I've posted some of Manuel's (he is based in Thailand) photos before but here is a gallery of even more outstanding photographs. -keith skelton
Photo by Manuel Libres Librodo Jr.

My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot. Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com. Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images. (Keith Skelton Photo)

Hong Kong- Photo by Keith Skelton

Videos of Steve McCurry, Antonin Kratochvil, Vanessa Winship and others, recorded during their lectures at last month's Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hannover, Germany, are on line. Check it out. These are some of the top photographers in the world that share some of their knowledge. In English and German. Photo by Steve McCurry.

Should you under expose digital photos to avoid burning out the highlights? Check out this Adobe White Paper PDF file. (photo by Keith Skelton)

The Night Shift - Photographing Owls and Bats

The Digital Photography Review's Glossary of digital camera terms.

This camera might be advanced for many users but it is a glimpse into the future of photography....where one will shoot very high quality RAW video and stills from one device.

Is the RED ONE a video camera?
RED does not record video, which is defined as an RGB signal. Think of the RED ONE as a RAW recording DSLR that shoots as high as 120 fps at 2K (30 fps at 4K).

SCARLET Overview

NAB’s bombshell was Scarlet, a 3K masterpiece targeting an under $3K price point. Employing a 2/3″ 3K sensor, built in 8X T2.8 Zoom lens that maintains speed through the zoom, 4.8″ flip out attached LCD, built in stereo mic, internal removable battery, dual CF card slot recording media, and an all aluminum body. Scarlet is the camera everybody will want and Scarlet will change the industry. There will be no reservation system for Scarlet; the day it is introduced is the day you can buy yours. Planned introduction is early 2009.

The details on Scarlet’s systems are forthcoming, as features will evolve over the next year. We had great input at NAB and Scarlet will reflect much of what we heard on the show floor. We are a company that listens and strives to make what the customer wants. The only ones disappointed will be our competitors.

Now you are going to be able to sit at Starbucks (T-mobile sites) and photograph your latte with a 28mm to 280mm lens, shoot a HD movie, and Wi-Fi the pictures directly to Google. All with the Panasonic TZ50 9.1 megapixel camera. Amazing....

Photo by Giacomo Brunelli.

Here are some wonderful photographs taken by amateur photographers. Check it out.

Photo copyright by Darwin Guevarra, "My Inspirations"

This is an interview with Brian Leng and Keith Skelton in the latest issue of Shutterbug Magazine.

In October 2006, FotoFest International partnered with Hewlett Packard China and a team of Chinese photographers and businessmen to sponsor an event bringing together 278 contemporary Chinese photographers and 35 influential professionals from the professional and art photography world in Europe, North America, China and Australia – Meeting Place FotoFest Beijing 2006 (MPFB2006).

MBFB2006 was an unprecedented event in China. It was designed to open up new opportunities for contemporary Chinese photography in North America, Europe and Australia. It was the first time a large number of contemporary photographers in China were able to show their work to such a broad-based group of important international curators, commercial gallery owners, photography festival directors, editors, representatives of photo agencies, educators, and director/curators of artist spaces.

The Chinese organizers were GAO Lei, photographer and founder of Q-Image, Beijing; Jimmy Chu, founder of Phoppies.com, Hong Kong; and Rebecca Li, Senior Marketing Communication Specialist from the Imaging & Printing Group, China Hewlett Packard. Additional support was provided by the Chinese Photography Magazine.

MPFB was modeled on FotoFest’s well-known portfolio program, the biennial international Meeting Place in Houston, Texas. After the July 2006 national press conference announced MPFB2006 in China, a website was set up in Beijing to promote the event and web-blogs throughout China talked about it. An international pre-screening process took place because over 1,000 Chinese photographers applied to register for the Beijing event – more than three times what the MPFB2006 was originally set up to handle.

Photographers came to Beijing from all over China. Some were long-time professionals and others were recent graduates of Chinese art and film schools. For four days, the international reviewers met with Chinese photographers on a one-to-one basis, looked at their work and shared professional knowledge. The range of photography presented was remarkably broad, from classical black and white documentary to conceptual color works.

This website gallery is an extension of the MPFB event in Beijing -- a collaboration with photo-eye in Santa Fe to bring some of these works and the photographers to an even larger international audience. The 36 photographers shown in this gallery were selected by the international reviewers as being some of the most interesting artist/photographers they encountered at the Meeting Place Beijing.

The web gallery has been set up by photo-eye working in partnership with FotoFest and Chinese organizers GAO Lei and Jimmy Chu.

One of our students, LENSAXIS, has turned me on to these wonderful photographs. Check it out!!! -keith

I stumbled across these photos by Bill Hocker. He has some very nice travel photos for those who need some inspiration before a future trip. -keith

Check out this collection of very funny photographs of photographers (and more!) on our Multiply contact. -photoman- from Thailand. -k

Here is a great photo blog web site to look at. Check out the story about AP photographer Nick Ut who won the Pulitzer for the photograph of the girl running down the road in Vietnam. - Keith

For those inclined to photograph "star trails", this is a nice description of the technique and experience by Alan Briot.

Peter Lockley, is a photographer at the Washington Times. He used an infrared camera and tilt-shift lens to create some major league baseball spring training photos that have what he aptly describes as a nostalgic feel to them. The photos appear in Lockley's Sports Shooter member gallery. Very original stuff. -Keith