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5 Tips on How To Get The Best Puffin Photographs

6 Tips To Improve Your Puffin (and Bird) Photographs

I have always been a hybrid photographer, which means I enjoy mixing landscape and wildlife photography. One of the animals that has always had a special place in my photography is the Atlantic Puffin. In this article, I want to share 6 tips which can help you improve your puffin (and bird) photography. These tips will help you evolve from…

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveOctober 15, 2023

Behind the Shot Volcano

Behind the Shot – Earth’s Beating Heart

In this month's "Behind the Shot" story, I take you back to the Geldingadalir eruption in 2021 when I captured one of my favourite shots of that eruption and maybe all-time. I named the photograph Hraunhjarta, which means "lava heart" in Icelandic.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveOctober 1, 2023

Behind the Shot Wildlife

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.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 17, 2023

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

Photo Workshops Travel Log Wildlife

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.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 3, 2023

Aurora Borealis Featured How To Northern Lights

How to Photograph the Northern Lights

A lot of people travelling to Iceland, have asked me how to photograph the Northern Lights before. The aurora season has just started last week, so I thought it was definitely a good time to write this journal entry.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveSeptember 1, 2023

North Iceland Photography

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.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveAugust 15, 2023

Featured Photography Reykjanes Peninsula Volcano

The Meradalir Eruption – A Timeline

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the eruption in Meradalir, the second eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano, I decided to create a timeline showing all the events which happened during this eruption just as I did for the Geldingadalir eruption.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveAugust 3, 2023

Qualification

I Received the Qualified European Photographer (QEP) Qualification!

I’m happy to share that today I received the Qualified European Photographer (QEP) qualification from Federation of European Photographers in the category Landscape!

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJune 10, 2023

Behind the Shot Volcano

Behind the Shot – Past & Present

The subject of this month's 'Behind the Shot' is a photograph which I named 'Saga' (translated: 'History'). I took this photograph during the Geldingadalir eruption in 2021 shortly after all but one crater shut down, which ended up growing into a massive mountain which is still there today. In this photograph you can see the northernmost crater in the foreground…

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveJune 7, 2023

Behind the Shot Volcano

Behind the Shot – How Spontaneity Earned 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

Awards

FEP Awards 2023 – Silver Award in Category Nature (& More!)

Yesterday I attended the 2023 Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP) Awards in Prague. I am proud to announce that I had the pleasure to receive the Silver Award (second place) in the Nature category for three of my photographs of the Fagradalsfjall eruptions in Iceland during 2021 & 2022.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 16, 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

Photography Reviews

Review – The Heat Company Photography Gloves

As a photographer living in Iceland, I get confronted with harsh and cold weather conditions extremely often. Over the years I found that investing in great and durable outdoor gear is an absolute necessity if you're serious about any kind of nature photography. The one thing I've regularly struggled with is finding the right gloves.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveApril 3, 2023

Book

Matador Uitgeverij: Mijn Verhaal

In deze blog deel ik mijn verhaal over een turbulente samenwerking met Matador Uitgeverij.

Jeroen Van NieuwenhoveMarch 29, 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