Autumn course in nature photography
Photographers in Svalbard the world's most beautiful archipelago, capture the dancing northern lights on your camera and experience the magical polar night. 1/2-year course in photography, autumn semester.
Be inspired by the light, the landscape, the culture, and the magic of the world’s most beautiful island archipelago and mountain landscape. Share your experiences with others through photography. In this course, you’ll get to explore the many expressive forms of photography. The courses take you through the steps of a creative process from idea to finished images and films. You’ll learn to work with various techniques and receive full training in the editing program Photoshop and traditional darkroom techniques.
You come to Lofoten while the evenings are still bright and in late autumn you get to experience the low sun that dances across the Lofoten mountains with all its color variations. We travel to many of the most beautiful places in Lofoten and visit exotic fishing villages. We bring tents and sleeping bags and cross Lofoten, but we like to sleep under the open sky if the weather is good. We spend a school week in Dividalen, which is one of the most beautiful national parks in Norway. In the dark season we rent a cabin in Ørnheia in Vesterålen and take photos with the magical polar light.
- mountain hikes
- camera knowledge
- image processing
- composition
- mountain hike with tent
- Dividalen
- Hadseløya
- basic outdoor activities
- maps and compass
- clothing
With the school's excellent indoor facilities and the Lofoten nature right outside the door, you learn lighting techniques using professional equipment, and get practice in how to see and use natural light outdoors.
We explore the various genres such as landscape, architecture, portraiture and documentary and art. We work both digitally and analogically. Creative freedom has always had a big place at Lofoten Folkehøgskole. It is equally suitable for beginners as for those with more experience – there are no prerequisites.
The teacher
Peder Pedersen
Peder Pedersen (born 1965) is a trained advertising photographer and has extensive experience as a photographer in this profession. There he has worked with industry, interior design, architecture, portraiture, food and aerial photography. Peder is an expert in lighting both in the studio and on location with natural light.
Peder has extensive technical knowledge in both digital and analog photography. He started his career in the darkroom before learning about digital photography and processing. He can handle color management (CM) and most things about calibrating digital tools. He also works with film, graphic design, and web design.
He has worked with photography as an artistic form of expression both in exhibitions and with various multimedia productions.
Information
On this page you will find everything you need when you arrive at the school, both for living in the hostel and for the lessons, as well as good tips for other cool things you might want to bring along.
Former students tell
When I tell people that I go hiking in Lofoten, everyone says exactly the same thing: «There are many beautiful motifs there!» After a year here, I just reply: «You can swear to it!» No matter if it’s abstract photography or nature photography just pure nature, Lofoten has a lot to offer! Fascinating rock formations, amazing patterns in the sand, massive mountains, beautiful colors and majestic animals are just the tip of the iceberg.
For me, the wildlife has been the most amazing thing. In fact, there are so many seals here that you will get tired of photographing them! There are deer and moose just a few minutes’ walk from the school, and if you’re lucky and patient, you might even see both seals and bald eagles. Moreover, the class takes trips to areas where the fauna is completely different. In Dividalen, for example, there are bears, and on Røst and Værøy we saw Lund bird.
One of the best things about the naturfotoline is the community that forms around photography. Having amazing nature experiences together with other photographers is something truly special, and no matter what you suggest to do, there is always someone there.
This year has been the best of my life and I will always look back on it with a smile on my face.
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