Alex Myers
Born 1953, served a Letterpress apprenticeship with a division of John Waddingtons Leeds. Went on to work in the development department, designing and building specialist print machinery, returning to production to become Print Manager and then 6 years as Repro Studio Manager.
Served a total of 34 years within the printing industry. Has been a photographer since 1973.
In 2005 formed Alex Myers Imaging.
“I have always been passionate about imagery and obsessed with clarity and quality of reproduction, no matter what medium is used.”
For photography several systems are used:
Ultra High End Panoramic work: Fuji GX680 or Wista mounted on a Betterlight stage carrying a Betterlight back resolving up to 540 million pixels.
With a 10 lens compliment, (Probably the largest panoramic imager in the UK).
High End: Betterlight scanning back resolving 144 million pixels mounted for studio use on a Toyo with 6 Schneider/Rodenstock lenses, mounted on a Wista for field use. (Also use 5 x 4 Fuji film for certain subject matter).
Mid Resolution: Phase One P25 digital back mounted on a Mamiya 645 AFD or Fuji GX680 with 4 Mamiya and 6 Fujinon lenses, 22 million pixels.
Low Resolution: Nikon D200 with 8 Nikkor lenses 10 million pixels.
Underwater: Digital: Wireless DSLR in housing, 1 Metz, 3x Nikonos SB105 strobes, 3 Ikelite strobes, 3 Nikkor lenses,
custom 72 LED 10 inch “focus aid” ringlight. Live view TTL digital 3.8” widescreen underwater monitor.
Film: Nikonos V, 3 Nikonos lenses.
All digital work is processed through Capture One Pro via dual screen Mac’s.
Prints are made via a dedicated Topaz RIP using Ultrachrome lightfast inks.
Image to the right shows Alex in the Arctic Circle at - 30°C