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mark meyer photography • anchorage • alaska

Journal | A genius, so to speak, for sauntering

...notes on the landscape, wilderness & photography

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Entr'acte
May 8, 2010 | posted under: Website Business
Rattlesnake with mouth temporarily sutured for dog training, Texas

I'm heading for the lower 48 to do some work…

Out of Town
March 7, 2010 | posted under: Website Business
Rodeo Performers, Wyoming

Things will be a little slow around here. I'm leaving Monday morning for a week in Wyoming followed almost immediately by an assignment for…

Photography & Social Media
March 4, 2010 | posted under: Website Business · Media · Tech Notes
The Clam Diggers, Chinitna Bay, Alaska

As new social media outlets sprout like weeds I have found myself developing a new rule when dealing with them: I'm not uploading my images to your servers. Sure, I may post an iPhone shot or something similar…

Back in town
September 4, 2009 | posted under: Digital Alterations · Website Business
Roping Horse, Wyoming

I've been in Wyoming for the past two weeks, which is why things have been a little slow around here. I expect to be back on top of things next week. In the mean time I'll leave you with a few out takes of some amazing roping horses in digital conversions

Ambient Heaven
July 6, 2009 | posted under: Website Business · Musings · Photography Techniques
Bronc Rider, Wyoming

I've been away again for several weeks in Wyoming pursuing some personal work which included among other things photographing behind the scenes at the Cody Stampede Rodeo. I'm back home for a while and will be editing photos and making blog postings here…

Out of town again
June 19, 2009 | posted under: Website Business
Quarter Horse, Wyoming

It turns out that summer makes for bad blogging and summer in Wyoming, where I'll be until the beginning of July, is simply incompatible with any enterprise of this sort.

Slow Month for the Journal
April 27, 2009 | posted under: Website Business · Media
Self Portrait, Cooking Light, In the Kitchen

I have just finished shooting the first week of a five week assignment in Texas for the Department of Agriculture's National Resource Conservation Service. I'll be editing photos and preparing to spend the next four weeks in Texas shooting almost ...

Photographers on Facebook | A Brave New Medium
February 24, 2009 | posted under: Website Business · Musings · Media
iPhone Images for Facebook, Airport Toilet Paper Dispenser & Car Wash

I was discussing Facebook with a friend in the marketing business who had never signed on to the service. "You're in marketing" I said, "you might want to understand how the dynamics of the social media work. Facebook, or something ...

People photography
January 30, 2009 | posted under: Website Business · New Images
Jennifer Engstrom, Chicago

Just a quick note announcing that the 'people photography' gallery is now official. I'll continue adding to it as images are prepared. That's right not even a volcano warning stops the presses here…what a crazy place Alaska can be.

Winter Solstice
December 23, 2008 | posted under: Website Business · New Images
Chugach State Park, Eagle River Nature Center, Alaska

We are finally over the hump and days are getting longer once again. We've earned an extra 23 seconds today, tomorrow it will be 36. I'll be traveling a bit for the holidays so the posts are going to be ...

Django 1.0 Comments
December 8, 2008 | posted under: Website Business

Over the weekend I cobbled together a comment system for this journal. You should see links near the headlines and a comment form on the main entry page. Hopefully it is self-explanatory. I've allowed what I think is a reasonable ...

Lake Clark Journals
July 24, 2008 | posted under: Website Business

While organizing material for the website redesign, I found some old journal entries from a volunteer job I took staffing backcountry cabins for the Park Service in Lake Clark National Park. For those who haven't been to Lake Clark, it ...

Rebuilding the portfolios
July 22, 2008 | posted under: Website Business

Over the years I have added photographs to the website as I edited them and used whatever technology was available and affordable at the the time to scan and process the images. The result was a loosely edited collection of ...

North to Alaska!
July 8, 2008 | posted under: Website Business

After leading a somewhat nomadic existence for the past several years we've finally settled down for a while in Eagle River, Alaska. Eagle River is close enough to both Anchorage and some of the most gorgeous wilderness in the world ...