I did a early morning hike in a local area which I had only visited in the summer. Then I was there for the beech woodland. The location turned out to be the perfect spot for magic winter scenes. The combination of ice cold temperatures, sea fog and light was an amazing experience.

I thought I make a blog post about the trips and photos I like the best from the last year. For me the photos are all about the story behind. It`s difficult to pick the right photos too so I will also link to relavant blog posts and too my new youtube channel which could use some help ;)

We have had some really cold winter days in my local area. It`s been - 15 to -22 degrees. Cold temperatures before the lake is frozen can produce some amazing conditons and moody scenes. The combination of sea fog and low sun make changes the landscape. The photos below are mostly from last saturday and sunday.

Join me on a hike in Molladalen and I climb Middagshornet for sunrise

Well winter was here 8th october when I had one quite special night in Døråldalen,Rondane National park. It was special in every way..more of that later. So we rented this small cabin and headed north to Rondane. It had been some snow for a few days but nothing much except in the mountain peaks.

A hike and wild camp on a mountain in Jotunheimen National Park

I was on family holiday on Mallorca in july and had off course planned just a tiny bit of landscape photography too. Yes it`s possible to combine as the few photo sessions were at times when normal people are in their beds, sunrise that is ;)

Here are a collection of photos from the landmark Es Pontas in Mallorca, Spain. I was there at both sunrise and sunset. It wasn`t quite the conditions I hoped for, but it was a nice adventure and the photos came out quite pleasent anyway I think.

I had a few evenings and one glorious early and foggy morning. Here are some selected photos from that

I just had a couple of days in the western part of Jotunheimen national park, Sognefjellet. The road was just open for easter and then it`s all easy access to some of the most scenic parts of Jotunheimen (IMO ;)) No tent this time, but a warm bed at Sognefjellshytta. The plan was to mix family matters with some landscape photography. It went quite smoothly maybe with the exception of the pre planned dinners, which happened to be at the same time as sunset….

I finally did a proper winter hike with my new Hilleberg Unna tent. The weather has been all over the place in the weekends lately and I never seemed to find suitable conditions. But this time I woke up and decided to go even though it was blue skies for sunset and fog for sunrise….;) Not ideal conditions for landscape photography to put it that way. But things change fast in the mountain…

So I sent in three photos for a Kase filters contest and actually won the bronze price. The price was actually one free Kase Magnetic Wolverine filter, which came in handy as I lost my Kase polarizer earliar this winter. Quite nice and maybe I should try some more contests.

So I thought I`d make a blog post about my year as a new landscape photographer. A kind of best of post with short insights and links to other blog posts that showcase trips and photos in more depth.

Here are some winter photos that might help to get that christmas spirit.

Here are a few photos from the last days og ice cold temperatures and lots of sea smoke on the local lake

The day after that fantastic late night at Uttakleiv was dark and grim again.

The next day was nice and sunny. Didn`t do much photography, but here are a few from that day. The locations on the photos are Kvalvika, Hamnøya and Vikten beach. Have to return to Kvalvika sometime when there is better light.

So we got these two days with nice and sunny weather. That was really important as it was the last few days left with potential midnight sun. The next day started with overcast and cloudy weather and more wind. I thought it was great and a chance to see Lofoten in these conditions.