Eiði - The Faroe Islands

I stayed a couple of days in the village of Eiði, The Faroe Islands earlier in July. I was working on a photography project for a local restaurant in the next town, called Ljósa. I made this little video for the restaurant, check it out here.

In between shooting at the restaurant I had some time for a little stroll or two through Eiði and look at the town in a bit of a different way. Not the typical tourist way, but more in a street and urban photography kind of way.

I’ve visited the Faroe Islands about 7 times now, and after every visit I start to get more and more into shooting street/urban kind of style here. The Faroe Islands are just perfect for that!

Føroyar- A Keepsake

In this video I have tried to do something else, I have written a poem. The poem captures my feelings that I have for this place. The beautiful Faroe Islands.

Please let me know what you think of it, and if you'd like to see more of these "cinematic" videos with me making and recording a poem to them. It was fun to try something else for a change. I hope you like it. Thank you for watching.

Drangarnir

This blogpost is all about showing you some of my Drangarnir footage that I’ve gotten on my previous Faroe Islands workshop in February. Both photographs and video. Lets start off with a short video, showing you how this spot looks like. Check it out and make sure to take a look at the photographs in this blogpost after you’ve seen the video.

This spot is photogenic no matter from what angle you shoot it. Agree?

Richie getting his shots

Absolute beauty of a composition if you ask me.

Oh, just 3 photographers taking in the epic sights. From left to right: Me, Tom Driftwood, and Richie Banez.

If you are looking for more information about Drangarnir, or about the hike there, click right here.
Thank you very much for checking out my blog!

Norðradalur - The Faroe Islands

Norðradalur in The Faroe Islands. You might have heard or read that name before if you are remotely into landscape photography. Yes, that is where that beautiful snake road is located. A true Faroe Islands classic. And rightfully so, no matter how many times you will visit this place, this view keeps being what is, jaw dropping beautiful.

But there is more to Norðradalur then just the road. Or well, not a whole lot to be completely honest with you. Norðradalur is a town of around only 15 people in population. Life is slow here. Life is pure here. The only people you will probably meet around here are fellow photographers and tourist.

This does not mean that the valley and the town have nothing else to offer besides the snake road. Absolutely not. The tiny village itself is as Faroese as it gets. A handful of houses and farms. Some sheep roaming freely around them. With the ocean as a (beautiful) backdrop.

I love these kind of shots. Shots that show local life as it is. Without them being the popular and well known social media kind of shots. Getting to see and photograph the real deal. That is what makes me happy.

Two farms, or one house and a shed (not sure) in Norðradalur

There’s a couple of streams coming down from up on the mountains, leading down into the valley before finally reaching the ocean. These streams make for amazing foreground objectives to implement into your composition. in Norðradalur you can’t go wrong really (well if the weather behaves ofcourse) You will have the bowl shaped valley, and the islands of Koltur in the background. Now all you need to do is pick your stream, compose your shot and bag a couple of great photographs!

Each and every time I visit Norðradalur I am a little bit sad that I have to leave this place. It is just so beautiful. But hey, you do want to explore other parts of the country too. But I have at least returned once on each of my Faroe Islands trips. On some of them I even visited Norðradalur a couple of times. Because I just can’t get enough of how beautiful it is out there.

So if you are planning a trip to The Faroe Islands, make sure to make a stop in Norðradalur. Have fun photographing the area. But most of all just enjoy being out there, and look around you.
Take it all in. And treat the area, nature and locals with respect of course. Like you should do everywhere.
Remember, people live here. Don’t be that annoying, disturbing and trespassing tourist.