FAROE ISLANDS LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
5–12 October 2027
Autumn light, dramatic weather and the wild North Atlantic
8 Days / 7 Nights · Maximum 4 Photographers · Private Bedroom · Breakfast & Evening Meals Included
Approximately £2,995 / $4,050 / €3,485 / 26,050 DKK per person
£500 equivalent deposit secures your place
£500 equivalent deposit secures your place
OCTOBER IN THE
FAROE ISLANDS
October is when the Faroe Islands begin to feel properly wild again.
The days are shorter, the sun sits lower in the sky and Atlantic weather becomes a much bigger part of the landscape.
For photography, I love it.
Dark clouds move across the mountains. Waterfalls become more powerful. Rain passes through the valleys and the lower sun can suddenly break underneath a weather front and light up the landscape.
The islands are quieter too.
There are fewer visitors, less pressure to rush between locations and more opportunity to simply find a composition and wait to see what the weather does.
October isn't about chasing perfect weather.
It's about embracing atmosphere, changing light and whatever the North Atlantic decides to give us.
WHY PHOTOGRAPH THE FAROE ISLANDS IN OCTOBER?
Lower autumn light
By October, the sun is sitting considerably lower in the sky.
For landscape photography, that can create beautiful directional light, longer shadows and much more shape across the mountains.
Interesting light isn't confined to a few minutes around sunrise and sunset.
When the conditions cooperate, photographic opportunities can appear throughout the day.
Dramatic Atlantic weather
October weather can be wonderfully unpredictable.
Rain.
Mist.
Low cloud.
Strong winds.
Dark skies followed by sudden bursts of light.
The weather becomes part of the photograph rather than something we're waiting to disappear.
These are exactly the conditions where the Faroese landscape can look at its most dramatic.
Waterfalls at their best
With increasing autumn rainfall, waterfalls become a major feature of the landscape.
We'll certainly photograph some of the famous falls when conditions work, but you'll also notice water appearing almost everywhere after rain.
Down mountain faces.
Through valleys.
Beside roads.
Straight into the Atlantic.
This gives us fantastic opportunities to work with shutter speed, movement and composition.
The changing landscape
The Faroes don't produce the enormous forests of autumn colour you might associate with Scotland or North America.
Autumn here is subtler.
The greens begin to fade, grasses take on warmer brown and golden tones, and the changing vegetation creates beautiful contrast against the dark mountains and ocean.
Combine that with lower light and October has a very different character from September.
Quieter islands
October sits well outside the busiest summer period.
Popular locations become noticeably quieter and many of the villages return to their normal rhythm.
For photography, that can be fantastic.
There is more room to slow down, explore compositions and experience these landscapes without feeling like we're part of a sightseeing convoy.
WHAT COULD WE PHOTOGRAPH?
I don't operate with a fixed list of locations that we have to tick off.
Instead, I'll watch the weather, wind, cloud, tides and road conditions and decide where I believe we'll have the strongest photographic opportunities.
During the week we may photograph dramatic sea cliffs, powerful waterfalls, mountains, beaches, traditional villages, fjords and some of the famous landscapes that first made many of us want to visit the Faroe Islands.
Places such as Gásadalur, Bøur, Saksun, Tjørnuvík, Gjógv, Funningur, Norðradalur, Kalsoy and Vágar may all feature.
Depending on conditions, access and ferry schedules, we may also travel further afield.
But I also want to take you beyond the obvious viewpoints.
I've been photographing the Faroe Islands since 2012 and now live here year-round.
Sometimes we'll head somewhere simply because I can see the weather beginning to do something interesting.
And those unplanned stops can produce some of the best photographs of the week.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN OCTOBER
This workshop is particularly well suited to photographers interested in:
Dramatic landscape photography
Moody and atmospheric light
Waterfalls and moving water
Long-exposure seascapes
Working creatively with rain and mist
Telephoto landscapes
Mountain layers and low cloud
Powerful Atlantic weather
Autumn tones within the landscape
Sunrise, sunset and blue-hour photography
Throughout the week I'll be there whenever you want another pair of eyes — whether that's discussing a composition, working with difficult light, photographing in rain and mist or deciding how best to approach the conditions in front of us.
