Nordica Photography
Nordica Photography 2014
The world is a beautiful place.
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Thanks to the couples who trust in us to travel to their weddings. To the photographers who show us their homes and cities. To planners and organizers for inviting us to their events. To people from around the world who leave us messages about our photography. To the wedding vendors we work alongside.
Anyone who takes the time to view our work. Thank you.
2014 was great and to put a close on it, we’re summarizing the year with photos and a short Q&A to each other. Apologies in advance for the long post. There’s a lot of beauty in the world and we wish we could show it all.
Q&A
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Jakob: Which wedding trip was the most memorable to you from a personal perspective this year and why?
Cole: The trip to Tofino for Emily and Jesse’s wedding. That was my first trip back to Vancouver for a wedding after moving to Sweden in 2013, and being alone back “home” in Vancouver (which isn’t my home anymore) was a lot to take in. It felt very strange seeing friends and family only to know I was a visitor in the city I love so much. I tend to be a sentimental guy so from a personal perspective, that trip had a lot of emotions going on. I ended up going back and forth between Sweden and Vancouver seven times for weddings in 2014, which is a very long distance to travel for a wedding, so on a whole those trips all were quite memorable and it all started with that first one to Tofino.
Jakob: Do you have an interesting/fun/random/strange story from a 2014 wedding that you can share?
Cole: Svalbard this past August, for sure. Nordica was lucky to get in touch with a couple who lives in Longyearbyen and wanted to have pictures together, and I’m just fascinated by the north so this trip was an exciting one. The logistics to make it happen were tricky because I did a wedding in Stockholm on a Saturday, the session in Svalbard was Monday, that was followed on Thursday with a wedding in Croatia, which was followed on Saturday with a wedding in France. So it was a crazy week. Svalbard blew my expectations away, and the couple really went all out to show me as much as they could. We drove a boat around the area to the various glaciers and abandoned Russian mining villages, and I was able to carry a handgun the entire time we were on land (which is the law due to unexpected polar bear attacks). We didn’t see any bears but it didn’t matter; Svalbard is incredible.
Jakob: You’ll be working based out of Vancouver next summer. Why is that and what are you looking forward to the most about being back in Canada?
Cole: For personal reasons, which sounds ominous but it really isn’t. Therese and I want to spend time in Vancouver with our little one, Embla, because we miss it dearly. We enjoy our lives in Gävle, Sweden and we do not plan on selling our house there or do any dramatic relocation, but we see an opportunity to go back to Vancouver for a few months and want to do it. What I’m mostly looking forward to is absorbing all the little things that I took for granted in British Columbia when I lived there, which are mostly outdoors related. BC is the best place on earth, and I am so excited to travel the province again and photograph weddings all over the place there in 2015.
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Cole: You were married to Alexandra in August and Nirav Patel and Amari Kenoly photographed the day. What was it like being “the couple” on the day and did it change your perspective on photographing weddings?
Jakob: I haven’t been at a wedding without a camera in years, so it was pretty cool to be able to just enjoy the day. As opposed to thinking about where the light is coming from and whether you’re in the best position to get the shot. From a professional perspective, it did give me a much better understanding of how couples feel throughout the day, and what’s important to them at the wedding. When you’re shooting weddings, it’s easy to let yourself believe that photography is the only thing that matters, but that’s rarely the case.
Cole: Living vicariously through your travels, I’m most envious of your trip to the Lofoten Islands. For reasons completely outside of weddings, what location holds your favourite memory of 2014, and where are you most looking forward to travelling to in 2015?
Jakob: There were many great trips this year, but Italy holds a special place in my heart and my trip to southern Italy and the village of Lucca is what first popped in to my head. I have a hard time putting into words why I like Italy so much, but there’s something that keeps pulling me that way. Maybe it’s the food, the culture, the beauty, the people, the language, the climate, the sports…or a mix of all. For 2015, I look forward to seeing Ireland for the first time. I’m expecting epic scenery and plenty of old castles.
Cole: In 2013, you took a photo every day with your iPhone and posted it to Instagram the same day using the hashtag #Insta365. From what I have found online, you’re the first person to use that hashtag and actually finish the project as it was intended; A photo a day. The book you released is sitting on my shelf at home. What did the project teach you about setting goals, and do you have any other non-wedding projects on the horizon?
Jakob: I don’t know if the project taught me anything particular in terms of goals, but it did confirm that once I decide to do something, I’m pretty good at sticking to it. Even if it’s quite painful and annoying at times. I wish I could say that I have a project in mind for next year, but I don’t. I know I need goals to keep moving forward, and I’m sure I’ll come up with some kind of project eventually.
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Bio image by Jesus Caballero.
