I bought my first camera at 15 with a gift card from the electronics shop where I worked a few hours a week through school. I don’t think I put it down for years.
For a while, I shot everything on auto and had no idea what I was doing technically. Then I reached a point where I had two choices: figure out how the camera actually works, or quit. The next day, I went into town and bought a book on photography. Learning the exposure triangle changed everything; the photos improved, the passion grew, and photography stopped feeling like something I did and started feeling like something I was.
I never planned to make it a career. I was just photographing because I loved it, and writing occasional articles on a personal website to help myself remember what I was learning. Then one day I started receiving emails from people I’d never met, thanking me for something I’d written. I had no idea anyone was reading it. The more emails arrived, the more it felt like something worth taking seriously. That’s when CaptureLandscapes was born, in 2016.
Since then, I’ve taught hundreds of photographers in the field on workshops and tours across Norway, Spain, the Faroe Islands, the Dolomites, and beyond. What started as a hobby became a platform, and the platform became a community of photographers I’m genuinely proud to be part of.
Where I’m based, and what that means for my photography
I’m Norwegian, born and raised, and I’ve been living in the Lofoten Islands full-time since 2020. Lofoten is extraordinary; spiky mountains rising straight out of the ocean, rough weather that changes by the hour, light that does things you don’t see anywhere else. For someone who loves drama and atmosphere in photographs, it’s about as good as it gets. The landscapes here have shaped how I see and how I shoot.
But the place that first made me deeply passionate about landscape photography was Northern Spain. I went there for the last year of university, chose Santander over Barcelona because the landscapes looked more interesting, and ended up staying for two years. Hundreds of hours exploring the coast, the mountains, and the forests of that region. Something about the quality of light there got into my photography and has never quite left.
How I teach, and who I teach it to
Most photography education focuses on tools and settings. Which button does what. Which slider to move. I understand why; it’s concrete and easy to teach. But in ten years of leading workshops, the photographers who improve fastest are never the ones who memorize the most settings. They’re the ones who learned to see differently.
What I try to teach is decision-making. How to read a scene before you raise the camera. How to know what an image needs before you open Lightroom. How to edit toward something specific rather than adjusting sliders and hoping. That approach is what CaptureLandscapes is built on, whether it’s a free article, a guide, or a week in the field together.
If you’re a beginner trying to understand the basics, there’s a lot here for you. If you’re an intermediate photographer who feels like your results don’t yet match what you’re seeing in front of you, that gap is exactly what I focus on.
What you’ll find here
Free articles and tutorials — over 300 guides covering landscape photography technique, composition, post-processing, gear, and more. A good place to start is the comprehensive guide to landscape photography or the complete post-processing guide.
Guides and courses — in-depth resources built around the decision-making approach I teach, including Edit With Intent, a 58-page post-processing guide (coming soon), and the Lightroom Toolbox, a workflow-based preset collection. Browse all products.
Photo tours — small-group workshops in some of the world’s great landscape photography locations. Groups of five or six people, a week in the field together, real instruction and real time to shoot. If you’ve been thinking about joining a tour, here’s where to start.
The weekly newsletter — every Thursday, I share thoughts on landscape photography, from field observations to editing ideas to reflections on the craft. It’s the best way to stay in touch. Join here.
The tours, specifically
A week of photographing together in a small group tends to turn into something more than a photography trip. By day three, it usually feels less like a workshop and more like traveling with people who share the same obsession. There’s hard work with early mornings, long days in the field, and post-processing sessions in the evenings, but there’s also good conversation, good food, and the particular pleasure of being somewhere beautiful with people who notice it the same way you do.
Groups are small by design, typically five or six people. That’s not a limitation, it’s the whole point. It’s the size where everyone gets real attention in the field and the group dynamic actually works.
Outside of photography
I live in Lofoten with my partner and our baby, who is currently getting very familiar with being carried up mountains in a carrier. I love hiking, enjoy cooking, and feel most at home on a stormy day when the weather is doing something interesting outside the window.
You can follow my work on Instagram: @christianhoiberg
Get in touch
Whether you have a question about a tour, a product, or an article, reach me at chris@capturelandscapes.com. I read everything.