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New Lofoten Travel Guides

Nonstind hiking guide Lofoten Islands

Photo: View over Unstad beach from Nonstind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

With summer now in full swing, I’ve been busy writing new guides for everyone heading to Lofoten in the next few months.

This weeks updates are:

Nonstind – Mountain hiking guide. A 483 meter peak with fantastic views over Unstad beach.

Mountain huts guide. A brief overview to the mountain huts found on Lofoten

Hiking guide. An into for those hiking for the first time on Lofoten. Expect steep trails, but fantastic views.

If you guys are finding this more general travel information useful, please let me know! As it takes a lot of time of research and write everything…

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2 New Mountain Hiking Guides

Mannen, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Enjoying the view from the summit of Mannen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

It’s a bonus day today, with 2 new mountain hikes added to the site.

Mannen – 400 m, Vestvågøy.  Best known for its fantastic views over Haukland beach. This is a good destination for summer.

Festvågtind – 541 m, Austvågøy. Rising above Henningsvaer, this moderate peaks provides fantastic views over the village and islands below

festvagtinden, lofoten islands, Norway

Photo: View over Henningsvaer from the summit of Festvågtind, Austvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

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New! Video Page

Lofoten By Sea

Filmed during a two week sailing along the Norwegian coast from Tromsø to the Lofoten Islands in August and September 2014. The trip was run by Vertical Shot Expeditions.

Some of you may have noticed that I added a video page to the site a few days back.  I have been shooting a fair amount of video + timelapse footage on Lofoten and elsewhere over the last couple years, yet up to this point, I haven’t really had time to put anything together.  And while I’m still new at editing and learning the programs (so don’t expect anything super fancy!), I think I will be nice to share another perspective of the Islands beyond just photos.

I’m also going to let the video branch out a bit beyond Lofoten, but they will still be limited to all things north and bad weather. Keep an eye out for some exciting stuff to come over the following months.

You can see my image gallery from the trip HERE.

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New eBook – Seasons On Lofoten Summer

Seasons On Lofoten: Winter

I’m super happy to announce that the second eBook in my ‘Seasons on Lofoten’ series is now available: Seasons On Lofoten – Summer

Available as PDF, 125 pages, 98 images, and over 14,000 words. $10

BUY THE BOOK HERE

Building upon the same theme as the Winter edition, Seasons On Lofoten – Summer is a photography and travel guide focused on the Specifics of the summer season on the Islands.  Also included is the info for 6 of my favorite hikes and camping locations on Lofoten: Bunes beach, Horseid beach, Kvalvika beach, Ryten, Reinebringen, and Mannen.

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New Ebook – Seasons On Lofoten – Winter

Seasons On Lofoten: Winter

 

I’m super happy to announce that I’ve just published my first eBook!  It’s taken up the majority of my free time over the last couple months, and I’ve just finished it less than 24 hours  before I’m heading back to Lofoten myself.

You can BUY THE BOOK HERE.

The cost is $5.  It is 104 pages long, contains 80 images (45 of which are a portfolio/location section) and nearly 15,000 words.  I mostly cover the basics for the first time visitor to Lofoten in winter.  But even as a photo book, I think most people will enjoy it.

 

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New Lofoten Hiking Guide – Markan

Sunset over Krakhammartind from Markan, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Ray of light on Kråkhammartind from the summit of Markan, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  September 2014

I’ve just added a new hiking guide for the 600 meter high peak of Markan, located on Moskenesøy.

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Markan was perhaps my favorite hike of the trip, no doubt due to some of the most fantastic light I’ve experienced while in the mountains of Lofoten.  And to think I could have easily missed this one and headed elsewhere as the weather was considerably worse than the forecast.  I actually spent a couple nights camping at the pass below the summit to use as a base to explore several more mountains in the area due to the somewhat long, and more importantly, boggy approach – best to get wet feet only once.

Anyhow, enjoy the page, and maybe give thought to heading up there yourself one day, the whole area is really wonderful and scenic…

 

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New Lofoten Hiking Guide – Munken

Hiking Munken Lofoten Islands Norway

Photo: Panoramic view from the summit of Munken, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  September 2014

The 2nd new mountain hiking page from my September Lofoten trip is now online and ready to be seen:

MUNKEN – Mountain Hiking Guide

Munken is a moderately high mountain on Moskenesøy, just beyond (or, above) the Munkebu mountain hut.  It is a nice hike with some pretty epic views at the top – though this is pretty standard for Lofoten!  It’s also a nice mountain to hike in combination with an overnight at the hut, or just camp nearby.