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Tomas
Fantastic post. Very impressed with your job and yout "style" is so awsome. Can imagine that you've been on extremely fine places and the post about Lofoten and Bali was really wonderful. Looking forward to my trip to Bali in late january. Keep up the awsome job.
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Loke Roos
Just amazing. What more can I say. Amazing!
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Mike Olbinski
You guys...no words. The waterfall and rainbow wedding shots at the end kill me. Bravo. Inspiring.
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Mark Sass
Guys, you killed it again in 2014! It's such a great feeling to follow your endeavours and see how you grow. Hands down, you're my greatest inspiration in the realm of wedding photography. Congrats on all your achievements and cheers to a fantastic 2015!
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Jarusha
Absolutely excellent. It's travel-landscape-portrait-wedding porn all rolled into a very inspirational post and an inspirational year! And Cole, Vancouver will be happy to have you back :)
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jesus caballero
Just to say thank you for share your adventures with us. Just an amazing year.... rock n roll!!!!!!
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Bhav
Amazing, Amazing, Amazing, and again, Amazing. What a fabulous year you've had Jakob and Cole, here's to an epic 2015 :)
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Jim
Immense guys.
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nirav
Incredible work from 2 incredible human beings. Love you guys. Keep creating. Keep Inspiring.
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Kristin
AMAZING!
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Kandise
Beautiful post as ever... and I'm beyond psyched that we made the cut! Haha! It was so great to spend that day with you. Happy 2015!
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Emilie
Amazing. breathtaking. You capture the beauty in the world in a fantastic way. Continue to make us dream in 2015.
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Elissa
Every frame is gorgeous and delicious and oh my goodness y'all are so skilled. Fangirling ;)
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Edwina Robertson
So inspiring! What a year! Can't wait to see what the next 12 months has in store for you!
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dream eye studio
no words.just epic top notch shots !
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Jonathan David
This is all kinds of crazy awesome! Absolutely stunning work guys!
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Sandra
GREAT images guys.. wow.. Fun to see! <3
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Masey
Another stellar year lads - congratulations as always! Looking forward to a similarly HUGE 2015 from you guys & hopefully some time in front of your lenses. ;)
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Jakub
Wow, what a year! That's some beautiful work. Looking forward to Nordica2015!
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Suz
Incredible, it's great to get into your thoughts. Look forward to seeing what's in store for #Nordica2015 adventures :)
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Jason Noblett
What a year! What a world! Well done gents, best wishes for 2015
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Steve Fuller
Beautiful work guys, a pleasure to look through!
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Nisha Ravji
Guys what an immensely beautiful summary - you are both talented beyond words and your work never ceases to amaze, can't wait to see everything in 2015!!
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Peter Sandin
Inspiring, inspiring, inspiring! Both words and images!
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Genevieve ( Miss Gen )
WOW. Amazing work guys, so many beautiful weddings in one year, love your work as always x
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matty mo
man oh man. you guys absolutely destroyed 2014. what a post. what a year!
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ed peers
Oh boy... what a beast of a year... *man hugs*
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Ron
So amazing guys! It would be hard to imagine our day without you being part of it. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us all in 2015!!
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Pedro Bellido
What a Year! Absolutely amazing!!!
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Jenny
Ridiculously good.
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Yuriy Manchik
Wow!! Looks like an incredible year with such amazing locations. The photos are beautiful!
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Anna /Smallpigart
One Word. Ok two. Fucking amazing!
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Santana Pereira
Those images are just insane. Cant wait to see both your adventures in the year ahead! X
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Mark Trela
Stop torturing me! ;) .... that's just incredible.
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Mercedes
Full of wow. :)
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Damian
Wow real fairy tale stuff.
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Caroline
Such brilliant work, you two. Truly incredible.
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Kathryn
I keep coming back to this post. So so many fantastic moments. This inspires me in so many ways! Thank you!
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Darren Gair
Stunning work .... jaw dropping locations!
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Benjamin Toms
Stunning work.
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Michael Domarus
So many great shots. This should be forbidden :)
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Jordan Kowalski
This is sensational. Every image was amazing. Great year!!
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Bec Essery
Sensational. Absolutely effing amazing.
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Oscar Suárez
Beautiful places, beautiful people, amazing photographers! See U in BodaF!
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Mark
Amazing body of work! So much soul in every image - you guys are wizards! Looking forward to seeing you update your Shotkit page too ;-)
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Tim
Badasses! Just stunning
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Zosia
Well you just made my year look dull ;) Amazing work as always guys! Love following the Nordican adventures. Here's to a simply wonderful 2015 for you and your loved ones!
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Brandon Smith
Totally nailed it. Sheesh, gents.
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jennifer armstrong
Damn, you guys. That's a big load of awesomeness right there. Congratulations on it all. And here's to 2016!
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