Polar Lights & Landscapes

Roots Of Lyngens

The balance and dramatic vibe in this capture represent low light afternoon during winter in northern Norway. These root systems can be found everywhere here, but you would just walk by them, without paying attention. They are crawling on the ground and I found them really interesting to work with. I was looking for one really special, with a kind of sharp and agressive shapes which could remember the steep and tall mountains of the Lyngen Alps in the background. From the bottom left of the frame, this one came just perfect to cross the frame and lead your eye to the background up to the pink sky during early afternoon.

Sun, Sand & Snow

Kattfjordeidet - Kvaløy - Northern Norway - Always loved to trick the eye using back lighting such as this one. The low light in the Arctic is especially good for it, blending with the relief, and offering incredible light display which i love to play with, using dark shadows, lit hills and creative white balance. Hard to find a scale on this shot, as a human would be a simple tiny dot. The wind creates these leading lines, and corniches; but without knowing, it becomes hard to find out if we are facing sand ? or snow ?! Desert sand ? or Arctic snow ?

Shower Is Coming

Norway hosts some of the most amazing landscapes you can find in Europe. We find here amazing wildlife, turquoise water, and dramatic mountain ranges that attracts so many nature lovers like me.. and we see why. This is a vertical panorama of 6 shots in 15mm, taken from a cliff side, with a view on the northern part of Senja.

Lyngen Queens

Lyngen Alps - Northern Norway - Cant get enough of this view. Some of the most beautiful mountain range of Northern Norway, below the amazing polar lights.

The Last lights

Tromsø - Northern Norway When the lakes of Northern Norway are still free of ice. I studied the light before the trip, scouted the place until I found this attractive rock, just below the surface, embracing the mountains pink tops reflection.

Before The Moon Rises

Lyngen Alps - Norway The moon is about to rise behind the Norwegian Alps, just before the lakes get frozen. We hear no wind, no people. The few clouds I got in the background started the reflect the light from the strong moon giving this balance of colours from left to right, and balance of weight from top to bottom half.

The Effort

How to feel alive. Hiking on tops, exploring places you dont know, loving nature and wilderness, blending photography and stories into it.

Peak Of Opening

Lofoten Islands - Northern Norway - Taking the passenger boat, traveling around the Lofoten brought me to magical views of the area. I saw this composition coming slowly, and waited for the tiny island to be perfectly lined up with the mountain and the middle ground to click 5 times. The third shot appeared to be the one. The sun was is in such great position to light up the sharp peaks covered in low clouds. On the foreground, this rock is covered in Cormorans, loving the atmosphere and the cold breeze of the end of winter.

Freeze The Shapes

Levi - Lapland - Finland - The two crazy creatures were on top of Levi Fjell. It is about 3pm, early January, the fog set down really low and let appeared the most amazing rainbow color spraying all over the sky. It was about -32 dergees Celcius, the vibe was simply amazing, and it was some of the most incredible colors i ever witnessed in Lapland Finland.

The Devil's Tooth

Pillows of snow under the moon light facing the devil's tooth- Coussins de neige sous le clair de lune devant la dent du diable - Tromsø area

Frosty Meadow

Some gorgeoud frosty trees in the early morning in Senja - Norway - Des arbres geles un petit matin a Senja - Norvege

Petrified

petrified rock under a layer of snow in Northern Norway, close to Tromsø - Des rochers petrifies sous une couche de neige en Norvege du Nord proche de Tromsø.

Backlight Bend

Tromsø - Norway One of my favorite shot of the winter season in Tromsø. Composed of three vertical shots, the colour pallet brings amazing contrast and sharpness through the capture. The sun is appearing just below a cloud band out of frame, and behind the mountain, casting this incredible backlight on these snowy hills. When you swipe right, there are the sharp details shown on these snow waves.

Senja Light Scene

Senja - Norway - The second largest island in Norway offers so many wild landscapes, and huge mountainous side facing the Atlantic. Such an awesome opportunity to shoot in this dramatic looking area, and discover amazing seascape. The overall light became so amazing and warm for just few seconds. The bright beam of sun light hit the fore ground, leaving the fjord and the peaks in the darkness. The time to click.

Le Meilleur Ami

Senja - Northern Norway - Human and his best friend hiking up the ridge, from sea level to 650m elevation.
We reached the top ski touring, and witnessed some of the most amazing sunset of the season. The pleasure of shooting up there was just so unique, to feel like not everyone comes here and grab that kinda shot. 
The wind was strong, and we lost the power of talking to each other, but just looked one each other, (dog included) smiling and admiring whats around us. We packed the gears, locked the bindings, and got ourselves ready to snowboard down under twilight and amazing powder snow; Simply the best feeling it could be. 
 Nero, our four legged friend got to show us how strong, powerful and reliable they can be, and this captures just shows it all. The human and dog complicity.
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En Contre-Bas

Senja - Northern Norway - Can you even spot Steinfjord ? This tiny base gathers about 30 houses, and is a characteristic fishing village in Senja, Northern Norway. An insane panorama composed of 8 vertical shots, taken 5 minutes after the sun went down, showing my fav twilight colors from cold Magenta Blues to warmer tones, making you travel through the frame. Find the high detailed close up of Steinfjord, where you can even spot a person in between the houses.

On The Giant's Shoulders

Stortinden 1093m - Northern Norway - An incredible day spent hiking up this 1078m peak starting 100m below, -20°c on the top, and a memorable ride down, snowboarding the best powder snow ever.. A capture of the tip of the giant, view on the northern side of the Lyngen Alps.

Bend Down The River

A bend down the river From the main road, i could see that mountain which would be great fit for a background. Just wanted to find a powerful compo, that could lead to it. I passed that tiny bridge and tried my luck down there. By getting closer to the water, lower on the ground, wet feet, unstable ice shelves as a tripod support, I managed to capture great features of the ice, and composed this bend of water flow, snaking through the channel, bringing attention toward that back pointy shape. I shot here on F11, and had to focus stack three different captures overall to obtain great sharpness and neat details through the whole frame.

Top En Rose

Senja - Norway - Touring all the way up, exploring the ridges and the snowy tips, finding ice that wind shapes. I wanted to reach the top just before golden time, to be able to find my composition before even thinking of my settings. Just a few minutes later, our sun ended up above the mountain ranges of southern Senja, low in the horizon, and all became pinky golden. This area of Northern Norway is simply unbelievable.

Moods & Peebles

Oldrevik - Northern Norway - When the tide retrieves, appears the beautiful sides of the north. Wandering around Northern Norway, crossing deeps snow fields, looking for colors and shapes and hunting for hidden jewels. All you can think of Norway, tiny red fisherman house, clear water and snowy rocks.

Moon Rise on The Valley

Vasstrand - Northern Norway From the tops to the moonrise. One of the most unexpected hike i have ever planned to reach this untouched, unknown, unshot place. This panorama shows the rough ground, and sharp peaks I had around me this evening. It teaches me so much to spend days planning a mission, choosing the right moment to throw it, and finding complete different terrain and expectation on arrival.. always rewarding tho.