Wedding photoshoot in Trolltunga, Norway

Norway is amazing. I would love to do all my photoshoots there. I have visited places like Lofoten and Preikestolen before, but Trolltunga is something unique and difficult to reach, which is why I really wanted to do a photoshoot there. I had seen some single photos from that place, but no “story”. I like to do something different than everyone else.

I shared the idea with a couple, Zofia and Jarek, in March of this year. Zofia’s first reaction was like: “Wow, it’s cool, but no, no… I won’t stand there!”. After some time, Zofia changed her mind and said that if they were going to do a photoshoot, it would be something special. We set the date about a month before the planned departure. We started asking friends what equipment we should bring, and with their help, we gathered everything we needed. We also planned roughly how we would spend those days, so you could say the plan was even 120%, including a 20% plan B, in case something went wrong.

We planned to start the hike the next morning after arrival, but the weather verified our intentions. We decided to wait it out, using the additional 20% of our plan. In the evening, when most of the hikers were already returning, we decided to go up. One of the tourists warned us about the extremely difficult conditions. I looked at Zofia and Jarek with a slight sense of horror because I was mainly worried about them, but the young couple said, “If we can’t do it, we’ll pitch a tent, and if there’s nowhere to do it, we’ll turn back.”

The first “attraction” happened when we had to cross the river because after a day-long downpour, there was simply no other way. We lost about 1.5 hours looking for a trail that cannot be lost… Nightfall was slowly coming. Everywhere was very wet and slippery. At one point, Zofia fell on the rocks – we froze. Luckily, her face was okay, but her knee was badly bruised. However, she shook it off and said, “Okay, guys, let’s keep going, I’m fine.” She is amazing.

It was 3:30 in the morning, we were exhausted, and due to the intense fog, we couldn’t see anything. Suddenly, the famous Troll’s Tongue emerged. Us and nature. An incredible feeling. However, the conditions were very bad – we pitched the tents, went inside, and waited while listening to the raindrops. Our eyes were closing on their own, so I set the alarm every 15-20 minutes to check the weather conditions. They improved only around 9 a.m., so we started preparing for the photoshoot. It lasted maybe 20 minutes… Around 6 p.m., we took literally 5 more photos, of which one (the last one) was selected for the mentioned collection of the 50 best from around the world.