Date and Time 3.30pm Saturday 9th – 5.30am Thursday 14th November 2024
Duration Five Nights
Price £2,495 (£200 deposit, £2,295 balance to be paid by the 9th Sept 2024. If booking after the 9th Sept 2024, full amount is payable)
Workshop Leader Melvin Nicholson
Workshop Assistant/Driver TBC
Workshop Attendees 8
Meeting Place 3.30pm Joe and the Juice Bar (by the main entrance) Keflavik Airport
Exertion Level Easy / Medium – All locations within half a mile from the car, some much closer. Some slippery rocks near waterfalls and the odd uphill section present. A reasonable level of fitness and mobility is required.
Join Melvin Nicholson on this once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the amazing landscape that is Iceland. There is nowhere quite like the ‘land of fire and ice’.
You will start your journey after being collected at Keflavik airport before visiting many of the most iconic locations Iceland has to offer including the stunning Reynisdrangar sea stacks at Vik, the iconic glacial lagoon complete with icebergs and the black volcanic beach of Jökulsárlón with its huge chucks of blue ice. The impressive 1,500ft beach located mountain of Vestrahorn, and the beautiful churches of Hofskirkja and Myrdal. Not to forget the mighty 200ft waterfalls of Skógafoss, and Seljalandsfoss as well as the lesser known Kvernufoss waterfall.
There will also be a couple of opportunities to stop en-route to capture those wonderful fleeting moments of magic as and when they happen, be it a herd of reindeer walking in isolation across the grassy fields or a stunning storm front drifting over the landscape.
Of course, no trip to Iceland between September and April is complete without some northern light action. We will be out at night chasing the truly stunning sights of the aurora borealis dancing above your head. If you have never experienced a full on aurora, take it from us, it is one of the most magical experiences of your life.
This photography workshop in Iceland will leave you with long lasting memories. This is a small, friendly, informal group with plenty of personalised 1-2-1 tuition on offer.
Here is a detailed itinerary outlining our schedule. While the itinerary looks fixed, it is really only an indication of the locations we will be visiting and the decision to alter our plans depending on the weather and light will be taken if needed.
Day 1– Saturday 9th November 2024 Keflavik Airport – Skogafoss I will arrive in a nine-seat minibus (so plenty of space for luggage, clothing, and camera equipment) and collect you at 3.30pm from the airport before heading to our first location for sunset, the impressive 200ft Seljalandsfoss waterfall. This location is best photographed at sunset due to the direction of the sun.
We shall then head to our accommodation for the evening, the perfectly positioned Skogafoss Hotel. Once we have dropped off our belongings, settled in, we will enjoy our ‘get to know each other’ meal in the hotel’s restaurant. If the northern lights happen to show, we are perfectly placed to take the two-minute walk to the thunderous 200ft waterfall and capture it with the magical colours above it.
Day 2– Sunday 10th November 2024 Skogafoss Waterfall – Kvernufoss Waterfall – Diamond Beach Jokulsarlon The day starts with a pre-dawn shoot at the hugely iconic and impressive 200ft Skogafoss waterfall before heading back to the hotel for breakfast.
Late morning will see us head east to perhaps Iceland’s most popular and inspiring location, Jokulsarlon. Both the iceberg filled ice lagoon and the black, sandy beach with both blue and crystal clear icebergs on it awaits. Sunset will be shot on the beach before moving onto our accommodation for the evening, which will be the beautiful Fosshotel Glacier Hotel. Our evening meal will be taken in their restaurant while we talk about our experiences from the day.
Day 3– Monday 11th November 2024 Jokulsarlon Ice Lagoon – Diamond Beach, Jokulsarlon – Vestrahorn, Hofn Today will see us return to Jokulsarlon to capture the beach at sunrise before returning to the hotel for breakfast. We shall then return to the ice lagoon to hone your compositions on the floating icebergs that slowly drift into the ocean.
Late morning will see us head east to the furthest point of on the workshop to the mighty Vestrahorn. This 1,500ft mountain sits on a black, volcanic beach complete with shallow water for some amazing reflections as well as the beautiful yellow grass that nestles in the black sandy dunes. We shall shoot sunset here before heading to our accommodation for the evening, the wonderfully titled The Milk Factory.
Day 4– Tuesday 12th November 2024 Vestrahorn, Hofn – Reynisdrangar, Vik Today we return to Vestrahorn to capture sunrise before returning to the hotel for breakfast. After check out, we shall venture west to the iconic town of Vik, where we will be visiting the beautiful black sandy volcanic beach of Reynisfjara, where we will be photographing the stunning sea stacks at sunset. There are huge basalt rock columns present, very similar to those found at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
If the northern lights are visible, we will head out to photograph them over the sea stacks tonight as we are staying at the impressive Hotel Kria in Vik
Day 5– Wednesday 13th November 2024 Dyrhólaey, Vik – Myrdal Church Vik – Reynisfjara Sea Stacks Vik – Reykjanes Peninsula – Keflavik Sunrise will be spent photographing the iconic sea stacks of Reynisfjara before breakfast in the hotel.
After check out, the Myrdal Church in Vik that overlooks the town will allow us a few opportunities to hone our composition skills before visiting the towering cliffs of Dyrhólaey near Vik will entertain us until late morning. From here you will be photographing sea stacks on the beach from high up on the edge of the cliff faces. This really is a spectacular place to spend a morning.
The afternoon will see us head to the volcanic lava fields of Reykjanes Peninsula, located thirty minutes south-west of Keflavik. Here we will find a plethora of subjects to photograph including bubbling mud pools, futurist looking geothermal power stations, a lighthouse, a bridge that spans two continents, and some of the finest sea stacks in Iceland.
After sunset, we shall check into our final accommodation for the workshop.
Day 6– Thursday 14th November 2024 Departure Keflavik Airport It is an early flight home to reflect on what will be a trip of a lifetime. If you have always promised yourself a photography holiday of a lifetime, this one will take some beating. I hope you can join me.
Melvin Nicholson
Melvin Nicholson is the founder of Landscape Locations and a UK based professional photographer.
Melvin has been a full time photographer since 2014 and has been running photography workshops, tours and courses both in the UK and internationally since he started out.
In Melvin’s own words “I love what I do because it allows me to indulge in the very thing that fulfils my life beyond imagination. And I feel lucky to be able to share my passion, enthusiasm and knowledge with others.
There are a total of five quality hotels during our five night stay in Iceland. This ensures that we are as close to the locations that we will be photographing as possible meaning less time spent travelling in the minibus.
You will each have your own double en-suite room. Breakfast is included. There is no single occupancy supplement charged.
See below for a list of the hotels we will be staying in.
Click on the hotel name to be directed to their website.
Our mode of transport for this workshop will a modern, safe, comfortable nine-seat minibus (normally a Mercedes Vito) and it will be equipped with studded winter tyres. This will ensure that there is plenty of space for us all including luggage, clothing, and camera equipment.
VW Minibus
Included
Five nights accommodation (double room, en-suite, single occupancy)
Breakfast
Dedicated 1-2-1 photography tuition
Collection and drop off at Keflavik Airport
Transport during the workshop in a modern, comfortable, nine seater minibus
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