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Photo Workshop Report: Puffins In The Midnight Sun 2024

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Photo Workshop Report: Puffins In The Midnight Sun 2024

Ever since my first visit in 2021, I have been on the island of Grímsey every single year. The quietness, the abundant birdlife, its beauty, ... It all draws me back to it every single time. The last three years, I have also brought other people there to discover its uniqueness in the form of a bird photography workshop. The…

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Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveAugust 4, 2024

Why This Is The Best Location To Photograph Puffins in Iceland

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Why This Is The Best Location To Photograph Puffins in Iceland

If you’re more invested into photography and really want to chase the more compelling photographs of a puffin, there’s only one location in Iceland you should consider: Grímsey.

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Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveFebruary 11, 2024

Behind the Shot - The Hungry Puffin

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Behind the Shot – The Hungry Puffin

In this month's "Behind the Shot" blog, I want to share a story behind one of my, if not my all-time, favourite puffin photograph which I took back in the summer of 2021.

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Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 17, 2023

Atlantic Puffin on Grímsey island in North Iceland in the midnight sun.

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Photo Workshop Report: Puffins in the Midnight Sun in 5 Images

Today I will be sharing some thoughts about the first workshop I hosted this summer: Puffins in the Midnight Sun. I hosted this bird photography focused workshop together with the amazing Anja Robanke.

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Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 3, 2023

Grímsey - a Puffin Paradise on the Arctic Circle

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Grímsey – a Puffin Paradise on the Arctic Circle

In July, I made a 6-day trip to Grímsey, an island on the Arctic Circle teeming with seabirds. My primary goal was to photographic the Atlantic Puffin, one of the most photogenic birds in Iceland.

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Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveAugust 15, 2023