This archipelago, in a radius of 60km (40 miles), contains a multitude of subjects – from waterfalls to mountains, from coastlines to lakes: the Faroe are without any doubt one of the ultimate destinations for landscape photographers from all over the world. Next season, join us to shoot these wild places!
2026
A place where, in a very old fashioned “Icelandic” way, the weather is the undisputed king and can literally change every five minutes.
We’ve chosen the summer season for this workshop as it’s the “least inclement” of the 4 in the whole year – but make no mistake, these islands are continuously battered by the passing storms over the ocean, so there’s never shortage of interesting conditions!
Having a full week at our disposal – we will be able to mitigate (to some degree) the risk of getting bad weather and we will consequently increase our chances of returning back home with some glorious images in our cards.
During summer it’s also possible to see the puffin colonies nesting all over the islands, so make sure to bring your telephoto lenses too if you want to capture these cute birds!
Throughout the week, you will get the chance to visit and capture all the most iconic locations of this archipelago as well as some of the more hidden gems scattered all over these islands, from the “lake above the ocean” (properly called Sorvagsvatn) to the James Bond grave at the Kallur Lighthouse, from the fairytale village of Saksun to the rugged cliffs of Tjornuvik.
Everything is fairly close in the Faroe Islands, which means that we will be able to settle in one accommodation for the whole week in Torshavn without having to move around our luggages every other day – a little but very welcomed plus!
Truth is that we never run two identical workshops – due to the weather, due to the light, due to the length of the days at any given time of the year and a bazillion other variables that come into play when dealing with outdoor photography.
Take this general itinerary for what it is – and by any means don’t think that we’ll stick to it at all times!
Walking/Hiking: Throughout the week we will have to do a few easy hikes to reach some of the most iconic spots. The elevation gain will never be extreme, nor will be the length of the trail. Each participant can skip any of these hikes/walks, but in order to fully enjoy the workshop we recommend to be in good shape so that you can visit all the best spots of these islands. To give you a better idea of what type of hikes we will do, we will list the most important ones down here in the daily itinerary.
The workshop is officially on! Leo will be at the Vagar airport waiting for you: what we generally recommend is to get on a flight that arrives reasonably early in the day, so that you can make good use of Day 1 too!
The other solution would be to arrive a day earlier so that you can just arrive at the airport without any rush on that morning.
Transfer to the Hotel: 10:30AM/12:30PM
The ride from the airport to the hotel won’t be too long: in just a bit more than half-an-hour, we will already be settling into our rooms. We will stay around Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands and the bigger town of the whole archipelago. Being centrally located, from Torshavn we will be able to reach all the locations within a one hour drive at most.
Lunch/Hotel Check-in: approx. 12:30PM/2:30PM
After the transfer, we’ll stop for lunch and then we’ll head to the hotel to check in and take a short breath before hitting the road again.
Sunset Session: 3:30PM/5:30PM
Our first official photography session together! Since it’s our first, we’ll have a longer session so that your workshop leader can assess your skills and give you the necessary notions to capture the golden light later in the day in the best possible way given the weather conditions. The light won’t be great – but it’s a moment for you to start getting to know these islands.
Dinner: 6:00/7:30PM
It’s been a long day: finally we will have the chance to sit down and have a warm meal before heading out again to catch the last light of the day!
Sunset Session: 8:00PM/9:30PM
It’s time to go out and shoot our first major location of the trip: Gasadalur waterfall! Arguably the most iconic place of the Faroe Islands, with the waterfall entering the ocean. It’s a fantastic location for long exposures and to capture the sunset as the sun will head down almost in front of us on the ocean. Let’s start the trip with a bang!
Our days will start early on this trip – as the sunrise will be around 5:50AM. On this morning, we will visit Saksun, an idyllic village with the famous moss-covered houses. A location where you’ll get to play with a wide variety of different compositions!
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session, we will return back to the hotel to get a well deserved breakfast and catch some rest, before heading out again!
Daylight Session/Lunch: 10:30AM/3:30AM
Even if the light might not be ideal, we will still go out as photo opportunities in the Faroe Islands are endless. With their ever changing weather – you might get some of your favorite shots with the harshest light of the day!
Some locations work particularly well with the mid-day light, so we will make sure to cover those and leave the ones that need the warm glow for the golden hours.
Somewhere along the way, we’ll make sure to grab something for lunch too!
Hotel/Small Break: 5:30/6:30PM
After our midday session, we will head back to the hotel to quickly freshen up and take a breath before heading out again for the rest of the evening.
Dinner: 5:30/6:30PM
Today we will have a fairly early dinner, as a boat trip awaits for us!
Sunset Session: 7:00PM/10PM
This evening we will take a zodiac to the Drangarnir cliffs in order to avoid the long hike and be there at the best time of the day, sunset. This is, hands down, one of the highlights of the whole trip! Once we get off the boat, we’ll have to climb up a small cliff to arrive to the vantage point from where we can shoot the whole coastline with the sea stacks in the background.
