Spitzkoppe Under the Milky Way - Photo Credit: Laura Oppelt If you had asked me ten years ago which country I dreamed most about photographing, I probably would have answered Namibia. Back then, I was deeply immersed in astrophotography. I spent countless nights chasing clear skies, planning around moon phases and waiting for the Milky Way to rise above the landscape. Namibia represented Night photography was my greatest passion something almost mythical. With one of the lowest population...

When I came home from Lofoten back in March, I found myself thinking about the future. Not because anything had gone wrong. Quite the opposite. Being there reminded me why I love photography in the first place. And one thought kept coming back. What if I started running my own photography tours? From Tuscany, 2023 It's not a new idea. I've thought about it many times before, but the timing has never really felt right. This time, it did. Some of you know that I once tried making a living from...

When people ask how they can improve their landscape photography, they often expect me to talk about camera settings, filters or lenses. Those things matter. But not nearly as much as most people think. The biggest change in my own photography didn't come when I bought a new camera or learned a new editing technique. It came much more slowly, as I began to realise that photography starts long before you lift the camera to your eye. It starts with learning to see. This photograph didn't begin...