The Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are a Dan­ish arch­i­pel­ago of eigh­teen islands nes­tled between the Nor­we­gian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and lies half way between Nor­way and Ice­land. The islands have deep fjords that stretch for miles, huge cas­cad­ing water­falls, small rugged beach­es with hun­dreds of tidal pools and the tallest cliffs in Europe, and small Faroese fish­ing vil­lages with grass cov­ered roofs that are found all over these islands. Every day out, and each loca­tion we go to is a new adven­ture and we will even make the dri­ve into the heart of the moun­tains to the sum­mit of Sorn­fel­li that stands almost 2500 feet above the fjords below.

The islands we vis­it are sure to be inspi­ra­tional and you will be in the safe hands of pro­fes­sion­al land­scape pho­tog­ra­phers Paul Gal­lagher and Michael Pilk­ing­ton who have explored these areas exten­sive­ly with their own cam­eras. Dur­ing this work­shop we will explore the islands of Vagar, Strey­moy, Eystur­oy, Bor­doy and the island far­thest north, Vidoy, all of which offer unique expe­ri­ences and breath tak­ing views round every cor­ner or through each of the tun­nels which inter­con­nect these islands.

You will be spend­ing as much time as pos­si­ble out with your cam­era and we will be on hand to offer you exten­sive 1 to 1 tuition that will include tech­ni­cal aspects of land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy as well mak­ing the best com­po­si­tions of this amaz­ing place. If time allows, dur­ing our time on the Faroe Islands Paul and Michael will ded­i­cate time to review­ing your images and also help­ing you get the most from your cam­era files with post-pro­cess­ing tuition so that you can return home with exhi­bi­tion qual­i­ty images ready to print. We believe the Faroe Islands are a real land­scape pho­tog­ra­pher’s paradise!

As well as tak­ing in the amaz­ing views from the fjord sides and over the clifftops, there will be plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty to take your time and explore how you want to present the Faroe Islands in your own work. We will vis­it the pop­u­lar loca­tions on the islands, but we will also encour­age you to devel­op your own style by break­ing the mold and try­ing dif­fer­ent approach­es. This in itself can be huge­ly exciting!