2020. 16:46 This image is a prologue to last week's post: Friday Photo #372. There is always a bit of a balance of how much waiting…
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Forecast vs. Reality - Friday Photo #372
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Friday Photo #372 – Forecast Vs. Reality

Photo: Forecast: Clear sky and KP5 northern lights. Reality… Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 19, 2020. 19:15 Finally, after endless weeks (months really) of near constant clouds over Lofoten there was a forecast for…
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Seasons On Lofoten Winter - 4th edition

Seasons On Lofoten – Winter 4th Edition

I'm finally happy to announce that the 4th edition of Seasons on Lofoten - Winter is now available! Seasons on Lofoten - Winter I originally started on the update shortly after Christmas and was hoping to have finished before my first…
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Rocks and Ocean - Friday Photo #371
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Friday Photo #371 – Winter Grey

Photo: Rocks and ocean, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 13, 2020. 12:49 It has been a grey winter this year. So far, half way into February, I’ve seen the sun four times. Ikke bra! (as one would say in Norwegian). I’ve…
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January Grey - Friday Photo #370
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Friday Photo #370 – January Grey

Photo: Heavy grey sky over Flakstadøy, Vareid, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 24, 2020. 14:15 I only saw the sun twice in January this year - Once on Lofoten and once on Senja. The rest of the time the sky has mostly been filled with…
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Polar Stratospheric Clouds - Friday Photo #369
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Friday Photo #369 – Polar Stratospheric Clouds

Photo: Polar Stratospheric clouds in the sky over Lofoten. January 24, 2020. 10:13 Lofoten and Norway have have multiple displays of Polar Strastopheric clouds this January. But until last week, I was never in a situation to photograph…
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First Sun - Friday Photo #368
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Friday Photo #368 – First Sun

Photo: Skottind rises over Ballstad in the soft January twilight, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 18, 2020. 13:35 And just like that, after weeks of bad weather, the sun returned to Lofoten both on Saturday and Sunday.…
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Are You Visible? Friday Photo #367
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Friday Photo #367 – Are You Visible?

Photo: Are you invisible or visible when standing on the roads? Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 15, 2020. 16:41 The weather continues to be mostly terrible here on Lofoten, but I’ve been out and about the last week attempting to shoot…
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Stortind Dawn - Friday Photo #366
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Friday Photo #366 – Stortind Sunrise

Photo: Winter dawn over Stortind, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 21, 2019. 08:06 It is something from the archives today. Lofoten has had a stormy start to 2020, and not in a good way. I went to Uttakleiv today to try…
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January storms - Friday Photo #365
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Friday Photo #365 – January Storm

Photo: New year, new storms - Lofoten enters 2020 with a blast of wind over Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 2, 2020. 13:38 What was a somewhat calm New Year’s eve on Lofoten has turned into a series of passing…
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Christmas Aurora - Friday Photo #364
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Friday Photo #364 – Christmas Aurora

Photo: Christmas northern lights, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 25, 2019. 23:09 364 ÷ 52 = 7 years of Friday photo posts - you can go checkout my first post from January 11, 2012 - Friday Photo #1. Some weeks I’m…
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December Noon Sunset - Friday Photo #363
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Friday Photo #363 – Noon Sunset

Photo: Fire in the December sky, Nappstraumen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 13, 2019. 12:39 Despite being fully cloudy over all of northern Lofoten for as far as I could see from home, the strong southern near-gale…
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2020 Lofoten Mountain Photo Tour - Wild West
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New 2020 Lofoten Photography Workshop Dates

I've just published the dates for four new photo workshops in 2020. 3 of the workshops are mountain hiking tours, occurring June, July and September. For more info, head on over to the PHOTO TOURS PAGE Lofoten Photo Tour -…
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Polar Night - Friday Photo #362
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Friday Photo #362 – Polar Night

Photo: No neutral density filters needed - Mørketiden - the polar night over December’s winter landscape, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. December 11, 2019. 14:15 The polar night has reached Lofoten - The sun will not shine…
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Unstad - Friday Photo #361
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Friday Photo #361 – Unstad Winter

Photo: Unstad beach covered in a dusting of light snow, Unstad, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 10, 2019. 08:52 Unstad in white. It was a strange snow on this morning, falling almost like ash and just dusting the landscape.…
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