highlands

WPC 2025: Best of Nation & Finalist in Nature/Landscape!

Today, I am happy to share that I have won Best of Nation for Belgium, which means I received the highest score for our team with one of my images. Not only that, I am also one of the 10 finalists in the Nature/Landscape category in the World Photographic Cup.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveDecember 18, 2024

Drone Flying In Iceland: All You Need To Know In 2024

Drone Featured Iceland

Drone Flying In Iceland: All You Need To Know In 2025

As of January 1st 2024, new regulations on unmanned aircraft (drones) have been implemented in the EU and those same regulations are now also in effect in Iceland. Nevertheless, there are also a bunch of local regulations you need to be aware of. In this blog, I focus on the regulations which apply to consumer/prosumer photographers & videographers who want…

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveDecember 5, 2024

Awards Drone

Belgian Photo Awards: Bronze in Category Landscape Nature

This morning I had the pleasure to discover I have received the Bronze medal in the very first edition of the Belgian Photo Awards. The image that was commended is a recent shot, which I took deep in the Icelandic Highlands during stormy weather.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveOctober 24, 2024

Iceland Photography

Why Iceland Should Be On Your Photography Bucket List!

These days, Iceland has arguably become one of the most popular locations on the planet for landscape photography - for a reason. In this article, I will share with you my top 5 reasons why I believe Iceland has to be on your photography bucket list of locations to visit. Let’s dive in!

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJune 16, 2024

Drone Top 5

My 5 Favourite Drone Photographs Of 2023

It's that time of year again: a yearly overview! In this second blog out of three, I will be focusing on my 5 favourite drone photographs.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveDecember 28, 2023

Behind the Shot Drone Icelandic Highlands

Behind the Shot – Highlands Magic

Ever since I visited the Highlands of Iceland for the first time in 2012, they left an enormous impression on me. In this month's 'Behind the Shot', I talk about one of my favourite photos taken in the Icelandic Highlands in 2022.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveNovember 28, 2023

Behind the Shot

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

Behind the Shot Icelandic Highlands

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

Icelandic Highlands Video YouTube

New on YouTube: ‘Photographing Glacial Rivers’

I released a brand-new YouTube video about photographing braided rivers with a drone in Iceland. I take you through the whole process: from taking the shot on-location to processing the images into a final photograph.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJanuary 14, 2023

Exhibition Photography

Final Week to Visit My Photo Exhibition ‘Fire and Ice’

The coming week is the very last week during which you can visit my photography exhibition 'Fire and Ice' in Asse, Belgium. On Saturday November 12th I will be present at the exhibition between 14h and 18h.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveNovember 6, 2022

E-Book Iceland Photography

E-Book Update: 10 New Locations and a Custom Map

I'm happy to announce I have just released an updated version of my e-book! The e-book, containing my favourite photography locations in Iceland, now has 35 locations and a brand-new custom Google Map to help you on your journey.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMay 10, 2022

All Things Iceland podcast with Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove and Jewells Chambers.

Book Interview Podcast

Podcast: Talking About New Earth with All Things Iceland

Last week I sat down together with Jewells, the amazing hostess of All Things Iceland. We talked about how I got to Iceland, the eruption, my book and much more.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMarch 16, 2022

Iceland Icelandic Highlands

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

Behance Iceland Icelandic Highlands

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

Icelandic Highlands Travel Log

Exploring the Icelandic Highlands

Some time ago I planned a trip into the Southern Icelandic Highlands. The plan for the weekend was to explore the areas around Kjölur a bit (one of the F-roads crossing Iceland through the highlands) and afterwards drive around Fjallabak all the way to Eldgjá canyon and back. Ambitious plan but perfectly doable (if you're up for driving some kilometres).

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 7, 2017