Had the privilege of experiencing first hand the remarkable group of Island known as South Georgia last month for three days! A fair amount of clear weather and following seas meant we could make smooth landings in zodiac’s without too much swell. This is an exceptionally remote, wild and ruggedly beautiful part of our earth… and a place to experience nature first hand. In fact, you literally feel that you are participating in a wild nature documentary, not just as an observer, but actually being right in there! These images are just a fraction of what I shot and I hope this post can partly convey just a tiny amount of the wonderment of being there. Places visited and landings made include, Saisbury Plains, Gold Harbour, Right Whale Bay, St. Andrews Bay, Grytviken, Stromness and the awesome Drygalsky Fjord with the three glaciers.

Spent some time a couple of weeks ago, at the bottom end of South America in Argentina’s Tierra Del Fuego. Awesome and quite spectacular scenery with intense colours and stormy drama at either end of the day.

On Assignment for the past couple of weeks with some time to relax and explore some old favourite locations and also to discover some new locations I have not seen before. The Southern coastline of NSW is remarkable and extremely scenic. It’s a place to re-juvenate and to revel in! Photographically, it is awesome!  Most days the light at some point was beautiful and worth getting the camera out for some serious photography… please enjoy this small collection of images I have selected from the many I shot!

I have just returned from another amazing and delightful Norfolk Island photographic workshop…. magical light and constantly changing weather just reinforces to me why I keep returning year after year to this idyllic lump of rock in the South Pacific ocean! Thank you to my lovely but smaller group this year (nice change from my normal larger groups) A big thank-you to the staff of the Norfolk Island Travel centre who organise everything down to the last detail so well. Special thanks to Lisa and Karen!  My 2020 workshop to this alluring place is scheduled for August 29th to September 8th.  There have been some bookings already and if you would love to join me for an unforgettable photographic experience, then please just email me at: ianrolfelightscapes@gmail.com or contact my agent on Norfolk:  karen@travelcentre.nf    Please enjoy the few images I have so far had the time to process!

A sojourn down to Cornwall with my son Adrian and my Grandson Jack was an amazing few days….It’s been a few years since I visited Cornwall and it did not disappoint! We did some good walks around The south and West coastlines and had time to explore some of my favourite fishing villages too. For photography, the Cornish coastline is just superb. Please enjoy a few of the images I have processed so far!

Although I had a busy schedule which included conducting a photographic workshop into Scotland, we were also able to include a couple of weeks during our long visit in the UK this summer, of touring around the Czech Republic. It’s always good to pop over to Europe when you have made the effort to fly this far from home. My ideal is to discover the secrets of just one country at a time, so we never ventured outside the Czech borders. Starting our drive after spending a few days in the wonderful city of Praque, we headed south to the World Heritage listed town of Cesky Krumlov. We then worked our way in a clock-wise direction around Czechia and the Bohemian countryside driving through the beautiful rural landscapes with farm crops literally everywhere ready to harvest..it’s like a huge garden and various shades of green in every direction. The places we visited and photographed included Jicin, Kost, Udoli, Podcost, Prachovske, Skaly, Tebic, Troskovice and Karlovy Vary. For this post, the images shown are just a few that I have actually had the time to do some post-production on.

The 2019 Scottish Photographic workshop was a huge success and this year the weather was exceptionally kind to us! Our group visited 8 Islands in the inner and outer Hebrides, using 5 different ferries and 1 boat trip to experience the wonder that is Scotland. Some time was spend in the Western highlands too and we had blue skies and calm days which were especially welcomed on the day we photographed the Puffins and other seabirds on Lunga Island. I am sure everyone on the workshop will return home with great memories and amazing images. My thanks goes to every participant who made this trip so special. Special thanks to my son Adrian, our second driver and fantastic organiser of our evening meals. Posted here are just a fraction of the images taken and the ones I have had time to actually process so far.  Anyone wanting to experience a workshop with me, my next one is to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific in September. A couple of places are available.  For those wanting any information on future workshops that I run please email me at: ianrolfelightscapes@gmail.com

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I have a few places still available for my annual photographic workshop adventure to Norfolk Island.  No-one knows this magical and alluring island like I do! Please Join me for the first time or indeed: come back and enjoy it again! Dates are September 14th – 24th and has many inclusions. For more information see the attached PDF… all bookings are through Karen at the Norfolk Island Travel centre    karen@travelcentre.nf

Click here for the 2019 PDF   Ian Rolfe – Southern Lightscapes Norfolk Island 2019

Another amazing workshop has just been completed and as I sit at home sorting through just a few of the many fine images, I reflect on the awesome adventure that myself, along with Ewen Bell and Shellie Froidevaux, ran for a lucky group of photographers high up in the Arctic circle once again. Snow-storms, full days of sunshine light, clear nights with fantastic Auroras dancing over-head, snow mobile rides through forest and frozen lakes, huskies, and a dazzling fire dance display were just some of the wonderful experiences savoured and photographed. If Ewen and I run another Lapland experience up here in the Arctic Swedish area, jump on board early, to avoid disappointment!

One place has become available due to a cancellation for the Swedish Lapland photographic workshop in February 2019. This incredible adventure has been booked out for more than a year, so this is a rare opportunity to photograph the Arctic in winter, in absolute style!