If you haven’t purchased a calendar in 2010 yet, consider Amnesty International offering. The world renowned photojournalist has put together a moving collection of images containing intimate portraits of Tibetan women, Indian women huddling from a desert dust storm and young men at the Niger marriage festival.

The calendar contains 12 images and large spaces for writing in appointments.  Sales of the calendar benefit Amnesty International programs.

Amnesty International campaigns for internationally recognized human rights and has more than 2.2 million members in 150 countries.

Steve McCurry is one of the world’s most recognized photographs with classic reportage of major conflicts and human struggles. He has worked for Magnum Photos since 1986.

If you’re seeking motivation or know how about becoming a photojournalist, Tim Page’s story may just inspire you.

The award winning, British born Page has covered major conflicts across the globe, had a character based on him in Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now, has written at least nine books, has photographs in places like The Smithsonian and The Imperial War Museum and won awards such as the Robert Capa and American Society of Media Photographers.

So even if you haven’t heard of him, you’ve probably seen his images. So how did it all begin?

Page, 65 years, began life with itchy feet, cycling all the way around Scandinavia when he was just 14 years. At 17 he left for Amsterdam where he worked in a chewing gum factory, the Heinken brewery and even as a hash smuggler. But he soon split from there and drove a Volkswagon combi across to Asia until it blew up in India in 1962. He then…

“Ultimately any good war photography becomes anti-war,” says English war photojournalist Interview with Capture, 2005).

And been there he has, in Vietnam, Kossovo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Lebanon. He’s also been wounded four times by a landmine, shrapnel and even friendly fire.

Page at the Requiem exhibition at the War Remnants Museum, Saigon by Peter Stuckings

Page’s most recent journey took him to Afghanistan to train promising young students in photojournalism. But he probably became best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War, work that has become iconic and featured in books such…

Shutterbug magazine is a well rounded popular magazine for professional photographers.  This magazine is packed with all kinds of good information. In 2008 Shutterbug featured an article by the Australian photojournalist, Peter Skinner.  Skinner’s article, “Covering the Sports Beat; Capturing the Action” he uses photographs from nine types of sporting events to illustrate how to capture action and emotion.

click on “Covering the Sports Beat; Capturing the Action“