Alaska Stock Images Extends Reach to South America – Hotter Regions get Cooler Images

Anchorage, AK. - In South America, Durga Archivo Digital de Imágenes, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico http://www.archivodigital.com.mx/ and Imageplus Produções Fotográficas Ltda. www.imageplus.com.br in Brazil have become Alaska Stock’s recent new non-exclusive representatives for its content.

Maybe these aren't the first countries in the world you would think of where Alaska imagery has a wide appeal, but it seems there is a market and requirement for this content from both creative and editorial clients. Alaska Stock owner, Jeff Schultz noted, “Having Durga Archivo handling our image representation in Mexico is a wonderful addition to our overall global distribution plan. We look forward to a long relationship there.”

Gianfranco Coppola, Managing Director of Image Plus, Brazil says on representing this collection: “Alaska Stock has many great images and with an amazing quality. Their website is rich in content, stories, galleries, etc … Imageplus is proud to have such great content available for our customers. We do believe these images will enhance their work.” Mr. Schultz responded by commenting, “I am excited to see our images represented by ImagePlus in Brazil and feel they will have a unique market for our Alaska images.”

With the breadth of specialist material, Alaska Stock’s wildlife, landscape, seasonal and cultural images are internationally relevant and appeal to image buyers worldwide. Around 16,000 Rights Managed images have been carefully selected for their global significance and are now made available by Alaska Stock to its expanding distribution network. All images are available as single images and include a good variety of ready made features.

About Alaska Stock:Alaska Stock Images, founded in 1990 by Jeff Schultz, is a specialty photo agency with an offering of over 400,000 Rights-Managed and Royalty-Free images of Alaska tourism, summer and winter lifestyles, outdoor recreation, adventure, historic, wildlife, global warming and climate change, majestic landscapes, and photos from Antarctica and Canada. This collection continues to grow on a regular basis with over 50,000 images available online at www.alaskastock.com with in excess of 150 contributing photographers of the highest calibre. The full collection is available for sale directly from Alaska Stock’s sales team and around 15,000 Rights Managed images have been especially selected for their Alaskan speciality and international relevance and are sold worldwide via its international distribution network.

For further information, please contact:

Gina Bringman, International Distribution Coordinator

www.AlaskaStock.com toll free: 800.487.4285 email: gina@alaskastock.com

New iPhone Travel App Features Alaska Stock Images

Anchorage, AK. - Alaska’s premier photo agency, Alaska Stock Images, has paired with Alaska HDTV, Alaska’s best network for video travel stories, to provide exclusive wallpaper photos for the first Alaska Travel iPhone app to include mobile video of Alaska destinations and Alaska travel discounts and promotions. Alaska Stock owner, Jeff Schultz, remarked, “We are thrilled to have our Alaska images included in this new iPhone app and to provide a great selection of wallpapers for iPhone users.” The Alaska Travel iPhone App is designed to provide a visual sampling of what to see and where to go with short video episodes from regions around the state of Alaska. Attached to each of these video episodes are related wallpaper images of great Alaska scenery for users to decorate their iPhone or iPod touch and the ability to order photo prints at AlaskaStockPrints.com.

Alaska Travel iPhone App includes:
* Great videos from around Alaska

* Exclusive Alaska wallpaper images from Alaska Stock Images

* Travel discounts and promotions for the current season
* Monthly addition of new videos, discounts and exclusive bonus content

Pricing & Availability: The iPhone app is available now for $2.99 in the popular Apple iPhone App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334673504&mt=8

Additional information:
* Short link to iTunes App Store: http://clicky.me/fortheapp * Video screencast: http://www.alaskahdtv.com/screencast/ * Description of the app: http://www.alaskahdtv.com/2009/alaska-hdtv-travel-iphone-app

About Alaska HDTV: Alaska HDTV Productions, an Alaska company, is based in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska HDTV is a network of High-Definition productions including television, podcasts and unique applications like our new iPhone app. Website: http://www.alaskahdtv.com/

About Alaska Stock: Alaska Stock Images, founded in 1990 by Jeff Schultz, is a specialty photo agency with an offering of over 400,000 Rights-Managed and Royalty-Free images of Alaska tourism, summer and winter lifestyles, outdoor recreation, adventure, historic, wildlife, global warming and climate change, majestic landscapes, and photos from Antarctica and Canada. This collection continues to grow on a regular basis with over 50,000 images available online at www.alaskastock.com with in excess of 150 contributing photographers of the highest calibre. The full collection is available for sale directly from Alaska Stock’s sales team and around 15,000 Rights Managed images have been especially selected for their Alaskan speciality and international relevance and are sold worldwide via its international distribution network. Photo prints and gift items can be purchased at AlaskaStock's consumer site http://www.alaskastockprints.com/.