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I still have a few more hiking pages to add, but I’m sort of struggling to find the time at the moment and a heavier than expected work schedule in California.  And with less than 2 months until I’m back on the islands in January to co-guide a photo tour for Muench Workshops (sold out, sorry guys…), it’s going to be a tight squeeze to get everything done.  But I’ll do my best!

As always, if you want to keep more up do date with things, it’s worth checking out my Facebook page where I tend to post more photos and behind the scenes stuff that will never make it here (not entirely of Lofoten, however)…

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New Mountain Hiking Route – Stornappstinden

Hiking Stornappstind, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Hiker on the summit of Stornappstinden (740 meters), Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

I have added a new hiking page for Stornappstind, a 740 meter high peak located above the village of Napp, on the eastern edge of Flakstadøy.

STORNAPPSTINDEN HIKING GUIDE

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I’m finally back from my autumn travels.  Next week I’ll probably post a brief summary of my trip, with more updates and hiking guides in the following weeks as I get images processed and words written.  Overall, I got up a few new peaks and had many nights filled with northern lights.  Not to mention the sailing trip.  Lots of stuff to come…  And only two months until I’m back on Lofoten in mid January to Guide a photo tour for Muench Workshops!

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Lofoten Winter 2014 Photography Gallery

Waves flow among boulders at scenic Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Unstad Beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014

I’ve added a new gallery for my winter 2014 images.

LOFOTEN WINTER 2014: CLICK HERE

I’ve had most of the images processed for several months now, and have already posted quite a few on the blog already: winter part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7.  But now here’s some images in gallery format.

While I didn’t have much of the weather or conditions I was hoping for (ie: no snow), this somehow turned out to be one of my most productive trips to the islands.  So it was a bit difficult to narrow down the gallery to 25 images from the 165 that I have processed so far.  I think the conditions pushed me towards a greater variety and to continued exploration beyond the typical Lofoten ‘Icons.’  And the lack of snow meant I had easy hikes and nights camping at the three best beaches: Kvalvika, Bunes, and Horseid – though the northern lights remained elusive on these nights unfortunately.

For the full gallery of images, you can see my archive – HERE

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Lofoten Islands In National Geographic Traveler Magazine

Campfire at Bunes Beach, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Spring campfire at Bunes beach, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  April 2013   

While I don’t write much about my professional life as a photographer on this website, mostly because it has little to do with Lofoten, there are a few times when I need to say ‘Hey, check this out!’

As someone who would loosely be described as a landscape photographer; I would rather be an adventure photographer, but I don’t have enough friends to travel with, so am forced to go alone and merely take landscape photos of my travels – or stay at home, the question is often asked: ‘ Would you like to shoot for National Geographic?’

While the answer is an obvious ‘YES!’  Life is not so simple as based upon the opinions of friends and family.  But now I’m proud to announce I now have some humble beginnings within the famed yellow borders.

A couple of my Lofoten images were published in the February edition of the Polish version of National Geographic Traveler magazine in an article about the world’s most spectacular islands, in which Lofoten rightly was included!

Evening twilight over Reine from summit of Reinebringen, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Photo: Autumn twilight over Reine from the summit of Reinebringen, Moskenesoy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  September 2013

National Geographic Traveler Poland

Photo: Lofoten Islands – National Geographic Traveler Magazine Poland – February 2014

National Geographic Traveler Poland

Photo: Lofoten Islands – National Geographic Traveler Magazine Poland – February 2014

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And for a bit more self promotion while I’m on the subject, though not entirely related to Lofoten.  One of my Images of the Hurtigruten traveling through the Geirangerfjord in central Norway is in June’s issue of Men’s Journal magazine (US).  I took the image while on a multi-day hitchhiking trip between Bergen and Trondheim (and back) in the summer of 2006 – when I had a lot more free time than money – which is pretty much my same situation today…

Geirangerfjord Norway Men's Journal Magazine

Photo: Hurtigruten and Geirangerfjord – Men’s Journal Magazine – June 2014

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