News and Notes // 2015 Edition

Settle in, this post has a lot going on. News and notes from the world of Nordica.

We do these news posts every now and then. The last one was quite a while ago, so we decided to provide an update about the things going on in our world. Things you may have missed, stuff you might be curious about hearing, and places online our work and ideas have been shared.

WAY UP NORTH

We’d be remiss if we didn’t start this update by touching on the conference we’ve started. Way Up North is two days this October in Stockholm, and sold out (500+ people) in a few weeks. From what we have seen – and we’re happy to be corrected if we’re wrong on this – with the size of this event, we don’t know of a larger wedding conference anywhere.

We’ve started a podcast to compliment the event, the presenters coming from around the world are truly inspiring individuals, and we’re very proud of the sponsors we have on board.

Way Up North 2015 is sort of like our second baby, after Nordica. And it’s growing. We have two events organized for 2016 and we will be sharing details about those closer to the fall. But for now, if you’re curious to follow along, Way Up North has a Facebook page, Twitter account, and Instagram feed.

WORKSHOPS

Photographers have spoken, and we’re listening. Based on the demand we’ve gathered from our workshop waitlists, these are the locations we’re going with for our 2015 workshops. To learn more about the content of the workshops, costs, and all those fun things, click on the workshop below.

November 15th – Rome, Italy

November 17th – Barcelona, Spain

November 19th – Lisbon, Portugal

November 21st – Munich, Germany

November 23rd – Berlin, Germany

November 25th – Oslo, Norway

November 27th – London, England

November 29th – Stockholm, Sweden

UPCOMING

This fall we have been invited to two fairly significant events in Sweden.

The first is Stockholmsmässan, which is a photography fair happening November 6 – 8, 2015. At the gathering, we will have mini-presentations in our booth throughout the three days on topics ranging from storytelling to marketing, three presentations on the big stage, as well as interviews with prolific bloggers in Sweden such as RockFotoEmma.

The second is PhotoshopDay which happens on October 22nd in Gothenburg and October 23rd in Stockholm. We’re quite honoured to be sharing the stage with legends such as Anders Petersenand it’s going to be an exciting experience.

NORDICA’S GROWING

Behind the scenes, we have plans to add team members to Nordica. We’re quite excited to share that Åsmund Holien Mo has been photographing weddings under our brand, and will continue to do so throughout 2015. Recently he has been recognized in Norway by NRK (Norway’s government broadcast agency) with the wedding image of the year from the Norwegian photography association, and the sky is the limit with his talent. We’re excited to have him shooting weddings in Hungary, NYC, Finland, Brussels and Sweden throughout this year, and he’s a true talent that fits our brand’s vision perfectly.

There are other photographers who we’re lucky enough to have working under our brand as well, but more about that later. But, for today, send a virtual wave Åsmund’s way.

TO CONCLUDE

To finish off, here are a few places Nordica has been mentioned online since we last touched based. Features are such an honour in our industry as the competition is quite heavy, so we thank all the blogs for sharing our work.

Features

• Sirena and Eric’s Lofoten Island, Norway elopement on Huffington Post and NRK (this is Norway’s national TV station so was in Norwegian), and Brides Without Borders.
• Emma and Jonny’s wedding humanist wedding from Scotland was shared on Fly Away Bride.
• Hrefna and Björn’s pagan wedding from Iceland on Rock N Roll Bride.
• Kate and Liam’s campground wedding from New Zealand on Green Wedding Shoes and Made From Scratch.
• Maria and Kjartan’s Norwegian wedding from Oppdal on The Norwegian Wedding Blog.
• Paola and Andreas’ wedding from Mallorca on Junebug Weddings.
• Nina and Joe’s German destination wedding on Junebug Weddings.
• Erika and Romain’s Swedish summer barn wedding on Junebug Weddings, Those Lovely Days (Swedish), Bridal Musings, and Amor Pra Sempre (Portuguese).
• Emily and Jesse’s beach wedding from The Wick in Tofino on Love My Dress.
• Gemma and Rocco’s wedding from an Italian ghost town was shared on Magnolia Rouge.
• Emma and Gustav’s winter wedding from Northern Sweden on Brides and Bokeh.
• Natasha and Justin’s campsite wedding from just outside Vancouver on Rock N Roll Bride.
• Liz and Ron’s wedding from California’s wine region feature on Wedding Chicks.
• Sophia and James’ destination wedding in Iceland on Stylehäppchen (German).
• F* Yeah Gay Weddings shared Stacey and Lauren’s Granville Island wedding.
• Jordan and Dana’s wedding from a corn maze on The Norwegian Wedding Blog.
• Marissa and Lauren’s Victoria garden wedding on Rock N Roll Bride.
• Julie and John’s destination elopement in Iceland was shared on Jet Fete Blog.
• Jamie and Pia’s Black Church elopement from Iceland on Intimate Weddings.
• Stephanie and Jeff’s Okanagan wedding on The Wedding Row Waterside.
• Hey Beautiful Hair featuring some images from a workshop in Queenstown, NZ.
• Made From Scratch sharing Claire and Daniel’s wedding from their New Zealand pig farm.
• Deanna and Aaron’s Klondike wedding on Jack Und Sally (German).
• Kim and Travis’ mountain wedding on Amor Pra Sempre (Portugues) and Junebug Weddings.
• Katya and Rob’s wedding from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on Wedding Row Waterside.
• Jacqueline and Julien’s pre-wedding photos from Iceland on Brides Without Borders.
• Katia and Darren’s Maltese wedding from Valletta on Classic Bride Blog.
• Jo and Bo’s Traditional Thai wedding on Junebug Weddings in two parts: Part One and Part Two.
• Dana and Zak’s campground wedding from Massachusetts on Snippet & Ink.
• Marianne and Luke’s destination wedding from Southern France on French Wedding Style.
• Sandy and Marc’s wedding from a small island in Croatia on Hochzeitswahn.de (German).
• Annika and Alex’s Swedish summer wedding from Marholmen on Norwegian Wedding Magazine.

