Alright, I'll get this party started.

I'm Carlo, one of the editors over at Matador. I love writing and I love photography. If you want to find me there, hit me up at:

matadortravel.com/travel-community/vagabonderz

Can't wait to see what everyone will bring to the group!

I'm Julie, Matador's managing editor and editor of the Change and Pulse blogs. Like Carlo, I love writing and photography. My Matador profile is: matadortravel.com/travel-community/collazo

Thanks, Carlo, for setting up this account!

Hi,

I'm Adri, I love taking pictures and still learning how to be a writer, am a student of MatadorU ^__^

matadortravel.com/travel-community/adri

Cheers,

Hi,

I'm Mike. Fairly new to the travel lark but catching up as quick as I can. Love taking pics and reading about everyones adventures on Matador. Can't wait to see all your inspiring photos!

Currently living in Seattle, moved to the US from the UK in 2001 and just got back from a sojourn in Peru.

matadortravel.com/travel-community/mrjbennett

Hi Adri & Mark- Welcome!

Hello!
I am Dawnielle and currently a student traveling in Northern Queensland for a few months. Although Currently with out a camera for a short time, I love capturing moments with words and photos to share with others. Cheers!

Hi,

I'm Ted. I am an occasional contributor to Matador.

After years of cheap cameras, I bought a Nikon D90 six months ago.

I have a photoblog at www.TheodoreScott.com

I live in Houston, which I constantly have to qualify with "It isn't that bad."

Hi to all!
I'm João from Portugal, a web developer from Lisboa and free-time photographer

matadortravel.com/travel-community/t3mujin

Hi all and welcome

Lola here, editor of Matador Goods. Super stoked about the Flickr group. Matador profile - matadortravel.com/travel-community/geotraveler

Looking forward to adding shots to the pool.

Hi,
I'm Susan. I'm a photographer/blogger among other things.
I recently won free tuition to Matador U so it looks like I'll be adding travel writing into the mix!

Matador profile:
matadortravel.com/travel-community/elasticfate

Website:
www.elasticfate.com

Welcome everyone! Congrats on the win Susan!

Wow- SO excited to have seen this group grow overnight! Welcome Joao (I LOVE Lisboa!!), Susan, Ted (didn't know about your photo blog... going to check that out now), Dawnielle and Mike (sorry I wrote Mark yesterday-- I'm blaming all my errors this month on the fact that I have a newborn).

Really looking forward to browsing through the photos you've shared!

Hi guys

My name is Kathleen. I've long been a Matador member/fan but have always wished that the community could showcase evn more travel photography. I'm already in awe of the talent on display here!

My Matador profile URL is here

Here is a link to a few of my journal pages

Cheers. I look forward to watching this group develop, broadening my horizons and seeing more great talent emerge.

Kathleen

Hi,
I'm Barbara, italian/brazilian, professional photographer, developing a Photo project in Asia.

Hi,

I'm Linda. I joined Matador in July, was really excited about it, but have fallen off the face of the Matador Universe in the last few months. I'm currently in Kentucky, looking for my post-Peace Corps step, which may be photography and writing, office work, non-profit work... um, anything.

Matador profile - matadortravel.com/travel-community/ljgolden
Now defunct blog - lindaintogo.blogspot.com

Hi,
I'm ashley. I have been traveling for the last couple years and I'm trying to put my feet back on the ground...or in the water. I'm living in the pacific northwest, surfing these frigid waters, and eating lots of pinto beans.
I love taking pictures and learning about how to make 'em better.
matadortravel.com/travel-community/smishsmash

Hey folks,

I'm another of the Matador editors: matadortrips.com/about/. I get decent pics with a hand-me-down Canon PowerShot A630 but am hoping to graduate to a DSLR in the near future (yes, that is a christmas hint).

Matador profile: matadortravel.com/travel-community/halamen

Kathleen-

Yay! Stay tuned... we're going to be rolling out lots more photo-friendly features over the next few months. The behind the scenes tech architecture takes a bit of time to develop, but we're really committed to making the community more welcoming to photographers. The Flickr photo pool is just the start!

