Nighttime Photography Tour – A Chance to Capture the Northern Lights
Experience the Northern Lights through the lens of a camera.
The Nighttime Photography Tour is an evening experience designed for guests who want to do more than simply watch the Northern Lights. During the tour, you will borrow a camera and learn how to use the correct settings to photograph the aurora and the Arctic night.
Together with your local guide, you leave the lights behind and travel to carefully selected locations around Harads where the sky is dark and the surroundings provide good conditions for photography.
Before and during the tour, your guide will help you understand the basic camera settings needed for Northern Lights photography, including shutter speed, aperture, ISO and focus. You will learn by doing, with individual guidance adapted to your previous experience.
When conditions are right, we spend the evening photographing the Northern Lights, experimenting with different compositions and learning how changes in the aurora affect the camera settings.
The experience is not only about photography. It is also about being outside in the Arctic night, surrounded by forest, snow and darkness while waiting for the sky to change.
No previous photography experience is required.
Photography
A camera is provided during the activity.
You will learn:
- How to photograph the Northern Lights
- Manual camera settings
- ISO, shutter speed and aperture
- Manual focusing in darkness
- How to use a tripod
- How to compose photographs in the Arctic landscape
- How to adapt your settings as the Northern Lights change
The focus is practical rather than theoretical. You use the camera throughout the evening and your guide helps you adjust the settings as conditions change.
Northern Lights
The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon and can never be guaranteed. We follow weather conditions, cloud cover and aurora forecasts and choose the location according to the conditions of the evening.
Even on nights when the aurora is weak or if it’s cloudy, the tour provides an opportunity to learn nighttime photography and experience the Arctic landscape after dark.
Included
- Local Arctic Adventure guide
- Camera during the activity
- Tripod
- Photography instruction
- Transport to selected photography locations
- Northern Lights and weather interpretation
- Hot coffee or tea
- Homemade pastries
- Local flavours around the fire
Who is this experience for?
The tour is suitable both for complete beginners and guests who already have some photography experience. You do not need to understand manual camera settings before the activity. The purpose of the experience is to teach you how they work in real conditions.
Important
Northern Lights cannot be guaranteed. Weather, clouds and solar activity determine whether the aurora will be visible.
Gallery
Not included
- Winter clothing
Frequently asked questions
Do I need photography experience?
No. The activity is designed so that beginners can learn the basic techniques during the evening.
Do I need my own camera?
No. A camera and tripod are provided during the activity.
Can I bring my own camera?
Yes. You are welcome to bring your own camera and the guide can help you with suitable settings.
Are the Northern Lights guaranteed?
No. The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon. We monitor the forecast and choose our location according to the conditions, but sightings can never be guaranteed.
What happens if there are no Northern Lights?
We can still work with nighttime photography, the Arctic landscape, stars and long-exposure techniques depending on the conditions.
Will we stay in one location?
Not necessarily. The guide chooses the location based on cloud cover, weather and aurora conditions and we may move during the evening if necessary.
Is the activity suitable during very cold weather?
Yes. The activity can take place in very cold conditions as long as it is safe to do so. We adapt the route, location and time spent outdoors according to the temperature, wind and overall weather conditions. If we consider the conditions unsafe, the activity will be cancelled.