Submit a favorite photo of your own on any topic of your choosing for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic. Selections will appear in both the print and online magazines.

Before you begin the submission process, please make sure your photograph meets the following requirements:

* JPG or JPEG file format (ex. YourImage.jpg or YourImage.jpeg)
* At least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image)
* Total file size must be under 2 megabytes (MB) (2048 kilobytes [KB])

Entering is easy! The rules for entry can be found here.

National Geographic invites interested parties to submit a digital photograph for possible publication in National Geographic magazine and on ngm.com. To submit a photograph on a topic of your choosing for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic, click Submit Your Photo and follow the step-by-step directions on that page. We will accept submissions beginning on the 15th of every month. No more than 5,000 submissions will be accepted per submission period. Limit one photograph submission per person. One or two images will be published in the print magazine and an additional three images will be chosen for publication online. You must be 18 years of age or older to submit a photograph.

You can submit your photography to Natgeo here:

Your Shot Entry Submission

FAQ is here.

There was an uproar a while back about the media in Malaysia altering press pictures to make them more attractive or slightly change the meaning/context by removing/adding people or merging two pictures.

It also happens to big shot AP photographers and many other press agencies, there is a full gallery that shows the extent of the manipulation and the stories surrounding them. And it’s been happening for a long time.

Like this for example:

Trotsky…now you see him, now you don’t.

And this LA Times pictures which turned out to be a composite of two pictures to ‘improve the composition’.

In most of these cases the photographers were fired. I believe this is rightly so, in the case of media photography or photojournalism, you are taking the scene, the reality, what occurred, it’s not down to artistic interpretation or manipulation.

Source: News.com

PBase magazine is a quarterly magazine addressing photography, best of all, it’s FREE!

You can get the latest issue here:

PBase magazine – October – Issue 7 [PDF]

You can find the magazine archive here:

PBase Photography Magazine

I have the Leica M8 in my hands. Once the weekend is done, I shall write a review for Click! Magazine for this wonderful specimen of photographic equipment.

What makes a Leica so special? Well some people say it’s a photographic tool that’s not only robust and superbly made and finished… but also one with no compromise in optical quality. It is said that a Leica M series camera allows one to walk around with a portable camera and produce lovely images with unflinching German technology whilst enjoying the sparse Teutonic design.

What makes a Leica so special, I ask again? It’s also got to do with the intangible quality of the package. Leica M cameras make you WANT to go out and shoot. This is the new M8… Leica’s first true digital rangefinder camera… and if you want my review and photos from it, you will just have to make sure you buy the next issue of Click! Magazine

Here’s something easy to use as a mini softbox in case you need to shoot something small quickly.