Hi, Barbara-

Can you tell us a bit more about your photo project in Asia?

Hi, Linda! Glad you checked in here and hope you'll come back to the Matador universe! :)
You may want to connect with Matador member/contributor JoAnna Haugen, who is also a former Peace Corps volunteer. She wrote a fantastic article a while back about the challenges of adjusting after returning home from a PC experience.

Hi, Ashley- Welcome!

So cool to see the group grow. The photos are phenomenal.

hi, i'm maya. i'm a student, normally in california, but right now transplanted to copenhagen, denmark. i take tons of photos and blog, and have just discovered matador - the resource i never knew i so desperately needed!

Maya- Wow- love the photos you've posted so far.

And Joao-- keep posting- those are gorgeous!!

Hooray! Matador on Flickr! Now all we need is Flickr on Matador:-)
Hi everyone, I'm Marie and my Matador profile is here

My alter ego on Flickr is Shanti, shanti as above.

I can't wait to check out everyone's pics!

Hello everyone!

Some of you know me a bit I guess, I am Eloren from Matador Networks, or Daniel as my real name hehe.
I am not always active as I am travling around Europe lately and most of the time walking around (did already about 1000+ km) but I'd love to meet new people and show my photos I take around the world.

Great to be here!

Dan

Hey Marie/Daniel...thanks for joining the Flickr group!

Hello,

I'm Carina, a student of MatadorU. I'm a dabbling photographer and can't wait to get more into it and see what everyone else has to showcase here. I've been a Picasa girl until now, so I'll have to switch my photos over...stay tuned.

-Carina

Hi!

I'm Cathey and I'm also a student of Matador U. I'm currently in San Antonio TX, transplanted from Connecticut. Almost as important as writing, photography is a passion I've been dabbling in for the last few years. This group is the perfect nudge to finally get my photos up somewhere other than iPhoto!

My Matador profile: matadortravel.com/travel-community/cathey-franke

Yay! Thanks to one of VagabonderZ's posts in the forums I found this group! Thanks! I'm danmur on matador. Good to see some you all here!

Welcome to the group Carina, Cathey, and danmur! Make sure to keep your eyes peeled on the other discussions. If you're interested, there may be opportunities to feature a photo or two on one of the Matador blogs.

Carlo

Hey,

My name is Neha. I'm a writer and a Matador U student. My Matador Profile matadortravel.com/travel-community/neha
and my blog nehasweb.com

Hey Neha, great to see you here!

Julie! Carlo!!! very neat

Film Producer/Travel/Photographer !

I hope to contribute to matadorTV

mike

Hey Mike, welcome aboard! Looking forward to your submissions to MatadorTV!

Hey everyone,

I'm Michael, a fellow matadorian like many of you. Fell in love with photography about a year ago after a old school black and white class. Some insanely mind blowing pictures here! Looking forward to the Matador photo course and learning from the greats here.

Hey, welcome Michael! What's your Matador page?

oh yeah, forgot that.

matador profile - matadortravel.com/travel-community/mwh

I'm that guy from Oklahoma that you kicked down all the awesome reading suggestions

Oh yeah, been meaning to ask..is there a set date yet to start the photography course over at Matador U? Thanks!

Howdy...I'm Len in Nanaimo, BC (Vancouver Island). I'm a serious amateur photographer with terminal wanderlust.

I just created a Matador profile today and plan to dive into the site a lot more over the coming days.
matadortravel.com/travel-community/lenlangevin

Hey guys...welcome to the group!! m-howe (what's your first name anyhow?) I haven't seen a set date yet for the course at the U, but I know it's getting close. I imagine early 2010. What are you reading these days?

Len, those are some fantastic shots you left over at the wildlife discussion. fyi, I grew up in Vancouver. See ya around!

Carlo

Hi,

I am Balaji, currently a student at Cincinnati, USA. Mostly into cellphone photography, and my images can be found on my flickrstream here. Been following the Matador travel site for some wonderful articles and images, and hope to see a lot of action here as well. Cheers.

Welcome to all new members and U students!

