Monday, December 7, 2009

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

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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



toll free: 800.487.4285