Better Moments and Peter Eastway will meet you at our hotel in Reykjavik for dinner and give you a detailed briefing on the coming week and workshop.

After a nice welcoming dinner, we present our program as well as provide you with our best advice on equipment usage and important location details.

Tonight ends with an image show of Peter’s best work from Iceland.

Departure for Snaefellsnes. There, we stay at a hotel on “the cliffs” overlooking the Northern Atlantic.

We will shoot the steep basalt cliffs of Arnarstapi and the motion of the sea. Just a few kilometers north are the huge sea stacks and lava formation of Lóndrangar. We will also be shooting along Djupalónsandur Beach with its black pebbles and cubistic basalt walls.

After dinner, Peter will give an entertaining lecture about his outstanding work as a landscape photographer.

This day is about exploring one of the World’s most dramatic coastlines. We will photograph from selected viewpoints and eventually make our way down to the lava beach itself. In short, this will be a wonderful day with unmatched opportunities to capture the mighty coastline.

We have an almost secret place that we always visit when we are here: lush and deep green lava fields that form a wonderful foreground to the surrounding snowy mountains. With a little bit of luck, we may catch the northern lights when they dance around the mountain peaks.

After a nice dinner, Peter will review images shot during our workshop and also introduce you to his workflow of editing his pictures.

Departure from Snaefellsnes. A full day shooting waterfalls. First stop at the complex system of waterfalls at Hraunfossar. Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull.

After lunch, we hike we get to Brúarfoss. Brúarfoss is a relatively small waterfall compared to many of its Icelandic counterparts, but its diminutive size does nothing to take away from its staggering hidden gems.

In the evening photo shoot Aurora Borealis at the gigantic waterfall Gullfoss.

In the morning, we will drive through the scenic landscape our way to Gjáin and Háifoss. We move on to dirt roads and eventually barely discernible tracks across the pitted lava and ash plains in the shadow of Hekla, one of Iceland’s more active volcanoes.

We will enjoy our picnic lunch around the Háifoss area. Háifoss is one of the most impressive waterfalls of Iceland, plunging 122 meters into a deep gorge. After lunch and shooting, we will drive through the scenic landscape to Gjain, a picturesque canyon in Tjorsardalur.

After dinner, Peter will review images shot during our workshop and share his knowledge on editing workflow.

Today, we shoot at the mighty waterfalls of the south coast, Skógafoss and Seljalandfoss. We will spend the afternoon exploring the basalt cliffs of Reynisfjara and doing an evening shoot of the vast cliff Dyrhólaey. This is one of our favorite spots in Iceland, as the view is stunning: to the north, the impressive glacier Mýrdalsjökull is visible; to the east, the black lava columns of the Reynisdrangar peak out of the sea and finally, to the west, the whole coastline stretches out. In front of the peninsula, there is a gigantic black arch of lava towering in the sea, which gives the peninsula its name (meaning: the hill-island with the door-hole).

The extraordinary glacier lagoon Jökulsárón is the largest glacial lake in Iceland. It is situated at the south end of the glacier Vatnajökull between the Skaftafell preservation area in Vatnajökull National Park and the town of Höfn. Here, we will spend the day along the coast, where the mighty and photogenic icebergs are forming in the fjord. We will organize our photography depending on the light conditions, e.g. if it is overcast with dramatic skies.

After dinner, evening photo shoot of the shimmering icebergs floating in the lagoon and along the coastline.

This morning’s activity is optional: there is a possibility for a three-hour guided ice cave tour to Vatnajökull for those who are interested. There is also the opportunity to participate in a productive and inspiring class in photo editing by Peter and a Better Moments guide.

After lunch, we drive towards Reykjavik. If time allows, we will stop along the way to take photos.

In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner and celebration of our great trip.

Transport to Keflavik International Airport for return flights.