Noir Flohay & Baraque Michel

A beautiful winters day in Belgium. Hiking with my dad and brother. We were just enjoying ourselves and taking it easy as we were walking towards Noir Flohay in the Baraque Michel area of the "The High Fens"

The High Fens is a nature reserve located at an altitude of 700 meters on the border of eastern Belgium and Germany. The area is characterized by, due to the high altitude, extreme rainfall. But also a lot of fog and in the winter lots of snow. An ideal area for photography. On the vast plateau you will find scattered solitary trees and groups of trees.

One of the most beautiful places on the plateau is the burnt forest Noir Flohay. Over 10 years ago, a fire destroyed this piece of forest and now there are only bare, partly blackened trees. A wonderful place to stroll around and enjoy the bizarre shapes that some trees have.

And here’s a few more drone photographs of a nearby forest. Managed to capture some of that beautiful winter afternoon light!

And why not watch this drone video footage I also managed to capture whilst spending some time here. Feel free to subscribe to my Youtube channel if you liked this video for updates on more content in the future. Thank you!

Norwegian Tourism Expert

Good news! / Gode nyheter! I am very proud to share with you that as of right now I am officially a Norwegian Tourism Specialist conferred by Visit Norway which is the official Tourism Board in Norway.

To be officially recognized as a specialist by Visit Norway & Innovasjon Norge makes me extremely happy and eager to represent this amazing country in Scandinavia. I’ll be heading to Norway in March 2022 again, and possibly later in the year also.

I am very excited to say the least. If you are interested in booking a guided (photography) trip to Norway do not hesitate to contact me.

October Workshop, the End of Summer

Ran a beautiful Landscape Photography workshop today. Just with one client so the whole program was really custom and flexible. We did go to the “Leudal” which you probably know by now. My local forest and little nature reserve with beautiful woodlands, a forest stream and a big variety of flora.

Autumn is around the corner and the colors in the landscape were just starting to turn, nothing too vibrant yet, still very green. But you could see, feel and smell that Autumn is not far away now. Below are some shots of the day, if you want to join these workshops check out this link

Forest Photography - Fog & Soft Light - Fujifilm XT4

Early morning in the local forest with a nice amount of fog and beautiful light. I had a rough night sleep, woke up way to early. And heading out in the forest was medicine for body and soul. When wandering out in the nature with these conditions you just calm down. Slow down and just start to feel better straight away. All shots were taken with my FujiFilm XT4 and a 16-80mm F4 lens, handheld.

East Iceland - The first images

Early August 2021 was and forever will be a special memory in my mind. Finally going back to Iceland for a photography workshop. After all this time at home (well, just a year, but it felt like muuuch longer) I got to travel again and co-host a photography workshop together with my good friend Páll Jökull. And East Iceland was on the menu.

Together with two amazing clients we’ve explored East Iceland all the way from South to North, and even went inland a little bit here and there. This part of the country was new for me, so I was obviously super pumped to get out there and see new places.

It was special, emotional and everything and more I hoped it to be. To be out in the field with Páll and teaching compositions, timing your shots, several technical aspects together with him is exactly what I needed after feeling quite down and out for a long time. The fact that we always have a tiny and very private/personal group really adds to the great feeling of our tours. It feels like being out with friends and when everyone is likeminded and has the same goal beautiful things are bound to happen. Behind and in front of our cameras. Below are some shots from the trip. Make sure to click them to see them in their original aspect ratio.

Thank you for watching and reading!

I will be updating my Iceland Gallery on my website soon, and there will be loads of photographs from this trip on other blogposts and on my social media: Instagram, Facebook and such.

And of course I did bring my drone, and shoot some video. Here’s the first video of one of the waterfalls we’ve visited and photographed during this workshop. There will be more video and drone footage coming up later on once I’ve gotten round to editing and putting everything together.