Out in the forest...

I think you all know that feeling... The desire to go out. Explore, be in nature, and breathe free. Of course in these times we all live in now that feeling might be stronger then ever. And this feeling needs to be fed, satisfied. In order to stay happy, recharge your batteries and so on. But even without taking our current situation into consideration, that feeling can just pop up anyways. And all the time.

Tonight I had a severe case of “the forest is calling” hit me. So, I just gave into that feeling. Grabbed some of my photography gear jumped in the car and off I went. Down towards one of the forest around my hometown. I am lucky, I live in an area where there are plenty of forests around.

In this blogpost you will see the results of tonight’s session in the forest. One that was not different then others in many ways. But special in its own right. The forest is where I need to be, it soothes my soul. Enjoy checking out my images, and thank you for visiting my website!

This next shot down below was a particularly nice photo to take. This is a manual focus shot. Where I zoomed in all the way on the lcd screen on the back of the camera. And manually dialed in the focus. To make sure that it was perfect. The result came out really good. With that nice foreground blur to lead your eye straight down the entire forest path. Shot on my 70-200mm F2.8 at 200mm

Finally out photographing again

It is early 2020, and the world is on lockdown. A lot of people are affected by the covid-19 situation. This means we are all staying in, at home a lot more then we are used to. It makes sense, safety first. But this also means that I haven't been out doing any photography recently, but then today the weather was so nice, I decided to grab the camera, and go out. Just outside of the house, no travelling allowed basically anyways.

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And make sure to scroll down, to take a look at some of my photographs from this session.

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Føroyar- A Keepsake

In this video I have tried to do something else, I have written a poem. The poem captures my feelings that I have for this place. The beautiful Faroe Islands.

Please let me know what you think of it, and if you'd like to see more of these "cinematic" videos with me making and recording a poem to them. It was fun to try something else for a change. I hope you like it. Thank you for watching.

Drangarnir

This blogpost is all about showing you some of my Drangarnir footage that I’ve gotten on my previous Faroe Islands workshop in February. Both photographs and video. Lets start off with a short video, showing you how this spot looks like. Check it out and make sure to take a look at the photographs in this blogpost after you’ve seen the video.

This spot is photogenic no matter from what angle you shoot it. Agree?

Richie getting his shots

Absolute beauty of a composition if you ask me.

Oh, just 3 photographers taking in the epic sights. From left to right: Me, Tom Driftwood, and Richie Banez.

If you are looking for more information about Drangarnir, or about the hike there, click right here.
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Norðradalur - The Faroe Islands

Norðradalur in The Faroe Islands. You might have heard or read that name before if you are remotely into landscape photography. Yes, that is where that beautiful snake road is located. A true Faroe Islands classic. And rightfully so, no matter how many times you will visit this place, this view keeps being what is, jaw dropping beautiful.

But there is more to Norðradalur then just the road. Or well, not a whole lot to be completely honest with you. Norðradalur is a town of around only 15 people in population. Life is slow here. Life is pure here. The only people you will probably meet around here are fellow photographers and tourist.

This does not mean that the valley and the town have nothing else to offer besides the snake road. Absolutely not. The tiny village itself is as Faroese as it gets. A handful of houses and farms. Some sheep roaming freely around them. With the ocean as a (beautiful) backdrop.

I love these kind of shots. Shots that show local life as it is. Without them being the popular and well known social media kind of shots. Getting to see and photograph the real deal. That is what makes me happy.

Two farms, or one house and a shed (not sure) in Norðradalur

There’s a couple of streams coming down from up on the mountains, leading down into the valley before finally reaching the ocean. These streams make for amazing foreground objectives to implement into your composition. in Norðradalur you can’t go wrong really (well if the weather behaves ofcourse) You will have the bowl shaped valley, and the islands of Koltur in the background. Now all you need to do is pick your stream, compose your shot and bag a couple of great photographs!

Each and every time I visit Norðradalur I am a little bit sad that I have to leave this place. It is just so beautiful. But hey, you do want to explore other parts of the country too. But I have at least returned once on each of my Faroe Islands trips. On some of them I even visited Norðradalur a couple of times. Because I just can’t get enough of how beautiful it is out there.

So if you are planning a trip to The Faroe Islands, make sure to make a stop in Norðradalur. Have fun photographing the area. But most of all just enjoy being out there, and look around you.
Take it all in. And treat the area, nature and locals with respect of course. Like you should do everywhere.
Remember, people live here. Don’t be that annoying, disturbing and trespassing tourist.