I’m So Excited — Headed To The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands One Of My Happy Places
Lots Of Pictures
The Faroe Islands, you say? Where is that? Until a few years ago, the Faroe Islands were a well-kept secret. The Faroe Islands are off the coast of Denmark and are a Danish territory. They are a relatively small area of landmass when compared to its well-known cousin Iceland. See the map below.
With just over 50,000 inhabitants, it’s not very populated. While a popular destination for tourists, the existing hotels and infrastructure of the island keep the number of visitors at a manageable level. There are no lines of tourists in cars and travel coaches ferrying tourists around. It’s small and you hardly ever run into anyone on your trips.
I hope the Faroe Islands stay that way. You can see in my maps below that there aren’t many roads. The road pretty much sticks to the coast as each island that is part of the Faroes is quite mountainous. There are a lot of quaint and quiet villages that you can visit and explore as well as many pullouts by the road that allow for some amazing sights.
Each village also has a number of trails to take you a bit higher to see the views from a higher perspective. I have fallen in love with this place. And, I can’t think of a better place to get back out there on our first major workshop in several years since the pandemic.
I’ll be leading two workshops back-to-back with my good friend and colleague Steve Gosling. Steve and I have traveled the world together and done many joint workshops. Steve’s an exceptional photographer and teacher and he has a very cool sense of humor. The two of us will not only banter the whole trip but share our knowledge with those on both workshops.
Our first workshop is a private workshop. It’s bit smaller than our other workshop. We will be doing a lot of explorations together. The cost of the workshop is all-inclusive, except for alcohol and personal expenses. Steve and I will pick everyone up at the airport and transport everyone to the hotel. At the hotel, everyone gets a fully appointed room to themselves. This means a good night of sleep every night.
After an early breakfast, we will leave the hotel and not return again until dinner. Sunrises are hard to catch in the Faroe Islands as there is usually cloud cover. If there is a chance, we will go for it. The weather is like many North Atlantic areas. You can have everything in the space of an hour. You could have a peek of sun that will soon be covered by clouds, drizzle, rain, and winds. Winds seem to be a constant. No matter what, we will handle what is thrown at us and have a ton of opportunities for great images.
If the wind permits, I’ll fly my drone for a couple of shots. I will show those who are interested how to use a drone and what you can expect from it photography-wise. Steve and I will also help everyone with long-exposure techniques, intentional camera movement, and how to see an image as well as the picture in a picture.
After dinner, we are available to spend one-on-one time with anyone who is interested in image culling, editing, and critiques on composition.
There is no easy way to get to the Faroe Islands. For me, I’ll fly from Indianapolis to JFK, New York. I’ll then travel from New York to Amsterdam and then to Copenhagen. I’ll spend two nights in Copenhagen catching up with some old friends and doing photography around the city. I have spent quite a bit of time in Copenhagen over the last 20 years. Phase One, a company I worked for, was there and it is one of my favorite cities in the world.
While in Copenhagen, I’ll do a lot of images with my iPhone for a project as well as test a new camera app that I will review on my return. I may post some images along the way so you can follow my Instagram and Facebook accounts. (Links are above.)
For the rest of the trip, I’ll be photographing with a Sony A7R IV and Sony A1 with 12-24mm, 16-35mm, 24-70mm and 100-400mm lenses. Next week, I’ll do an article about the gear I’m taking.
After the trip is over, I’ll follow it up with a new set of images from this trip. I am so excited to get back out to my happy place again. My wife is looking forward to a break. My cats and dog will miss me. But on my return, it will be like I went away to rehab. I should be a happy new man with a load of new images in my back pocket.
Please take a look at what workshops we still have open for this year and keep your eyes out for future workshops for 2022. Dust off your camera and get back out. You’ll be a better person, not to mention a better photographer, for doing so.
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During, this workshop I will be publishing a 5 article series on Composition by Peter Eastway. We all can use a brushup on the basics of composition. I believe you will like the series. Peter and I will be working closer together on some upcoming projects and hope to share news on that in a few weeks. I’ll be back home after the 21st of May. I may even sneak in a short update on the two workshops we are doing. We do plan to return to the Faroe Islands in May 2023 so if you like what you see you can join us then.
Please enjoy the pictures here from our last visit to the Faroe Islands.
We will be doing this workshop again in May 2023. Details will be announced shortly after we are back from this workshop.
I swear by my Copper Cow coffee. Check it out for your next trip.
Steve and his wife Julie at one of the many waterfalls. IT’s a great trip to take your wife on even if she is not a photographer. My wife loves to take pictures. I will share some at the bottom of this article.
The Whaling Station
Please indulge me with the next series of images. They are from a whaling station musuem of sorts. I won’t caption each of these photos. They fill one of my needs and addictions for rust and decay. Those that know me know I love rust and the details and colors that things that are rusty and decaying show us. Lot’s of fun to shoot this series.
Debra’s Vision
Debra my wife had her own fun too. She is a very talented photographer and artist and was always looking for different this. She would wander off and find photos that made her happy. In the Faroe Islands sheep was one of her favorites. I consider myself very fortunate to have a wife that gets me, like photography and finds her own joy in the photos she takes. I hope you like her images below.
Thank You
I hope you have enjoyed these images. I will have another set of new Faroe Islands photos on my return.
Kevin Raber
May 2022
Kevin Raber
Indianapolis, IN
Photography is my passion and has been for 50 plus years. My career in photography has allowed me to travel the world, meet some of the most interesting people on the planet and see things I could never have dreamed of. My goal is to share the passion of picture taking through photographs and teaching with as many people as I can, hoping it brings them as much joy and happiness as it has me. I do this through photoPXL.com, this site, as well as Rockhopper Workshops, and other projects, as well as teaching as Artist In Residence at the Indianapolis Art Center.