This little hike will take no more than 20 minutes up on a fairly steep hill. You will have plenty of time to catch your breath and take it as slow as you need as we will arrive there way before sunset.
Our days will start early on this trip – as the sunrise will be around 5:50AM. Today we will head to Funningsfjordur, a panoramic point from where you’ll get to see the ocean making its way through the mountains of the Faroe Islands. Having a view that spans almost 360° degrees, you’ll get to play with a variety of compositions, from wide angle takes to more intimate views!
In order to reach this viewpoint, we’ll have to walk up on a ridge for about 20 minutes, with an elevation gain of 100 meters (300 feet).
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session, we will return back to the hotel to get a well deserved breakfast and catch some rest, before heading out again!
Daylight Session/Lunch: 10:30AM/3:30AM
Even if the light might not be ideal, we will still go out as photo opportunities in the Faroe Islands are endless. With their ever changing weather – you might get some of your favorite shots with the harshest light of the day!
Some locations work particularly well with the mid-day light, so we will make sure to cover those and leave the ones that need the warm glow for the golden hours.
Somewhere along the way, we’ll make sure to grab something for lunch too!
Hotel/Small Break: 5:30/6:30PM
After our midday session, we will head back to the hotel to quickly freshen up and take a breath before heading out again for the rest of the evening.
Dinner: 5:00PM/6:00PM
Another early dinner awaits for us, as we will have to face a longer hike to the sunset spot today. Each participant can decide whether, instead of having such an early dinner, he/she wants to just bring some food with them to have dinner on location.
Sunset Session: 6:00PM/10:30PM
Today we will face one of the longest hikes of the trip: the trail to Traelanipa, the iconic “lake above the ocean”.
The reason behind this “nickname” is obvious, as you can see from the images down here: from this specific perspective it seems that the lake is floating above the ocean down at the bottom. Probably the most unique location of the Faroe Islands.
In order to reach the famous viewpoint, we’ll have to walk approximately 1 hour (one way) on a mostly even path, with very little elevation gain (150 meters, 500 feet), but with a total length (back and forth) of 9,3km, or about 6 miles.
Our days will start early on this trip – as the sunrise will be around 5:50AM. No hikes this morning! We will visit go shoot some other incredibly photogenic turf houses visible from the road that takes to Gasadalur, with the Drangarnir sea stacks far in the background.
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session, we will return back to the hotel to get a well deserved breakfast and catch some rest, before heading out again!
Daylight Session/Lunch: 10:30AM/3:30AM
Even if the light might not be ideal, we will still go out as photo opportunities in the Faroe Islands are endless. With their ever changing weather – you might get some of your favorite shots with the harshest light of the day!
Some locations work particularly well with the mid-day light, so we will make sure to cover those and leave the ones that need the warm glow for the golden hours.
Somewhere along the way, we’ll make sure to grab something for lunch too!
Hotel/Small Break: 5:30/6:30PM
After our midday session, we will head back to the hotel to quickly freshen up and take a breath before heading out again for the rest of the evening.
Dinner: 6:00PM/7:00PM
A slightly later dinner tonight as we will take it fairly easy at sunset too (no long hikes!).
Sunset Session: 7:30PM/9:30PM
Tonight we will head to the Funningsfjordur Church – a fairly particular black church with the typical moss-covered roof; a gem of the Faroe Islands! No hiking required.
Our days will start early on this trip – as the sunrise will be around 5:50AM. Another easy one today: the plan is to visit the beautiful beach of Tjornuvik, with “The Giant and the Witch” (two iconic sea stacks) in the background. At sunrise, we might get some light on these rocks as well as the hills around. Composition wise, this is one of the locations where you will have more fun: a variety of textures, patterns and leading lines awaits for you!
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session, we will return back to the hotel to get a well deserved breakfast and catch some rest, before heading out again!
Daylight Session/Lunch: 10:30AM/3:30AM
Even if the light might not be ideal, we will still go out as photo opportunities in the Faroe Islands are endless. With their ever changing weather – you might get some of your favorite shots with the harshest light of the day!
Some locations work particularly well with the mid-day light, so we will make sure to cover those and leave the ones that need the warm glow for the golden hours.
Somewhere along the way, we’ll make sure to grab something for lunch too!
Hotel/Small Break: 5:30/6:30PM
After our midday session, we will head back to the hotel to quickly freshen up and take a breath before heading out again for the rest of the evening.
Dinner: 5:00PM/5:30PM
Today we’ll have a really quick dinner – mostly something along the way to our final destination.
