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This Valentine's Day, why not surprise your special someone with a rose that will last forever? Enjoy a limited time offer on Laura Fowler's "Red Rose" photograph!

Offer Expires 1/27/2013

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Pacific Stock Photographer Michael Sweet and his model wife, Monica, make an amazing team! Their travels to French Polynesia and adventures all over the Hawaiian Islands have brought us stunning landscapes, lifestyles and sea life imagery!

Michael Sweet Stock Imagery: http://tinyurl.com/INF-Sweets

Michael Sweet Fine Art: http://printscapes.artistwebsites.com/art/all/michael+sweet/all

Hawaii owes its existence to a hot spot in the Earth's mantle that has changed location only slightly over the past 70 million years. Although Volcanoes made life possible here, the countless eruptions of hot magma and lava look less than welcoming.

Volcano images for Stock: https://www.pacificstock.com/lbmail.asp?pb=volcano&co=PACSTO20

Volcano images for Wall Decor: http://printscapes.artistwebsites.com/art/all/volcano/all

"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting."
- Kahlil Gibran

What is beauty?
Beauty is defined as the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations, a meaningful design or pattern, or something else less tangible.

Some people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in nature, there many things that could be argued to have inherent beauty. The shimmer of sunlight on the ocean, the sound of a rushing waterfall, the aroma of a spring rose - the world is full of beauty we can experience day to day.

Beauty in Nature images:
http://www.pacificstock.com/lbmail.asp?pb=Beauty_Nature&co=PACSTO20
http://printscapes.artistwebsites.com/art/all/beautiful+nature/all

Women are an embodiment of beauty. Everything about the female form is soft, smooth, and comfortable. Women are created as caretakers, and their bodies...

Oahu, which translates as the gathering place, is by far the most populated island in the Hawaiian islands. It is home to the famous Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, Hanalei Bay, and Haliewa on the North Shore.

Oahu Featured Stock Images: www.pacificstock.com/lbmail.asp?pb=INF_Oahu&co=PACSTO20

Oahu Wall Art Images: printscapes.artistwebsites.com/art/all/oahu+landscape/all

Tomás del Amo is a fine art and commercial photographer. For over thirty years his images have graced walls of galleries and fine homes. His commercial work with fashion, products, and homes has placed his pictures in an endless array of magazines and advertisements.

Inspired by a love of beauty, his photography captures the magic of people, places, and moments.

Tomas' images in the Pacific Stock collection range from gorgeous lifestyles to iconic images of the Hawaiian Islands and we are pleased to feature him as our Photographer of the Week!

Pacific Stock Collection
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We have over 300 new images on our artist page from 9 of our amazingly talented photographers!
Click here to check out the new imagery!

"Art photography is not about conveying the literal truth about the subject, but more the personal interpretation of the subject"

I look in a photograph for more than simply a record of how the subject is generally seen or perceived. Instead I prefer something which goes beyond this, adding input from the photographer, whether capturing an unusual effect of light or viewpoint or the depiction of the subject at a stage removed from reality. The latter objective is frequently (although not exclusively) assisted by the use of monochrome which reduces the elements in the picture to their base constituents of shape, texture, form and composition.
Where the purpose of the photography is for artistic rather then record purposes, manipulation of the image is therefore perfectly acceptable, indeed desirable, provided it is true to the subject matter and is neither excessive nor inappropriate. For me, an effective interpretation that emphasizes and enhances the subject is more...

Pacific Stock is proud to introduce our newest contributor, Jenna Szerlag!
Her talent and explorations have created hundreds of breathtaking, inspiring and captivating images, and we've just added over 300 of them to our collection!

Having spent the first 22 years of her life amongst pastoral landscapes and the bitter winters of the Atlantic North East, it is hardly a surprise that Jenna was immediately captivated by the tropical island of Maui. So fascinated by her surroundings Jenna was soon driven to inspire others with her vision of the vibrant natural wonders she experienced each day.



Mostly self taught, she graduated from the New York Institute of Photography with special interest in Landscape Art. Jenna has traveled from coast to coast of the Continental United States and across varied landscapes of Europe, Alaska, Japan, Canada and Mexico. An explorer and an adventurer by heart, she embraces the natural aura and cultural nuances of each...

Last Week's POTW, Mary Van de Ven!

"Photography has given me a heightened awareness and sensitivity
of myself, of my environment and of all life."
-Mary Van de Ven


Having received a Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of
Washington, Mary went to Paris to live and discovered photography was
an unlimited way to create images and a good way to travel.

Interested in space and form initially, living in Hawaii opened her eyes to
color and natural beauty. Mary has done commercial work in photo,
video and multi-image production and has traveled promoting Hawaii.
She now lives in the Pacific Northwest creating fine art and practicing a newly
discovered talent in healing and intuitive work for humans and animals.

View her stock collection here: http://www.pacificstock.com/resultsframe.asp?image=&lstfotogs=28
You can also view her fine art prints for sale here:...