The Faroe Islands, A Photographer’s Shangri-La?
Paul Illsley

Join Paul as he explores The Faroe Islands; a tiny Danish archipelago located in the North Atlantic between Iceland, Norway and Scotland. This remote collection of 18 tiny islands would fit within an area the size of the Annapolis Valley, but it punches well above its weight when it comes to scenic beauty. During our adventure we will view; 1000-foot sea pillars, 2000-foot towering cliffs, a “floating” lake, terrestrial and undersea tunnels, grass roofed huts, waterfalls cascading into the North Atlantic and remote villages nestled within steep fjords.

Join us to see if you would agree that this tiny remote and picturesque North Atlantic archipelago deserves the title, “A Photographer’s Shangri-La”.

Bio:
With over 40 years of photographic experience Paul’s work has been published by National Geographic, used by The Royal Canadian Mint in the form of a coin, by Canada Post in the form of a stamp and featured in a number of international publications.


Paul has served as imaging specialist on a NASA and National Geographic sponsored airborne laser (LiDAR) mapping project in the Peruvian Andes and as an instructor of Cartography, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry and Research Imaging with the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) in Alaska. Paul is an award-winning graduate and former instructor of Remote Sensing, Airborne Imaging and Digital Mapping in the Cartography department at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Paul is a retired airborne imaging specialist in the Applied Research department at COGS where he was responsible for piloting and maintaining advanced drones containing Viable Spectrum, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, Thermal imaging sensors as well as active LiDAR laser mapping systems. He holds an Advanced Operations drone pilot’s certification from Transport Canada.

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.
Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Eventbrite