Stan R Photos

08/31/2026

08/24/2026

𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. Sally Oberbeck made this photograph during a winter photography workshop in Lofoten, Norway, a place known for dramatic mountains, fishing villages, fast-changing weather, and light that can transform a scene in seconds.

She was positioned on a hill across from a small village when the clouds and fog began to shift. For most of the scene, the weather provided a soft, muted background, wrapping the mountains in a quiet winter atmosphere. Then, for a brief moment, the sun broke through and lit the village below.

Using a neutral density filter to smooth the water, Sally was able to let the stillness of the harbor contrast with the rugged mountains behind it. The result is an image that feels both powerful and peaceful: orange buildings, white snow, dark peaks, and a fleeting wash of light that brought the village forward from the mist.

It became her favorite photograph from the workshop, and it is easy to see why. Sometimes a landscape photograph is less about chasing a scene and more about waiting for the moment when the scene reveals itself.

See this image hanging with Sally’s other work in the gallery.

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08/17/2026

𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 - Sometimes the best subject in a photograph is the one you never planned for.

Before sunrise, Bob Hawkins and a friend were driving the final rugged mile to Moonscape Overlook when they came upon a young woman whose passenger car could go no farther. They offered her a ride the rest of the way. Once at the overlook, while they began setting up their cameras, she stepped confidently onto a narrow sandstone pedestal above a 400-foot drop.

The scene was already spectacular: cliffs catching the first warm light of morning, distant mountains on the horizon, and the strange, eroded forms of the landscape stretching in every direction. But when Bob saw her standing there in a bright red jacket, the photograph changed. She gave the vast scene a sense of scale, color, and human presence.

Bob asked if she would be willing to pose. She agreed, and for a few moments at sunrise, an unexpected encounter became the element that transformed a beautiful landscape into a story.

This image is hanging in the gallery as a vibrant dye-sublimation print on aluminum.