Always looking for special moments and unique compositions, I want to capture a specific mood in time and place. Whether my subjects are abstract or representational, colorful or monochromatic, near my home or traveling throughout the world, I enjoy recording the moment when light, form, and composition merge to create a captivating image evocative of a place, a memory, an experience, a feeling, or a desire. Born in Stavanger, Norway, I was drawn to photography at an early age and developed an interest in travel photography when my family moved to Paris at the age of 11. With many stops since then and wonderful photographic opportunities along the way, my home in San Francisco is now where I can step out on my deck to capture a special sunset or the fog rolling in over the city. My collections are displayed in two main categories: PORTFOLIO for signed limited edition giclee prints, and TRAVEL for signed open editions giclee prints. All prints can be ordered directly from me or a gallery (see Contact on HeleneSobol.com). I hope you enjoy my photographs as much as I enjoyed capturing them. CONTACT hfs@helenesobol.com / 415-242-3350 / 866-473-9837 http://hfs.smugmug.com/photos/8600592_4FRhy-Ti.jpg http://hfs.smugmug.com/ 2009-07-25T17:40:07Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/The-Arctic-2009/9023247_5srcW">The Arctic 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/The-Arctic-2009/9023247_5srcW" title="The Arctic 2009"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/The-Arctic-2009/369993/600297768_LZjuD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Arctic 2009" title="The Arctic 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T17:40:07Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/The-Arctic-2009/9023247_5srcW <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/Norway-in-our-Heart-Norway-Day/8052019_FTKPm">Norway in our Heart, Norway Day Festival 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/Norway-in-our-Heart-Norway-Day/8052019_FTKPm" title="Norway in our Heart, Norway Day Festival 2009"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/Norway-in-our-Heart-Norway-Day/01-Sognefjord-Cloudscape-bw/524422042_fXGsr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Norway in our Heart, Norway Day Festival 2009" title="Norway in our Heart, Norway Day Festival 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-29T08:31:58Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Photography/Norway-in-our-Heart-Norway-Day/8052019_FTKPm <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Norway-to-San-Francisco/2426713_86XBu">Norway to San Francisco</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Norway-to-San-Francisco/2426713_86XBu" title="Norway to San Francisco"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Norway-to-San-Francisco/N1-Lofoten-Landscape-W/127212747_sHTjR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Norway to San Francisco" title="Norway to San Francisco" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-02-02T17:18:35Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Norway-to-San-Francisco/2426713_86XBu <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Stockholm/2188226_xGmMx">Stockholm</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Stockholm/2188226_xGmMx" title="Stockholm"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Stockholm/01-IMG3119/118181059_tKjbV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Stockholm" title="Stockholm" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-12-21T08:41:28Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Stockholm/2188226_xGmMx <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Old-Denmark/2171062_kdiDQ">Old Denmark</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Old-Denmark/2171062_kdiDQ" title="Old Denmark"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Old-Denmark/017248-5x7-bw/112772622_ULcQf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Old Denmark" title="Old Denmark" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-11-25T08:30:25Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Old-Denmark/2171062_kdiDQ <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/NORWAY-Moods-Memories-2006/2115589_RmVsj">NORWAY- Moods & Memories 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/NORWAY-Moods-Memories-2006/2115589_RmVsj" title="NORWAY- Moods & Memories 2006"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/NORWAY-Moods-Memories-2006/Slottet-Royal-Palace/109369589_L8qer-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="NORWAY- Moods & Memories 2006" title="NORWAY- Moods & Memories 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-11-10T08:13:46Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/NORWAY-Moods-Memories-2006/2115589_RmVsj <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Denmark-Now-and-Then/2019367_5N7kh">Denmark - Now and Then</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Denmark-Now-and-Then/2019367_5N7kh" title="Denmark - Now and Then"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Denmark-Now-and-Then/01CityHall/103439175_bg9Fo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Denmark - Now and Then" title="Denmark - Now and Then" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-10-17T14:53:04Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Denmark-Now-and-Then/2019367_5N7kh <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Denmark-2006/1580314_3SLGd">Denmark 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Denmark-2006/1580314_3SLGd" title="Denmark 2006"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Denmark-2006/MG7039-500W/76501937_3GjkC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Denmark 