Sunset Session: 4:30PM/10:30PM
Tonight we will take a ferry! After crossing the best part of the archipelago to reach the northern part, we will put our car on a ferry and cross the fjord to reach the island of Kalsoy, on which we will hike to the famous Kallur lighthouse. Probably one of the most incredible places of these islands. This is the point where James Bond was buried (symbolically obviously) in the last movie (No Time to Die)!
The hike will last about 45 minutes to an hour one way, mostly on meadows; the elevation gain is around 350 meters (1100 feet), for a total length of 3km (2 miles).
A small disclaimer: we will only visit Kalsoy if conditions will allow. The local ferry company can change/cancel the schedule at any time if the weather is sketchy or if the sea conditions get a bit rough – and the last thing we want is to be stuck for hours (if not the night, since they don’t run 24 hours!) on a island with pretty much nothing around. Your tour leader will check the forecast/ferry schedule and evaluate whether you can go or not.
Our days will start early on this trip – as the sunrise will be around 5:50AM. This morning we will visit a fairly easy location: the winding road of Nordradalur, on top of a mountain pass! This little road going down to the bottom of the fjord, surrounded by the mountains with an island in the background is as picture-perfect as it can get.
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session, we will return back to the hotel to get a well deserved breakfast and catch some rest, before heading out again!
Daylight Session/Lunch: 10:30AM/3:30AM
Even if the light might not be ideal, we will still go out as photo opportunities in the Faroe Islands are endless. With their ever changing weather – you might get some of your favorite shots with the harshest light of the day!
Some locations work particularly well with the mid-day light, so we will make sure to cover those and leave the ones that need the warm glow for the golden hours.
Somewhere along the way, we’ll make sure to grab something for lunch too!
Hotel/Small Break: 5:30/6:30PM
After our midday session, we will head back to the hotel to quickly freshen up and take a breath before heading out again for the rest of the evening.
Dinner: 5:30PM/6:30PM
As usual, we will have a fairly early dinner before going out for one last sunset session!
Sunset Session: 6:30PM/9:30PM
The last sunset session will be a special one: we will visit a fairly unknown location, a vantage point over a gorgeous fjord surrounded by mountains. Let us surprise you with this one!
Even if we mention one last sunrise session in this itinerary – we will evaluate whether it’s worth going out based on several different factors: departure times of all guests, weather conditions, etc. If we see that there’s hope for some great conditions at some spot where we had bad luck before, we might head back there – if not, we will let you pack all your things up before your flight with calm.
Breakfast: 8AM
After the sunrise session (or after a good sleep, in this case!), we will return back to the hotel to get breakfast before heading to the airport.
Departure: 10:30AM/12:30AM
We recommend booking a flight that will leave after (or around) 12:30PM; the ride from Torshavn to the Vagar airport is about 50 minutes, so that means leaving the hotel around 9:30AM at most. This will give us enough time to pack things up, get breakfast and do the check out!
– Scroll down, find the “book now” button, fill in your details and follow the process to the check-out. You will be able to leave a refundable deposit (500€ x person most of the times) via credit/debit card, bank transfer or even Paypal.
– Scroll down to the very end of the page to find the contact form or visit the “Contact Us” page to, well.. Contact us! We will be more than happy to help you with any request you have and set up the ideal workshop you have in your mind – and ultimately give you all the details to complete the deposit and secure your spot on the tour.
In either case, we only ask for a 500€ deposit to confirm your spot – we will then reach out around 2 months before your workshop starts with a link to complete the remaining part of the payment. If you booked last minute and need to pay the entire quote right away – we will be in touch as soon as we receive your reservation with the aforementioned link!
Why? So that you to get your own room for yourself without having to share it with anyone else. The single supplement is something we add at cost price (if not less), and as annoying as it might be, that’s something that unfortunately we can’t avoid.
That’s also how we manage to guarantee every workshop departure, even if you are the only participant for that date.
Of course you can opt for the single supplement even if you are traveling with friends and you like to have your own personal space.
– Digital Camera (preferably a DSLR or mirrorless camera, APS-C, micro 4/3 and FF will be more than fine);
– An ultrawide lens (e.g. Nikon 14-24mm, Canon 16-35mm, Tamron 15-30mm, Tokina 16-28mm etc); we recommend a lens with a wide maximum aperture (like f/2.8) in case we might do some night photography.
– A standard zoom lens (e.g. Nikon/Canon/Sigma 24-70mm or 24-105mm);
– A telephoto zoom lens (e.g. various Nikon/Canon/Tamron/Sigma 70-200mm);
– A super telephoto zoom lens (e.g. Sigma/Tamron 150-600mm); this lens is not necessary but we recommend it anyway since it allows to capture the far away details of the landscapes;
– A sturdy tripod that permits to do some long exposure photos, specially at twilight;
– A set of ND filters; these are the only filters we feel to recommend, since they become useful when you need to stretch the exposure time a little bit during some difficult light conditions;
– A camera remote to avoid blurry shots.
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