For further information, please contact:

Laurie Campbell, Director of Sales & Marketing

laurie@alaskastock.com

http://www.alaskastock.com/

toll free: 800.487.4285

Alaska Stock Salute to Anchorage

Alaska Stock is pleased to share with you our new video Salute to Anchorage. Anchorage has a reputation as being basically vanilla Alaska, and tourists have a tendency to skip past Anchorage as fast as they can in search of the wild side of the state. Now Denali National Park, has its charms, but we Alaskans also know what a magical place the city of Anchorage can be. From the start of the Iditarod to Fur Rondy, and moose in your front yard. Anchorage is like no other city on earth.

Alaska Stock Photographer to Attend White House Dinner With Obama

Long time contributing Alaska Stock photographer, Johnny Johnson, has been invited by The National Geographic Society to attend the White House Press Photographers Dinner, hosted by President Obama. Accompanied by his wife, Johnny will travel to Washington D.C. to attend the black-tie event on May 30th.

“Johnny is one of our top nature photographers and has been with our agency since it began in 1991” said Jeff Schultz the owner of Alaska Stock Images. “Many Alaskans are familiar with Johnny’s stunning limited-edition prints which have been on display throughout Alaska for over twenty-five years. We also represent images from Johnny’s six expeditions to Antarctica.”

Johnny has worked on assignment for National Geographic and his photos have been published worldwide in magazines, calendars, and books. Included among these are Natural History, Audubon, National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Time and Newsweek. Johnny Johnson’s limited-edition print collection will be on display from May 1st through September 1st at the 600 E. Northern Lights Blvd., in Anchorage, Alaska.

Reduced Pricing! Alaska Stock is lowering prices overall on all rights-managed images and offering an additional 20% "recession-buster" discount. Better than "one-month wonder" discounts, this across-the-board special recession discount is good through August 1, 2009, giving buyers significant lead time to develop and plan new buying strategies for current and upcoming projects.

Contact us for your next project quote.

Alaska Stock is also providing their everyday discounts from these prices for volume orders, non-profits and other non-standard uses.

Mt. Redoubt shenanigans...

Alaska's Mt. Redoubt, a stratovolcano located in the Aleutian Range, has been huffin' and puffin' now for several weeks. Seismic activity at Redoubt increased beginning about March 15th and an Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) observation flight reported that a steam and ash plume rose as high as 15,000 feet above sea level. Since then there has been ash plumes as high as 65,000 feet! The Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Anchorage, Valdez and large portions of the Kenai Peninsula have all received coatings of volcanic ash.

As of April 4, 2009, the AVO has reported a total of 25 erruptions!

You can bet this much volcanic activity has messed with airline travel. Many flights have had to be delayed including public flights, Federal Express, and the US Postal Service.

However, Alaskans seem to just take it in stride. After all, Redoubt is not the first time we have had to deal with ash falling from the sky. As recently as 2002, Mt. Spurr also let loose and delivered a layer of ash over Anchorage and surrounding areas.

Moose on The Loose

Here in Anchorage, the "locals" are on a constant move in the neighborhood.

Yesterday morning we captured this shot of Laurie Campbell (our Marketing Director) talking with a client as she watches a moose head down the street in front of the office.

This young guy is probably about three years old and this is possibly its first year on its own. However, he's not alone in Anchorage. Hundreds of moose make their home in Anchorage and enjoy the easy walking along streets.

It's definitely a "Big Wild Life" here in Anchorage...

Alaska at 50!

It's official. Alaska is now a 50 year old state. Welcome to middle age! Except Alaska is aging pretty darn well. The air is still clean, the tourists still come, the wildlife still hang out, and it's still a great place to get away from it all.

Alaska's Statehood celebration has been a year long event leading up to the official event held on Saturday, January 3, 2009 (Anchorage Daily News article). Alaska Stock has been pleased to contribute to the celebration by providing the photo for the official United States Postal Service stamp honoring Alaska's 50 years. Our own Jeff Schultz provided a great shot of DeeDee Jonrowe mushing in the Iditarod through Rainy Pass (see blog entry on the official stamp).

Other events included a delegate procession and lighting of the official 50th Anniversary Cauldron, public celebration of the Alaska Statehood at Anchorage's new Dena'ina convention center, the Egan Center and the Alaska Center for Performing Arts. Free music, entertainment, kids activities and exhibits. Anchorage Museum celebrated with "Life in Alaska Leading to Statehood" exhibit. Finally, the weekend was topped off with the 50th Anniversary Gala at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center which included the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Anchorage Concert Chorus, Alaska Native dancers, opera singers and Sitka's New Archangel Dancers. Outgoing Mayor Mark Begich, Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski also appeared.

Celebrate Alaska's 50th Anniversary with us by browsing some of our favorite historical photos from Alaska's history at AlaskaStock.com: Statehood