In September 2018 I led a small group of photographers up to the Lofoten Islands in the North of Norway. We live in Trondheim in Norway and my partner is Norwegian. I was lucky enough to be joined by such a fantastic group of people. Alex, Oliver and Suzanna from Austria and Tim who came from the United States. I also had my lovely partner, Havard assisting me; his support and Norwegian knowledge were invaluable. We spent a week exploring, shooting and enjoying ourselves, despite really challenging weather conditions! Here is a collection of images from the trip by all involved. I hope you enjoy!

Alex Kaiser

Alex Kaiser

Tim Sullivan

Easily my all-time favourite set of images from the whole trip. Unfortunately while we were there Hurricane Florence had just ravaged florida, and we experienced insane winds of up to 80 km per hour as well as heavy rain as its effects rippled up to the Northern Hemisphere. Although it was a gamble going so far North so late in the year anyway, this made things much harder. Fortunately my team were great, and we did what we could when we could! These were shot on the terrace of one of our fjord-side cabins, so it was convenient to run in when the weather got too moody! This was so much fun to shoot!

Oliver Pergler

Tim Sullivan

Alex Kaiser

It was genuinely freezing, and, as a model predominantly experienced in “art nude” it was a challenge creating attractive images in a harsh climate like this where I was wearing winter clothing. I am glad I prepared well and brought lots of wool and warm clothing! But really…. trying to make practical clothing look sexy or attractive is not an easy thing to do!

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Tim Sullivan

There are so many amazing hiking opportunities in Lofoten islands, unfortunately due to high wind speeds we were unable to get safely up many of these great mountains from which to see and shoot spectacular views. This was one small trip we did manage to make, very locally to our cabins which you can see in the distance. You can see from the behind the scenes images that the wind was really strong which made it a challenge not only to carry the lighting gear up but to hold it steady during shooting!

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A local harbour made for an excellent backdrop for some editorial style fashion images, shot by Alex here.

Havard Loberg

Alex Kaiser

Havard Loberg

Alex Kaiser

We had a lovely day out in this small fishing village, Nusfjord, which is so picturesque. Stunning backdrop for some photographs! I would have liked to have taken many more stunning red carpet dresses (my absolute favourite), which would work so well with this natural setting, but practicalities came first in this extremely rural and cold place.

Alex Kaiser

Alex Kasier

Oliver Pergler

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Some more gorgeous images from Tim Sullivan above, shot on a beach we drove out to for the day!

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Havard Loberg

Tim Sullivan

Alex Kaiser

Tim Sullivan

Havard Loberg

Havard Loberg

Sunsets on the beach! Havards speciality: twighlight silhouettes. So simple, but so effective! We also shot some in a similar in Goa .. you can view them here.

Alex Kasier

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These structures were a common sighting … used to dry fish in the sun.. aren’t they cool? Images by Havard.

Alex Kaiser

S T O R M ‘ S C O M I N G

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More behind the scenes!