GREENLAND

INTO THE ICECAP MAY 15 - 22 2015

Photo: Hans Strand

INTO THE ICE CAP

MAY 15 - 22 2015

Photo: Hans Strand

INTO THE ICE CAP MAY 15 - 22 2015

EXPLORE WITH HANS STRAND

xplore Greenland with award-winning landscape pho-togrpaher Hans Strand. “!e

wilderness is the mother of all living things. It is always true and never trial,” he says

!e country, indeed, o"ers some of the most spectacular and unspoilt scenery on earth. Ilulissat, which is the Greenlandic word for iceberg is a town situated beautifully at the mouth of the Ice#ord 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. !e Ice#ord is littered with enormous icebergs from the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere, Sermeq Kujalleq. !e largest icebergs run aground at the mouth of the #ord at depths of 225-250m, only break-ing free during high tide or when the icebergs become so eroded that their points of balance tip. Ilulissat is the land of the midnight sun. !e sun does not go below the horizon from May 21 to July 24. !is means it has very bright nights all of May and fan-tastic conditions for photographing stunning icy landscapes.

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Photo: Hans Strand

INTO THE ICE CAP MAY 15 - 22 2015

ITINERARYSince the best light is to be found during the evening and hours at night. We will chase our motives in these very hours - the late evening and in the night. Around this time the light is saturated with pink and red colors and the mighty landscapes will appear amazingly beautiful and dramatic.

INTO THE ICE CAP MAY 15 - 22 2015Photo: Hans Strand

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN ILULISSATArrival and accommodation at the hotel and brief-ing about the coming workshop. A$er dinner we will start our %rst night with a photo shoot of Disko Bay, which is the sea between the outlet of the Ice-#ord and Disko Island. At this time of the year the bay is packed with icebergs. In the early and late hours of the night the light can vary considerably and may form the basis for capturing unique im-ages.

DAY 2: NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHYIn the early part of the day we are going to photo-graph in the Inuit town Ilulissat. !e town is quite fascinating, as its appearance resembles nothing else outside the Arctic, with its wooden houses in strong colours, parked boats in the backyards and sled dogs in chains. In the evening we shoot from the top of the hill 2 km south of Ilulissat. From the hill we have a fantastic view overlooking Disko Bay and the mouth of the Ice#ord. At midnight the gi-gantic icebergs, some 70 metres high, turn glowing pink and create a stunning view. Especially telepho-to lenses are put to good use here.

DAY 3: INTO THE ICEFJORDLate breakfast. Digital processing of images from the day before. Daylight shoot in and around the harbour of Ilulissat. !e main source of income for Inuits is %shing and the harbour is a chaos of boats and people, which is a great opportunity for inter-esting documentary photography. Evening: 3 km walk to the inside of the Ice#ord and landscape photography from the water level among icebergs and cli"s. Here we will use our wide angle lenses for shots with dramatic foregrounds of eroded cli"s and clear water ponds. We will contin-ue to shoot as long as the light allows.

DAY 4: THE BIG LANDSCAPEWe will spend the day in the mountains that beau-tifully surround Ilulissat and the Ice#ord. Here we will %nd canyons, lakes and the %rst signs of spring. !ere is also the possibility of macro photography and magni%cent panorama shots. Depending on the weather, and if we have the chance, we hike to the edge of the Ice#ord where we shoot from the east side. !is angle is unique since we have the mouth of the Ice#ord placed in the background and

if you choose to shoot in the opposite direction, the ice cap will be featured as a backdrop.

DAY 5: BOAT SAFARILate breakfast. Digital processing of images from yesterday. Image reviews and feedback on your re-cent images. We will also go through shooting stra-tegies for boat-based photography. Boat tour in Disko Bay and around the Ice#ord. Photography of the icebergs from the boat. It will give us the opportunity to come closer to icebergs and make creative compositions of the Arctic sea-scape. We will use the glowing evening light to give our images an extra dimension.

DAY 6: INTO THE ICE CAPDeep and comprehensive workshop of the challeng-es in aerial and great landscape photography. Evening light and aerial photography of the Disko Bay and of the mouth of the Ice#ord. We will make several landings during our &ight, and from careful-ly selected locations, we will photograph the unique landscapes. !e objective is to &y into the ice cap,

where subjects are saturated as abstract landscapes, shaped by deep cracks and streaks in the ice.

DAY 7: GREAT LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHYGreat landscape photography of the Disko Bay, the Ice#ord and the surroundings, improvised to maxi-mize the yield of the workshop and to compensate for potential bad weather. !e rest of the day you are on your own, and you may choose to visit the great local diner and enjoy the legendary Greenlandic co"ee.

DAY 8: DEPARTUREFlight home.

EXPERT: HANS STRAND

Photo: Hans StrandPhoto: Hans StrandINTO THE ICE CAP MAY 15 - 22 2015

Hans Strand’s work has been dis-played in numerous exhibitions and published in many interna-tional photography magazines. He has received several awards for his photography, including the Hasselblad Master Award and the European Wildlife Pho-tographer of the Year. Strand has published three books on land-

scape photography. Hans has always felt himself drawn to the untamed and non-manipulated that he %nds in Nature. “!e wilderness is the mother of all living things. It is always true and never trivial”. Over the years Strand has had the entire world as his workplace. Photographing everything from

the vast expanses of the Arctic, to steaming rainforests and dry deserts. He was born in 1955 in Marmaverken, Sweden. A$er a nine year career in mechanical engineering he decided to make a dramatic change to devote his life to landscape photography. A change he never regrets.

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