The Lofoten Islands - Norway

Dur­ing this pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop, you will spend a week explor­ing the water’s edge of many fjords beneath the spi­ralling snow capped moun­tains and expe­ri­ence the clas­si­cal Scan­di­na­vian archi­tec­ture of the small Nor­we­gian fish­ing vil­lages and har­bour towns with red stilt­ed hous­es and the fas­ci­nat­ing struc­tures of the Nor­we­gian fish dry­ing racks.

Dur­ing the work­shop we will explore the coastal areas of Reine, Nus­fjord and Flak­stad and pho­to­graph the ice pat­terns on Stor­vat­net and Self­jor­dan beneath the tow­er­ing spires above. We will trav­el to the very south­ern tip of the penin­su­la at Sor­vagen and far as north as Unstad to name but a few loca­tions. Depend­ing on the weath­er we will take in some sun­ris­es and sun­sets. In Lofoten, there is not a turn in the road that does not open up a vast array of pho­to­graph­ic jewels.

This work­shop has been specif­i­cal­ly timed so that you will be on these islands dur­ing the final win­ter months which offer vast­ly chang­ing weath­er con­di­tions from snow to pass­ing cloud and days of crisp sun­shine and clear skies. Anoth­er rea­son we have cho­sen this par­tic­u­lar time of year is because there is a very strong chance of you wit­ness­ing the auro­ra bore­alis dur­ing the evenings after an excit­ing day out with your cameras.

Where we are stay­ing there is plen­ty of room to be able to gath­er in the evenings to review the pho­tog­ra­phy of the day and share our expe­ri­ences and plans for the com­ing days.
This work­shop will be led by mas­ter land­scape pho­tog­ra­phers Paul Gal­lagher and Michael Pilk­ing­ton who have many years of expe­ri­ence of pho­tograph­ing in win­ter con­di­tions in Lofoten and who will give their time to each mem­ber and work side by side with you to ensure that they shares thi­er skills and you return home with stun­ning images of your stay on the edge of the Arc­tic Circle. 

One of the aims of this amaz­ing expe­ri­ence it to enable you to vis­it the the loca­tions you may have seen many times in pic­tures over the years so you too can make your own pic­ture, but also we want to help you devel­op your own vision and par­tic­u­lar style. We all see places in very dif­fer­ent ways, so we want you to har­ness this cre­ative approach which will add a fur­ther dimen­sion to your pho­tog­ra­phy that you can apply to any­where you trav­el in the future. This land­scape is cer­tain­ly dra­mat­ic, but also has an essence of fragili­ty and gen­tly beauty.

Spaces on our Lofoten pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop will be lim­it­ed to a max­i­mum of four per leader which enables Paul and Michael to spend time with you to under­stand your pho­tog­ra­phy and what you would like to learn.