2006" title="Denmark 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-06-19T09:27:35Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Denmark-2006/1580314_3SLGd <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Sensuality-Survival-2006/1266919_t5r7x">Sensuality & Survival - 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Sensuality-Survival-2006/1266919_t5r7x" title="Sensuality & Survival - 2006"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Sensuality-Survival-2006/1-Nordic5-CasidaGuests/59441922_9V2vA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sensuality & Survival - 2006" title="Sensuality & Survival - 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-03-11T08:04:07Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Sensuality-Survival-2006/1266919_t5r7x <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Memories-Moods-Norway/1178877_CayYE">Memories & Moods - Norway Revisited</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Memories-Moods-Norway/1178877_CayYE" title="Memories & Moods - Norway Revisited"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Memories-Moods-Norway/15-Lofoten-Reflection-W/55104334_oEvoW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="118" alt="Memories & Moods - Norway Revisited" title="Memories & Moods - Norway Revisited" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-02-04T05:04:26Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Exhibitions/Memories-Moods-Norway/1178877_CayYE <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Nordic-5-Arts-2005/847534_9AuYw">Nordic 5 Arts 2005</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Nordic-5-Arts-2005/847534_9AuYw" title="Nordic 5 Arts 2005"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Nordic-5-Arts-2005/Kati-Casida/38075238_BEnpo-Th.jpg" width="96" height="150" alt="Nordic 5 Arts 2005" title="Nordic 5 Arts 2005" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-10-01T17:03:10Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Events/Nordic-5-Arts-2005/847534_9AuYw <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Skin-Deep/Skin-Deep-The-Beauty-of-Bark/238334_vnMZV">Skin Deep - The Beauty of Bark</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Skin-Deep/Skin-Deep-The-Beauty-of-Bark/238334_vnMZV" title="Skin Deep - The Beauty of Bark"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Skin-Deep/Skin-Deep-The-Beauty-of-Bark/Bark-1/9126675_cHYDy-Th.jpg" width="117" height="150" alt="Skin Deep - The Beauty of Bark" title="Skin Deep - The Beauty of Bark" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-03-17T07:09:59Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Skin-Deep/Skin-Deep-The-Beauty-of-Bark/238334_vnMZV <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco-I-left-my-art/321322_FDEKW">San Francisco - I left my art...</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco-I-left-my-art/321322_FDEKW" title="San Francisco - I left my art..."><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco-I-left-my-art/City-Hall/12774683_QLJPG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="San Francisco - I left my art..." title="San Francisco - I left my art..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-12-15T14:59:01Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco-I-left-my-art/321322_FDEKW <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco/225477_Cqoby">San Francisco</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco/225477_Cqoby" title="San Francisco"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco/Baker-Beach/8671554_rumxS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="San Francisco" title="San Francisco" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-12-14T06:00:53Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/San-Francisco/225477_Cqoby <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Books/Odyssey-in-Art-From-St/270329_tan3J">Odyssey in Art - From St. Petersburg, Russia, to New Orleans, Louisiana</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Books/Odyssey-in-Art-From-St/270329_tan3J" title="Odyssey in Art - From St. Petersburg, Russia, to New Orleans, Louisiana"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Books/Odyssey-in-Art-From-St/Cover-3-Figures-4-Benches/10689488_cpwah-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Odyssey in Art - From St. Petersburg, Russia, to New Orleans, Louisiana" title="Odyssey in Art - From St. Petersburg, Russia, to New Orleans, Louisiana" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-31T16:42:20Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Books/Odyssey-in-Art-From-St/270329_tan3J <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Black-White/269356_xmFmM">Norway - Black & White</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Black-White/269356_xmFmM" title="Norway - Black & White"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Black-White/Old-Stavanger/10646172_8mt3d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Norway - Black & White" title="Norway - Black & White" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-31T06:39:32Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Black-White/269356_xmFmM <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Moods-Memories/269259_rN3iJ">Norway - Moods & Memories</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Moods-Memories/269259_rN3iJ" title="Norway - Moods & Memories"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Moods-Memories/Boat-House-Through-the-Trees/10645460_T4bhF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="122" alt="Norway - Moods & Memories" title="Norway - Moods & Memories" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-31T06:29:38Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Moods-Memories/269259_rN3iJ <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Black-White/269223_nyZCS">Norway - Black & White</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Black-White/269223_nyZCS" title="Norway - Black & White"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Black-White/Skagenkaien-Stavanger/10641722_HGuUn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Norway - Black & White" title="Norway - Black & White" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-31T05:43:36Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Norway-Black-White/269223_nyZCS <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Moods-Memories/269125_nNdEy">Norway - Moods & Memories</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Moods-Memories/269125_nNdEy" title="Norway - Moods & Memories"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Moods-Memories/Boats-in-Hafrsfjord/10639790_ztwdr-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Norway - Moods & Memories" title="Norway - Moods & Memories" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-31T05:16:08Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Norway/Norway-Moods-Memories/269125_nNdEy <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Modern-Antiquity/Modern-Antiquity-Mitoraj-in/238307_aExEe">Modern Antiquity - Mitoraj in Poznan</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Modern-Antiquity/Modern-Antiquity-Mitoraj-in/238307_aExEe" title="Modern Antiquity - Mitoraj in Poznan"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Modern-Antiquity/Modern-Antiquity-Mitoraj-in/Modern-Antiquity-1/8574259_HJ2tE-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="Modern Antiquity - Mitoraj in Poznan" title="Modern Antiquity - Mitoraj in Poznan" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-01T12:43:33Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Modern-Antiquity/Modern-Antiquity-Mitoraj-in/238307_aExEe <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Norway/Norway-Hidra-Back-in-Time/238318_vcHSo">Norway - Hidra, Back in Time</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Norway/Norway-Hidra-Back-in-Time/238318_vcHSo" title="Norway - Hidra, Back in Time"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Norway/Norway-Hidra-Back-in-Time/Boat-Houses/8854672_skAie-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Norway - Hidra, Back in Time" title="Norway - Hidra, Back in Time" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-01T12:31:10Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Norway/Norway-Hidra-Back-in-Time/238318_vcHSo <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Germany/225429_dBMkH">Germany</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Germany/225429_dBMkH" title="Germany"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Germany/02-Ostzeile-Romerberg/8715586_Mr7yU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Germany" title="Germany" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-20T16:59:03Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Germany/225429_dBMkH <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Austria/225583_sQJx8">Austria</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Austria/225583_sQJx8" title="Austria"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Austria/12-Parliament-Vienna/8793319_6PSN2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Austria" title="Austria" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-20T04:46:39Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Austria/225583_sQJx8 <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Czech-Republic/225585_vepdZ">Czech Republic</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Czech-Republic/225585_vepdZ" title="Czech Republic"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Czech-Republic/04-Prague/8787082_UbknU-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Czech Republic" title="Czech Republic" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-20T02:14:11Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Czech-Republic/225585_vepdZ <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Hungary/226541_PTF7z">Hungary</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Hungary/226541_PTF7z" title="Hungary"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Hungary/13-Fishermens-Bastion-Budapest/8776266_aMD6j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Hungary" title="Hungary" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-20T00:49:07Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Hungary/226541_PTF7z <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/Alaska/225478_Rsptt">Alaska</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/Alaska/225478_Rsptt" title="Alaska"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/Alaska/Glacier2-bw/8653415_GJQZg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Alaska" title="Alaska" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-19T01:57:18Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/USA/Alaska/225478_Rsptt <p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com">Helene</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Poland/225424_L9oXP">Poland</a>'</p><p><a href="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Poland/225424_L9oXP" title="Poland"><img src="http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Poland/17-Warsaw-Old-Town-Square/8698173_RNmoo-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Poland" title="Poland" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-09-19T01:12:13Z Helene http://hfs.smugmug.com http://hfs.smugmug.com/Travel/Europe/Poland/225424_L9oXP