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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.

Group of photographers silhouetted on a snowy headland watching icebergs at sunset in Greenland.

Landscape Opinion

Why AI Won’t Replace Nature Photography (But Will Complement It)

2023 is the year in which artificial intelligence, or AI, has taken the world by storm. The absurdly fast development of the technology behind AI has forever changed the future of photography, and art by extension. AI even has photographers fear for the existence of their jobs. While it is true that AI will change photography, I don't believe it…

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 25, 2023

Aerial of a Fagradalsfjall cone smoking above a sea of clouds with lava channels below.

Behind The Shot Drone Landscape Volcano

Behind The Shot – How Spontaneity Got Me An Award-Winning Photo

In this month's 'Behind the Shot' blog I want to tell the story behind one of my favourite images, called 'Skýjasnúningur'. I want to share that story because I feel it goes to show that even though you might be lucky with certain conditions and situations, you still need to act on it to make it happen.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 5, 2023

Aerial of Mælifell green pyramid mountain ringed by braided black sand streams below a glacier.

Behind The Shot Drone Icelandic Highlands Landscape

Behind The Shot – The Quest For Mælifell

Mælifell. The name might not ring a bell to those who aren't nature photographers but I'm almost certain everyone has seen this green, almost perfectly cone-shaped, mountain.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 13, 2023

Snow-capped peak rising above dark moss-covered hills at dawn in the Icelandic Highlands.

Behind The Shot Icelandic Highlands Landscape

Behind The Shot – Hveradalir

The story behind one of my favourite photographs, taken all the way back in 2015, when I discovered an otherworldly landscape deep in the highlands of Iceland.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMarch 8, 2023

Pastel iridescent polar stratospheric clouds spread across the sky with two distant birds.

Behind The Shot Iceland Landscape

Behind The Shot – Polar Stratospheric Clouds

Last week almost the entire of North of Iceland was extremely fortunate to witness polar stratospheric clouds, or nacreous clouds, for about 6 or 7 days in a row. Even though we didn't see any such clouds in Reykjavík, it did remind me of one of the most amazing photography moments I've witnessed since moving to Iceland.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveFebruary 2, 2023

Green aurora swirling above the Sólheimasandur DC-3 plane wreck with a small figure beside it.

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

Canon RF 14-35mm F4 L IS USM Review: My Wide-Angle Workhorse

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