Wonderful set of videos William. Just watched the first 3 back to back, and about to watch the 4th. I'm planning a trip there in Feb 2025. Your videos are helping with the planning. You've really captured Lofoten. Thank you.
Thanks Dave - LOL...I definitely did. I've got a ton of photos still to post and over 700 video clips from this trip. I kind of went crazy while I was there, so if there are mountains that I drove by, there's a good chance I either shot it last year or this year at some point. Such an amazing corner of the world. I'm almost certainly going back at some point because there is so much more to shoot!
Great video! I was also in Lofoten during Gale storm. :D Also great point about dangerous parking to take photos. No photo is worth the risk to lives and properties of yours or others.
Thanks Masoud! That storm was crazy! The storms and snow created more challenges but this year was SO much better than last year in the rain. The snow makes such a huge difference in the Winter. I hope you came home with some good shots!
Fantastic video - my wife and I watched, liked and subscribed having watched parts I & II this weekend as we are planning a similar trip in Feb or March 2025 - we were not expecting to see this today! Looking forward to part IV!! Were there any big learnings from your trips? Would you suggest February, over March?
Thanks Nils! After reading up on it, it seems that there actually might be more snow and definitely more light to work with in March. It seems odd to me that it would rain more in January and February, but that's what I'm reading. However....for me, it would be really hard to pass on that golden light for 6-7 hours in February as the sun stays so low in the horizon to the South. The light was just stunning when I was there. The other surprising thing was that the average temperatures for both months seem pretty close. So...the sun would be higher in March, the days would be longer, but in the middle of the day, the light might not be as nice. I got lucky this year with the snow in February, but if you can catch a day with new snow and that low sun off to the South...February can be pretty spectacular. Thank you so much for subscribing! :)
@@WJMPhotography I had not realised about the differing snow cover between Feb and March, that's very useful to know - I need to do a lot of fast reading!! With the Solar maximum boosting the chance to see the Aurora in 2025 I really want to get booked in now before everyone else does! We had planned to roadtrip around Senja and Lofoten in early 2015 but bottled it and we instead went in May 2016 when the 24hr daylight was another very different experience. We still really wanted to see the Aurora and so booked three nights in Abisko, just east of Lofoten in Northern Sweden and an hours drive from Kiruna airport. The scenery isn't as spectacular (though the "Lap gate" / Lapporten was quite something) and we were lucky to have 2 very bright and strong showings, plus a colourful smudge on the third night. There is supposedly a "blue hole" above Abisko caused by the local geography parting the clouds to give clear skies above - I'm not sure quite how true that is but it certainly worked for us! I'm planning on starting our next trip with two nights in Abisko in the hopes of clear skies and an Aurora to take the pressure off the following week to 10 days in Lofoten! Thanks again for replying and posting such a great video. I really like the presentation style and having watched a couple of dozen videos about Lofoten in winter ove rthe past weekend, your were the ones that stood out. Cheers / Skol!
Hi Bri - I was on my own for both of my Lofoten Trips, but cell service is pretty good on major roadways on the Lofoten Islands in case you break down somewhere. I did see about 4 accidents while I was there as it's not uncommon for people to pass you in snowy conditions when they are in a hurry. I generally take it pretty easy when the roads are icy and I haven't had any problems so far. The studded snow tires definitely help in the Winter!
Hi Ada - I use a combination of Windy and Ventusky to get a look at the cloud forecast and try to match it with where the clouds look like they are headed on the satellite view which is available on both apps. For sunrise/sunset color, I use both SunsetWX (they have a Europe model) and Skyfire on The Photographer's Ephemeris app. Of all of those, I think Skyfire is the only one that I pay a subscription for. Skyfire and Sunsetwx are usually only 50-60% accurate, but both are good if I am trying to decide where my best chance of light will be. :)
