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This page brings together all of Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove’s blog articles focused on landscape photography, featuring insights, field techniques, and stories from around the world. Through his extensive experience photographing remote and dramatic locations such as Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica, Jeroen shares practical advice on composition, light, and camera settings to help photographers elevate their work. Readers can explore behind-the-scenes stories from his photo workshops, learn how to capture the beauty of diverse landscapes, and gain inspiration from his approach to photographing nature’s most powerful scenes.

Behind The Shot Iceland Landscape Northern Lights

Behind The Shot – Aurora Above The Plane Wreck

This first "Behind the Shot" photograph is a special one to me: the northern lights dancing above the (now famous) DC-3 plane wreck in Iceland. It's the photograph that started it all and lead me down the path that turned me into the professional photographer I am today.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJanuary 4, 2023

Landscape Video Volcano

First Look At the New Eruption at Fagradalsfjall

On Wednesday a new volcanic eruption started at Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. The eruption is taking place in Meradalir, a lower valley in the area.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveAugust 5, 2022

Aerial photograph of a glacial river in Iceland taken using a drone.

Drone Iceland Landscape

Braided Flows – Glacial Rivers From the Air

In the landscape photography community, Iceland is a prime location as there are so many bucket list shots to be made here. Perhaps some of the most sought after photographs, are those taken of the beautiful braided rivers which can only be seen from the sky.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 5, 2022

Aerial photography, taken with a drone, of a geothermal area in Iceland.

Iceland Landscape

Living Earth – a Geothermal Bird’s Eye View

There are currently no active volcanic eruptions on Iceland but there is still plenty of evidence of the tremendous heat present in the earth beneath it. On Iceland, there are many geothermal areas, which I find incredibly interesting to photograph.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 24, 2022

Greenland Landscape

Greenland – Discovering Deep Winter in Ilulissat

It finally happened: I travelled to Greenland! A few weeks ago I made an impulsive, last-minute, but very rewarding visit to Ilulissat. My main goal? Photographing the majestic castles of ice floating in the UNESCO Ilulissat icefjord.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 6, 2022

Landscape Reviews & Gear

Testing a New Lens: the Canon RF 14-35mm F4 L

A short little read on why I fell in love with the new Canon RF 14-35mm F4 IS USM L, a brilliant ultra-wide-angle lens. Spoiler alert: I ended up purchasing one!

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveFebruary 18, 2022

Iceland Landscape Northern Lights

Capturing the Aurora Above Reykjanes

The aurora season has finally kicked off in Iceland. While the first northern lights are usually visible from the end of August, we haven’t been particularly lucky with the weather here in Southwest Iceland up until now. That is, until Saturday October 30th, when a CME (coronal mass ejection) was forecasted to hit the Earth’s magnetic field.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveNovember 7, 2021

Drone Iceland Landscape Volcano

My Photographic Journey of a Volcanic 10 Weeks

Today marks the day the eruption in Geldingadalir has been ongoing for 10 weeks. Come along on my photographic journey capturing the eruption in 10 photographs and videos.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 28, 2021

Iceland Landscape Northern Lights Volcano

The Shot of a Lifetime – A Volcanic Aurora

The eruption has been on-going for several weeks and during that time I have been thinking a lot about whether or not I would get the opportunity to photograph the northern lights above the eruption.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 25, 2021

Iceland Landscape Volcano

Geldingadalsgos – Geldingadalur Eruption in Iceland

Finally. Finally, I got to experience an eruption and how?! Words fall short to describe how amazing this weekend has been. The wild ride started Friday evening when I arrived in Snæfellsnes, ready for a night of northern lights.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMarch 23, 2021

Iceland Icelandic Highlands Landscape

Roaming the Southern Icelandic Highlands

In this blog, I am taking you along on my adventure through the Icelandic interior which I undertook during the summer of 2020. From the lush and green Southern Highlands.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveFebruary 15, 2021

Landscape Top 5

5 Photographers to Follow when you’re a Nature Photographer

When I’m not out photographing, I find I am spending a lot of time looking at what fellow photographers are doing. I’m doing that to get inspired, to learn new techniques or to enjoy the photographic work that many other talented people are putting out there. In this blog, I listed up 5 photographers whose work I thoroughly enjoy.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJanuary 24, 2021

Iceland Landscape

Glitský – Polar Stratospheric Clouds Above Iceland

A few days ago, we got treated to something very special by the weather gods. Above Reykjavík, the most colourful of clouds appeared: polar stratospheric clouds or glitský as it's called in Icelandic.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveDecember 30, 2020

Iceland Icelandic Highlands Landscape

Highland Light

A collection of aerial and landscape photographs made during several colourful summer nights deep in the Icelandic highlands. In the early summer of last year, I set out with my friend Gabor Nagy to spend a weekend exploring the southern region of the Icelandic highlands.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 18, 2020

Landscape Svalbard Travel Log

Sailing Expedition in the Svalbard Archipelago – Part 2

From 64° North to 80° North. In this second part of a 2-part series about my sailboat adventure in the High Arctic, we travel back towards the South, encountering some exciting wildlife, discovering the longest glacier front of Svalbard and roaming around an abandoned soviet mining village.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 17, 2020