Interviews

• Just-in-Time travel featured images from our trip to Chile.
• Ever Ours has a feature called Ever Ours After Hours, and we were interviewed for it.
• Portrait of Emily from Tofino shared on Queen For A Day (French).
• Rangefinder interviewed us, along with our friend Jonas Peterson, in a feature on adventurous weddings.
• Scandinavia’s largest magazine, Kamera och Bild interviewed us in a 10 page spread (in Swedish).
• Berkeley Fieldhouse interviewed us about photographing at their event in Toronto, Ontario.
• Jakob interviewed about why he enjoys mirrorless cameras on Mirror Lessons.
• Interview about what gear we use on ShotKit as well as a more in-depth discussion about our business and artistic philosophy also on Shotkit.
• Reykjavik Boulevard Magazine on our journey to “here”.
• Daylite is a CRM software we’ve used for years, and we were interviewed about how we use it.
• Interview (in Swedish) with Jakob on Moderskeppet.
• A video interview from our time teaching at EFTI University in Madrid.
• Junebug Weddings invited us to judge their Best of the Best contest, and interviewed us on our ideas.
• We presented at the Canada Photo Convention and were interviewed before the event.

Mentions

• Huffington Post shared an image from Sophia and Jame’s Iceland elopement on their Snowy wedding photos feature.
• Rock My Wedding on International Week and “red-haired Meg”.
• How He Asked used an image of ours from Queenstown, NZ in their post about 50 Pose Ideas for Engagement Photos.
• SnapKnot shared images from an Okanagan wedding in their feature on Summer Wedding Ideas.
• Junebug Weddings photos of the week for March.
• The Significant Space on a venue in Queenstown, NZ.
• Destination Wedding Mag mentioned our work from Kenya in their feature on Extreme Destinations.
• Jo and Bo’s Thai wedding mentioned on My Hotel Wedding.
• Bippity Magazine included us in their wedding feature issue.
• Confetti Throw Fridays, by Ever Ours, mentioned us No. 65, No. 69, as well as in their Best Wedding Portraits of 2014.
• Qantas Airlines shared an image of ours from Kenya in a feature on romantic destination weddings.

Various

• Norwegian Wedding Magazine awarded us Scandinavia’s Best Wedding Photographers of the Year for 2014.
• We presented at BodaF in Madrid, and our images were used in a video to open the conference.
  Sirena and Eric’s Norwegian elopement won the 2014 Junebug Weddings Choice Award for Elopement of the Year.
• Presenters at the FDF Conference in Sevilla, Spain.
• Presenters at the European Wedding and Portrait Photographers Conference in Cologne.
• A few images were recognized in Junebug Weddings 2014 Best of the Best contest.
• Contest judging on Wedding Photography Select.
• We’re affiliate with WeddingPhotographers.se.
• Two images were named winners in Junebug Wedding’s annual Engagement Photo contest for 2014.
• With the Junebug contest, we were also named in the honourable mentions with Beautiful Landscape Photos.
• Nominated for Brides Without Borders image of the year.