The Wetpixel Photo contest will tests both underwater photography skills and image-manipulation skills. . Submitted images may be used and published by Wetpixel LLC to announce and promote Wetpixel photo contests. Special thanks to Ikelite Underwater Systems and the Solmar V Liveaboard Dive Vessel for their generous sponsorship of the contest. Link 1/ 2/.

Over $10,000 in Prizes we offered for the best images taken at the Shootout! The judging is over, and the votes are in to determine the winners of the 2009 Digital Shootout. The judges were asked to rank the photo entries primarily on the question, “Would I want this image on my wall?” Thus artistic value ranked higher than uniqueness of subject and technical difficulty. Photo gallery.

The next meeting of the Shutterbugs will be next Wednesday, July 1st at The Elks Lodge, 14424 N. 32^nd Street, Phoenix, AZ at 7:00pm.

The Elks Lodge has a Wednesday night Steak Cookout starting at 5:30 pm and we are invited to join in.  Cost: $8.  Come early and join us before the meeting ay 7 pm..

All members are encouraged to bring prints for display and up to 20 digital images for projecting.  Images should be on a compact flashcard or other storage device and filed under the maker’s name.

Images should be no larger than 1024 pixels wide and/or 768 pixels in height and sRGB for best color projection.

Bob Buckles (602) 464-4765

Take the most talented photobloggers of the web and other famous photographers as well as many serious amateurs, select their best work and put it all in one place – there you have Onexposure. Every photo is screened, which means it has to be approved by an editor before being published. Onexposure is like a constantly evolving high class photo gallery with new art every day.  Like in an arts gallery, you can buy many of the photos as prints and hang them on your wall. Onexposure was created because we missed an online collection of only high quality photos. Our mission is to be a source of inspiration and ultimately finding the sublime together, but if the latter doesn’t succeed we believe that everyone will develop as photographers and make some friends along the journey. The idea of Onexposure is to create a collection of some of the most beautiful photos in the world. We stand up for photography as an art. Onexposure is intended as an oasis of quality in a world of never ending commercial messages and constant noise of impressions, a place to rest your mind for a while. We want the collection to be a source of inspiration.  Photo is about expressing yourself. The one general rule about photo is that every photograph you shoot is in fact a self-portrait. Even though a photo resembles reality, the photographer decides where to point the camera, at what time and what settings to use depending on past experience, personality, and mood.

Laughlin River Run Slide Show

Memorial Day
Slide Show

After six days of friendly competition among 34 competitors from 10 countries, a panel of three internationally acclaimed underwater photographers (Settimio Ciprianni, Stephen Wong and Rod Klein) selected winning images from Read more…

I have photographed Jerry Riopelle since the early 70’s, for a collection of these concert shots dating back to 1979, go HERE. Like Jerry says: “I will dance like a fool, won’t be afraid to laugh, I’ll make everything matter and I’ll believe that everything lasts, I’ll see love, breathe, and I’ll never wake up, and I’ll change everyday and I’ll taste every drop; I’m so young.”

These album cover shots plus several images for the inside book came from these early concerts. There are also some of my images featured on his website, HERE. Jerry invented the Beamz, check it out HERE. As a proud investor in this project I say ”play the light!”

Jerry Riopelle

This is the second dealership in the family of dealerships owned by Buddy Stubbs. Located 14 miles north of the 101 / I-17 interchange, Buddy Stubbs’ new dealership offers New and Pre-Owned Motorcycle Sales, General Merchandise, Parts and Accessories and Service. Authorized H-D Rentals(R) and a Motorcycle Training Program. “After 42 years of being your Phoenix Harley-Davidson dealer, I am very excited about opening a second dealership in Anthem. The North Valley is one of the fastest-growing areas in Arizona, which demands our expertise of serving the motorcyclists in and around that area,” states Buddy, owner and former Harley-Davidson motorcycle racer. Website.

Bordering seven nations and having been crisscrossed by camel caravan routes for centuries, Mali is a melting pot of many distinct ethic groups, religions, and traditions.  Its port towns were the fabled outposts of desert kings, and continue to draw people from all over.  More.

Situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, Petra was an important crossroads between  Arabia, Egypt, and Syria-Phoenicia. Half-built, half-carved into the rose-red rock of a mountain, Petra is undoubtedly one of the world’s most enchanting archaeological sites, where  visitors continue to be enchanted by the ancient Nabataeans’ superb blending of Eastern traditions with Hellenistic architecture. Story.

Masterpiece of Mughal architecture built for love and beloved by all, built in loving memory of his second wife, Emporer Shah Jahan commissioned this  astoundingly beautiful monument in the 17th century. Since that time, it has inspired countless poets, artists, and romantics around the world. Story.

Myth and history swirl together in the mountain mists of this enchanting land, secluded in the
eastern Himalaya and opened to visitors only decades ago. In the western regions of Bhutan,
the Bhutanese enjoy an age-old lifestyle—profoundly spiritual, proudly traditional, and keenly
in tune with the environment. Story.

Built between the 9th and 13th centuries, the city of Angkor is one of humankind’s greatest architectural triumphs. After the Cambodian king moved his court from this site in the 1430s,  it was plundered, devastated, and gradually swallowed up by the jungle. Four centuries later,  European explorers were amazed to find Angkor’s astonishingly beautiful and mysterious  structures. When French naturalist Henri Mouhot asked who built them, the Cambodians shrugged, “Who else but giants or the King of the Angels.”  We visited the stunning Angkor Wat temple complex, surveyed its massive towers, carved murals, colonnades, and courtyards that exemplify classic Khmer art and architecture. We also explored Angkor Thom, known for the Bayon Temples and Terrace of the Elephants; and Ta Prohm, which has been largely left as it was found, still engulfed by thick banyan trees. In the evening, we enjoyed a sumptuous spread of Cambodian cuisine and a performance  by the Apsara Tevi Group at Angkor Wat! More.