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mark meyer photography • anchorage • alaska

Journal | A genius, so to speak, for sauntering

...notes on the landscape, wilderness & photography

February, 2010

Merrill Pass
24 | posted under: Musings · Wilderness
The Tusk, Near Merrill Pass, Alaska

If I ever meet Murphy, I'm gonna kick him in the ’nads. These photos are an attempt to snatch something, anything really, out of the clenches of Murphy's Law.

Hier wird nach den Regeln nur eingelassen.
23 | posted under: Digital Alterations · Theory

History is full of attempts to codify beauty. The meistersingers referenced in the quote above are a good example and in fact have a lot in common with the kind of advice you get in magazines, workshops…

Casual Print Hanging
22 | posted under: Tech Notes · Nerdiness
Steel bars and magnets for temporary print hanging, Home

If you make your own prints then you've probably been in my position. I make a few prints, I'm not really sure if I like them, put them in a box between tissue paper and forget about them.

Outtakes from Summer
18 | posted under: New Images
Glacier Travel, Alaska

It's a good day for photo editing and I'm focusing on images from summer to remind myself that although winter is long here, it does eventually pass and when it does it's worth the wait.

Three quotes on photography
17 | posted under: Musings · Theory
Gulf of Mexico, Destin, Florida

Adams allows for the happy accident of the machine, which opens the possibility that you might be confronted one day by an excellent photograph made without human intent. Perhaps you would find a very lucky shot from a traffic or security camera

Ctein—is it art?
11 | posted under: Musings · Theory
Scotch Tape, but is it art?

Like many difficult questions, the problem is not the evasive answer, but rather the muddled question. The question 'what is art?' asks for a definition.

The aesthetics of print size
05 | posted under: Musings · Wilderness · Theory
Print from iPhone photo, Lake Eklutna, Alaska

Huge prints are de rigueur for the landscape photographer and photographers often overlook the value of the small print.