If you've found a composition and want to work independently, I'll give you the space to do exactly that.
WE FOLLOW THE CONDITIONS
You won't receive an itinerary that says:
Tuesday, 10:00 — photograph this waterfall.
The Faroese weather would find that hilarious.
And in October, it would probably change the forecast just to prove the point.
Instead, I'll make decisions based on the conditions we're actually experiencing.
Sometimes we'll decide our plan the night before.
Sometimes we'll change it over breakfast.
And sometimes we'll be driving towards one location when the weather gives us a better opportunity somewhere completely different.
That's part of photographing the Faroes properly.
We're not here to tick locations off a list.
We're here to find the best photographs we can make during those eight days.
A SMALL GROUP OF JUST FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
I've limited this workshop to a maximum of four photographers.
That gives me time to work individually with everyone when they want advice, while still giving experienced photographers plenty of freedom to work independently.
It also gives us something equally important in the Faroe Islands:
Flexibility.
Four photographers can move quickly.
We can change plans, react to the weather and give everyone enough room to work on their own compositions.
That's particularly valuable in October when conditions can change quickly and sometimes the best decision is simply:
Get in the car. We're going somewhere else.
A WEEK IN THE FAROE ISLANDS
This isn't simply about collecting photographs.
We'll spend eight days exploring a small group of islands in the middle of the North Atlantic, living together in our workshop house, eating together, talking photography and heading out whenever the conditions give us an opportunity.
October has a different rhythm from the long summer days.
We don't need to be out until midnight waiting for sunset.
Instead, the shorter days allow us to concentrate on the best conditions, return to the house, eat together and spend time looking through photographs before doing it all again the following day.
Some days will be calm.
Some will definitely be wet.
And there's a reasonable chance we'll spend at least one morning looking out of the window wondering where an entire mountain has gone.
Then the cloud moves.
The light appears.
And suddenly we're grabbing cameras.
That's October in the Faroes.
OCTOBER WORKSHOP FAQs
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No.
My workshops are suitable for photographers with different levels of experience.
You might still be getting comfortable with manual exposure and filters, or you may have been photographing landscapes for years.
With a maximum of only four photographers, I can offer as much or as little photography guidance as each person wants.
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October is properly into Faroese autumn.
Temperatures are generally cool rather than extremely cold, but rain, wind, mist and rapidly changing conditions are all part of the experience.
Good waterproof clothing, proper walking boots and several warm layers are essential.
I'll send you a detailed equipment and clothing guide before the workshop.
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Autumn generally brings increasing rainfall to the Faroe Islands.
But rain doesn't mean the camera stays in the bag.
Wet landscapes, waterfalls, mist and weather moving through the mountains can create some of the best photographic conditions of the week.
We'll work with it.
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Yes, although Faroese autumn is different from heavily forested countries.
You're not coming for endless red and orange trees.
Instead, the grasses and vegetation begin changing from rich summer greens towards more muted yellow, brown and golden tones.
Against dark cliffs, waterfalls and Atlantic skies, it can be beautiful.
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The days are noticeably shorter than in September, but we still have enough daylight for a full photography day.
For me, one of the advantages of October is that the lower sun can produce interesting light for much longer periods rather than restricting us to sunrise and sunset.
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We change the plan.
I continually monitor wind, rain, road conditions and local forecasts.
If I consider a location unsafe because of strong wind, sea conditions, road conditions or another factor, we won't photograph there.
There is almost always another option somewhere in the islands.
Safety always comes first.
COME AND PHOTOGRAPH AUTUMN IN THE FAROE ISLANDS WITH ME
5–12 October 2027
8 Days / 7 Nights
Maximum 4 Photographers
Private Bedroom
Breakfast & Evening Meals Included
Approximately £2,995 / $4,050 / €3,485 / 26,050 DKK per person
£500 equivalent deposit secures your place
Eight days chasing autumn light, waterfalls, Atlantic weather and atmosphere in the place I now call home.
If you like your landscapes a little darker, moodier and more unpredictable, October might be the workshop for you.