The Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are a Dan­ish arch­i­pel­ago of eigh­teen islands nes­tled between the Nor­we­gian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and lies half way between Nor­way and Ice­land. The islands have deep fjords that stretch for miles, huge cas­cad­ing water­falls, small rugged black vol­canic beach­es with hun­dreds of tidal pools and the tallest cliffs in Europe. Dot­ted around the islands on the edge of the sea are small Faroese fish­ing vil­lages with grass cov­ered roofs that ooze with char­ac­ter and charm. Every day out, and each loca­tion we go to will be a new adven­ture, and if weath­er allows we will even make the dri­ve into the heart of the moun­tains to the sum­mit of Sorn­fel­li that stands almost 2500 feet above the fjords below.

The islands we vis­it are sure to be inspi­ra­tional and you will be in the safe hands of pro­fes­sion­al land­scape pho­tog­ra­phers Paul Gal­lagher FRPS and Michael Pilk­ing­ton FRPS who have explored these areas exten­sive­ly over the years. Dur­ing this work­shop we will explore the islands of Vagar, Strey­moy, Eystur­oy, Bor­doy and the island far­thest north, Vidoy, all of which offer unique expe­ri­ences and astound­ing views round every cor­ner and through each of the tun­nels which inter­con­nect these islands. Because of where the Faroe Islands are sit­u­at­ed, the weath­er is always tran­sient which cre­ates amaz­ing light that trav­els through the green val­leys and over the steep sided mountains. 

You will be spend­ing as much time as pos­si­ble out with your cam­era and we will be on hand to offer you exten­sive 1 to 1 tuition that will include tech­ni­cal aspects of land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy as well mak­ing the best com­po­si­tions of this amaz­ing place. If time allows, dur­ing our time on the Faroe Islands Paul and Michael will ded­i­cate time to review­ing your images and also help­ing you get the most from your cam­era files. We believe the Faroe Islands are a real land­scape pho­tog­ra­pher’s paradise!

As well as tak­ing in the amaz­ing views from the fjord sides and over the clifftops, we will be stay­ing in the beau­ti­ful cap­i­tal of the Faroe Islands, Tor­shavn with its har­bour and rich his­to­ry where Viking set­tlers estab­lished them­selves in the 9^th cen­tu­ry and todays boasts many won­der­ful restaurants.