Friday, June 29, 2007


New Face at Alaska Stock!

Hi everyone! I’m Kristina, the newest member of the team here at Alaska Stock. I’ve been here for 3 weeks now and loving every minute of it. It’s an in-depth job to get the hang of and I imagine I’ll be figuring it all out for a little while, but I’m working with a great team of professionals as well as patient clients! :) The best part of the job though, by far, is the opportunity to view so many amazing and beautiful images! It really makes me want to get out there and see all that Alaska has to offer.
On that same note, I’m so glad that summer is finally, and officially, upon us. I have to admit, I’m not a huge fan of the winter months here, seeing as how I’m not originally from Alaska, so now is the time that I really get out there and enjoy the great outdoors….hiking, camping, cycling, etc. Although, now it’s also time to get out the black-out drapes for the windows…it’s kind of hard to sleep with the sun shining in your eyes…however, it does make it a little easier to wake up in the mornings!
Happy summer!!

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Here comes the sun!

Happy Solstice!

It's the longest day of the year and here in Alaska we couldn't be happier about it. The weather is gorgeous, the salmon are runnin', the views are stunning and we'd like to keep it that way as long as possible! Today our sunrise came at 4:20am and sunset is expected around 11:42pm. Yippeee! 19 hours & 22 minutes of vitamin D. here in the office, we've got all the doors open ... it's almost like we're working outside!

And to summer solstice celebrate Anchorage residents make their yearly trek to the the summit of Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park. The end of this trail offers breathtaking panoramic views of Mt. Susitna, Fire Island, Cook Inlet and downtown Anchorage.




Wishing you lots of summer fun,


~ Laurie

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Downtown Anchorage goes wireless!

Ok, not yet, but it looks like the mayor of Anchorage is moving that direction. Reports in today's ADN tell that a wireless company has been selected to provide free wireless internet throughout downtown Anchorage. This will be the trial area for the company and potentially the whole city could go to free wireless!

Alaska has always been known for being one of the most wired states in the US. Because the state is so large and so many people live in very rural communities, once the internet became accessible, these rural areas jumped at the chance to get wired. Everything from educational opportunities to Christmas shopping has become normal life for the remote villages.

So, this July, dowtown will also become an oasis for internet users...locals and visitors alike! But beware Big Brother, the mayor could also have plans to run a high-performance camera enabling police officers in their cars to send or receive video from the scene of an accident or incident.

But the upside is that perhaps one of our next blogs will be from a cafe downtown while sipping on a cup of coffee!

~ gina

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

New upcoming images!


Holiday images what.... in June?

This past week I've been working on a large submission of about 300 +/- holiday images into our system here at Alaska Stock. It's been a bit weird entering in all these keywords when it's sunny outside and our office is just heating up. My head is filled with words like; winter, Christmas, holiday, celebration, and seasonal; but outside I'm thinking warm, sun, and how much more I want this summer inching it's way to us to just kick in.

We always have a plethora of images coming in from our various photographers; great new creative ideas, always newly captured adventures, truly "Alaskan" inspiring photos. We feel very fortunate to be spread out in order to cover our entire huge state, to bring you those fresh photos you may be looking for. So jump on in and take a look at some great images that say Alaska; to see what our creative photographers are seeing through the eyes of their camera; something that may inspire you to pick up your own and GO WILD in the state that's now called "Big Wild Life."


-Emily Sloth