I visited Jutland in Denmark for photography back in April 2015. Although this area lacks the spectacular mountain-ranges and waterfalls, it still has a lot to offer the landscape photographer. Just have a look at the YouTube videos from Mads Peter Iversen.

I have planned to return ever since, and this summer the plans came together. I teamed up with a photography friend of mine and flew in to Copenhagen. A rental car awaited us there and after a 3 hour drive we arrived at our rented house smack in the middle of Jutland. We chose a house in the small hamlet of Truust just north of Silkeborg due to the house itself, but also due to easy access to numerous locations, highways and the convenience of the nearby town of Silkeborg. As always in Denmark, everything worked flawlessly, from driving to shopping and eating out. Denmark is genuinely a wonderful country with really nice people.

We spent a week there. As usual with spring/summer trips, the short nights with sunset- and sunrise sessions melting into one outing, was quite exhausting. One can always plan to sleep during the day, but it is just never works out that well. So, by day 4-5, the lack of sleep was beginning to take its toll, but not more than we still had great fun pushing through!

We had planned numerous locations in advance, partly from previous visits, but also after advice from local photographers (thank you Mads!) We got to check off most of the locations, some of them with several visits, but I feel by no means finished with Jutland. I will definitely return, next time probably during fall.

I mostly used my trusty Hasselblad X2D with various lenses, and as usual it worked without flaws. It must be the best camera/setup I have ever had. In addition, I got to test out my new gear for handheld and more improvised shooting, the two-lens Nikon Z7II setup (14-35 and 24-200mm). I’ve had this for a few months, but this was the real first extended trip to test it seriously in the field. I must say that it delivered, and then some. I used it to make a few images that would have been very hard to get with the Hasselblad, eg. during a literal sandstorm I would not have exposed my most expensive gear for. More posts to come with this setup.

I hope you like the images, let me know your favorite down in the comments.