Category: Norway
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Urban Photography: Mood and Architecture in my hometown of Trondheim
Late winter and early spring is a time of year that I’m not very inspired by the landscapes. Old snow and ice on the ground, no leaves on the trees and a general lack of colors. Weather is often miserable, and that could of course makes for some nice, moody shots, but mostly, I feel…
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Photographing Romsdalen in autumn. Misty Birches edition.
After four great days in Rondane, I decided to spend the last 2-3 available days further west. Romsdalen is mostly known for it’s mountains and waterfalls, but the forecast was grim with low clouds and rain. Not perfect conditions for mountainscapes. To my surprise, upon arrival in Åndalsnes in the afternoon, the weather was quite…
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Photographing Rondane, Norway. My annual photo-tour, 2024-edition.
Last year I made a post celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my annual mid-september visit to Rondane National Park. Fall-colors usually peak in mid-september, and it is always a pleasure to photograph colorful mountain-birches with snow-covered peaks as a backdrop. This year I might have been a week too late, as peak colors definitely was…
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Looking forward to autumn
Peak autumn is just around the corner. The high-season for every landscape-photographer! I kicked off this season with a few outings in my nearby woodlands, Bymarka in Trondheim. While nights are chilly, days are still sunny and warm. Perfect conditions for making some wonderful morning fog. This particular morning in the beginning of September I…
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A crisp December morning
Weather has been cold and clear here for the last 3-4 weeks. Fortunately, we got a modest dusting of snow early on, giving some light to the landscape. I have been out photographing a lot in this period. Sunrise is around 0930 am and sunset at 0230 pm. Between that, we have more or less…
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Frozen logs, sunrise
I visited this place three consecutive days earlier this november. The first morning, I fond the scene and started to plan the compositon. The second day, I was happy with the composition, but I was a tad too late and the light was too harsh. The third day I came there well ahead of sunrise…
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Finale!
Everyone that has followed my work for a while (hi mom!) probably know that I have a soft spot for photographing trees and woodlands. Of course, autumn is high-season. Every autumn I find myself browsing my favorite photography book, Intimations of Paradise by Christopher Burkett. His forest-work is wonderful and deeply inspiring. The quality of…
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Rondane, Norway. Annual September trip, 2023
Every year, for the last ten years, I have visited Rondane National Park for fall colors. Foliage usually peaks around september 15-20th, but there’s a slight variation from year to year, and if you’re unlucky and get an early autumn storm, everything might be gone before peak colors are reached. Mid-september may sound early for…
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Northern Norway – summer of 2023
Well, summer is definitely over here in central Norway. Mornings are chilly and damp and evenings come noticeably earlier for every day. I haven’t been very active on this blog for the last couple of months due to summer holidays and different projects. But I have had time for some landscape photography in between. A…
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Romsdalen – June trip 2023
Every year I try to pay a visit to Romsdalen in june. The higher altitude roads are open and the rivers and waterfalls are raging. And the main tourist season is yet to begin. Mid-june is a great time to visit. This year, we had scouted out a few new areas to visit in addition…
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Foggy summer mornings
Forecast for this morning suggested fog at a few nearby locations, and I headed out well before sunrise for this rare opportunity.
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Sunstar excellence: the AF-S Nikkor 20mm f1.8 G ED on Hasselblad X2D
You may like or dislike the rendering of the sunstar on the original Hasselblad lenses. That is of course a matter of taste. But if you want something different than the sharp 8-legged star courtesy of Hasselblad, you will need an adapted lens. The Nikkor 20mm f1.8 makes a different, but beautiful sunstar, and I…
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Spring, woodlands and very (very!) early mornings
It’s a pleasure being out in the woods this time of year. After the long, dark winter and (often) grey and dull early spring, the forests are now full of life. Birds tweeting, flowers blooming and the wonderful vibrant spring-foliage. My favorite time of day out there is around sunrise. The soft pre-sunrise light has…
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Clearing summer storm, Geiranger
This is an iconic viewpoint on the road down to Geiranger in Norway. I have passed here many times, always stunned by the view. The steep mountains are impressive enough, but the small turf-houses really make the scene for me. They add a sense of timeless romance and nurture thoughts around how life could be…
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Transitions
A collection of images captured over the timespan of about one hour last weekend. A photography buddy and I headed out into the local “wilderness” last weekend to capture a fresh dusting of snow on the spruces. We noticed that higher elevations were shrouded in fog, and headed up there. We found a nice area…
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Autumn drama
Autumn is by far my favorite season to photograph, as it is for many landscapephotographers. Of course the vibrant colors contribute to that, but it’s also something about the light and of course the changing weather. Last autumn I got to visit a few locations and photograph a lot. I still have a huge backlog…
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Dress up for winter
It’s the time of year when everyone are heading for the Lofoten islands, Northern Sweden or Finland or somewhere else in the arctic to photograph winter-wonderland. The light this time of year can be pretty spectacular, so you are surely in for a treat. This is no rocket-science, and my points may seem obvious to…
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Fresh dusting
This image is 10 years old these days! It was captured in early March 2013. It was snowing quite heavy as I drove out to Unstad beach that morning, but as daylight emerged I got a small window to capture the fresh dusting of snow on the sandy shore. Conditions can be quite harsh here…
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Mosquitoland
I don’t know if you have ever been to North-Norway, or even are planning a trip there. But in case you are, you should know this: Visiting during the summer months involves a very high risk of being in constant war with the fierce creatures somewhat erroneously called mosquitoes. We are not talking about the…
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