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Newsletter October 2009

Contributors:
Bryan & Cherry Alexander, Bryan & Cherry Alexander Photography, United Kingdom
sally morgan, Ecoscene, United Kingdom
Steve MacAulay, Steve MacAulay Photography, United States
Gerry Walden, Gerry Walden Photography, United Kingdom
Alan Skyrme, Alan Skyrme Photography, Brazil
Heidi Laughton, Heidi Laughton Photography, United States
Nacho Hernandez, Photographer In Southeast Asia, Philippines
Jacqueline Milner, Image-ine Photography, Canada
Stuart Slavicky, SJS Photo, United Kingdom
Laurie Allread, Laurie Allread Photography, United States
Malcolm Brice, Azure Republic Photography, United Kingdom

All these contributors and thousands of other sources of professional images can be found on the Photographers Direct website.

Arctic and Antarctic specialists Bryan & Cherry Alexander would like to invite you to visit their brand new website www.arcticphoto.com

Rebuilt from the ground up, they now have downloads available for their regular clients. Lots of new Galleries, just register to take full advantage of the site. Cherry is just off on her second trip to Antarctica this year and Bryan is back from a month at Nenets Fishing camps along the River Ob in Siberia, so lots of new pictures, including great new wildlife from Wayne Lynch and Frank Todd.

The climate conference in Copenhagen is fast approaching and Ecoscene has a great selection of images and photofeatures ready and waiting. The new website will be launched in late October and will give clients even more choice. We blog and twitter too, so keep up-to-date with what's going on by visiting www.ecosceneblog.com

Seattle-based photographer Steve MacAulay is pleased to announce the launch of his new Adventure Sports, Travel and Lifestyle Photography website. The new site is fully keyword searchable, allows for super easy personal lightbox building and comp downloads, and you can now generate an editorial or commercial use license on-site that fits your specific needs, download a full-res. file, and make a secure payment all through a remarkably easy and intuitive interface. Please check it out today - You won't be disappointed.

New images are being added daily to the searchable archive which includes extensive coverage of the following areas: North America: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, and California. Central America: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. South America: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Ecuadorian Amazon, and Peru. Asia: Vietnam and Thailand. Please contact Steve directly if your needed destination has not been uploaded yet to the new site.

Steve's extensive client list includes National Geographic Adventure, Islands Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Men's Journal and numerous commercial clients around the world.

Gerry Walden, who specialises in music (with a special emphasis on jazz) and travel photography, is currently uploading a large selection of new images to those already being held by Photographers Direct. Gerry, who is a qualified member of the Royal Photographic Society, is an accredited photographer to Riveting Riffs magazine, All About Jazz, the National Trust Photo Library and many other noted users of fine photography. He has just returned from a short shoot in the Peak District of the UK, and the images from that shoot will soon also be available. Next on his busy schedule is the Cheltenham Literary Festival where he will be shooting famous authors, including this years Booker Prize Winner. Always amenable to special requests, and willing to consider speculative shoots, if you have any requests please feel free to contact him through this site.

Now based in Natal, in the Northeast of Brazil, Alan Skyrme Photography is continuing its focus on tropical fruit and fruit products. From acai and acerola to Urucum and Uxi, we have a broad selection of fruit, juice and processed product images.

In addition we are now expanding our commercial photography in the region - fashion apparel, architecture and landscape images. Contact us for stock and commissioned images.

Heidi Laughton is an advertising, lifestyle and editorial photographer. She specializes in shooting on location, initiating concepts and bringing together great teams to collaborate with. New photos have recently been uploaded on the website: www.heidilaughtonphotography.com

Photographer Nacho Hernandez is now based in Manila, Philippines, and available for assignments in this country and in the Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific regions.

You can also follow Nacho’s photography blog (http://venividiphoto.blogspot.com or the “what’s new” section in his website) to stay updated on his personal trips and projects in the region and maybe piggyback and publish some of them.

Nacho Hernandez is a freelance photographer specializing in documentary, travel and humanitarian photography. His recent work focused on the Saharawi people from the Western Sahara, work which was exhibited at the US Congress in Washington DC. Check also his travel photography stock archive for a collection of carefully edited photos from over 20 different countries.

Jacqueline Milner is an accomplished Visual Artist who crafts images with light and/or paint. "The opportunity to composite images to create imagery which illustrates a Concept, Theme or Special Event is an opportunity to let the creative juices flow."

The image shown here, "Sign of the Times" was inspired by all the doom and gloom talk in relation to the H1N1 Virus. Inquiries are welcome for it's usage.

Image-ine Photography welcomes the opportunity to discuss your special image project and how they can help.

Stuart Slavicky is a professional freelance photographer specialising in portraiture and theatre photography, he also shoots large amounts of stock travel imagery. Over the last few years he has collected images from countries far and wide including Australia, Britain, Canada, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Macau, Malta, Slovakia, and USA.

Stuart Slavicky will be in Nepal from 19 October to 23 November shooting stock for his portfolio. He is available for commissions and projects over this time. Feel free to contact Stuart to discuss any requirements you may have.

Laurie Allread will travel to Antarctica for the third time during October. She will again visit the Emperor Penguin Rookery at Snow Hill in the Weddell Sea. Images will be added to her collection during November.

azurerepublicphotography.com is the website for work of photographer Malcolm Brice, presenting images through sample galleries and an ever increasing online searchable image library, with many more images not uploaded. If you can't see what you are looking for please contact by e-mail.

His work shows great versatility in his approach to differing subject matter with the aim of being able to produce images that can be easily used across genres including; travel, advertising, fine art and editorial. From the commonplace to the unusual and 'off the beaten track' there are images for a diversity of needs.

Images are available for use worldwide under copyright license or they can be purchased as decorative and exhibition prints. All scans, predominantly from Fuji Velvia, are made at Hi Res on an Imancon scanner. Digital files are made to size from RAW files.

Take a look at the web site and register on the image search page to make use of a personal lightbox.
Check out the links page and view a contribution of creative imagery and other images placed with a general stock agency, thereby increasing further worldwide exposure to his online collections.
Finally if you can find what you're looking for send a request by e-mail.

Malcolm's always happy to discuss new commissions and projects.

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