Hello Everyone,
Ryukyu Mike aka Michael Lynch here from Okinawa, Japan
matadortravel.com/travel-community/www-mikesryukyugallery...
Glad to see this crowd growing so fast and the talented camerafolks we have here. I spend way too much time squinting at monitors to visit here often and can't get over the way this has grown in just a few months. Awesome.
Just this year, I started blogging and doing some travel writing, but my true love is being out in the wild peeping through a viewfinder.

Cheers

Hey all,

I'm Stephen, currently teaching in Shenzhen, China and traveling as often as time and money allow. Two weeks to go until a five week vacation for Spring Festival, so I'll see where the road takes me.

I got a Flickr years ago but never really used it till just recently, but I'm planning on fixing that over the weeks before vacation.

Been reading Matador sites for a while, and have motivated myself to (try to) start contributing soon, so look out!

Take care.

matadortravel.com/travel-community/cptshtkckr

Hi, welcome Stephen! Looking forward to seeing your submissions.

Cheers,
Carlo

Howdy everyone. I am Eric and I am currently in Daegu, South Korea teaching English. I am still learning how to take better pics and hope to do some traveling around SE Asia soon.
matadortravel.com/travel-community/munybse

Hello,

I am Nick from Canada and currently in Sri Lanka. My girlfriend and I are traveling around Asia for the next 6 months and take a lot of photos and blog about it all on Around The World On A Toilet

My Matador Profile

Nick- Wow- Those are some gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing them with our pool!

Welcome guys!!

Thanks writing julie!

Hey everyone, I'm Jenn from Matador (probably one of many, actually :P ). I'm just starting out in travel writing and am still getting the hang of my camera. Amazing pics you guys! Looking forward to taming my camera soon and posting some pics of my own. Nice to meet you all :)
matadortravel.com/travel-community/jenn321

Heya Jenn, thanks for checking us out. :)

Hey everyone.. I have recently discovered the wonderful world of Matador ! Love it. My name is Andrea and I have recently moved to the middle of nowhere and am unemployed, taking photos and trying to sort myself out and not drive myself insane reading Matador travel blogs!

Excellent, An. A very merry welcome to the community!

Hi Everyone,
Just getting started on Matador, looks like a great site. I work in travel and love photography. Looking for ward to getting more involved.

My Profile

The Image Street Website

Welcome, Image Street!

Welcome, Jenn, An, and Image Street!

Hola everyone! "Doc" in Sri Lanka. I don't fit the usual Matador profile, I'm an older dude and a conservative Christian (Will this even get posted?).

I've been to many countries on both business and pleasure.
Most recently Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay.

I enjoy the Matador articles and photos.

My wife and I enjoy the beaches of Sri Lanka and as long as my sanity holds out we have a few years left here.

Cheers.

Welcome, Doc. Fear not--Matador is a big tent. :)

Hi Everyone!
My name is Em and I live in New Jersey.
I've been on the Matador sites for a few months and enjoy reading the articles. I hope to be able to add some of my own one day!
matadortravel.com/travel-community/tango0830

Welcome, Em. Nice shot of Cadillac Mountain. I like to consider myself an adopted Mainer. :)

Hey everyone! I was just directed to this group from the Matador forums and thought I should introduce myself - I'm Naomi, 22, and very pleased to find such an amazing community of similarly wanderlust-afflicted people as you guys :) I absolutely love photography and have just gone public with my pictures & musings over at a new blog, www.feverdreaming.net/blog , so hopefully that will help me share some of my own stuff with all the other amazing travellers I follow out there :)

Welcome, Naomi! Happy to have you here.

Hello, everyone. My name is Eric and I'm currently in Maine, USA. I've been a part of Matador community for a few years now and am a contributor to the network. My Matador profile is here:
matadortravel.com/travel-community/advenjunkie
I went to school for photography but am off-and-on about it since. Looking through the images here is getting me stoked up to pick up the camera again. Thanks for sharing. I'll be sharing some of my own.

Hey Eric, great to see you here. Where in Maine you at?

Hi all! I'm Lily and I'm currently in Grenada aka "Spice Island"....Been island hopping since November....one month left before I go home! My website http://www.lilylilyimages.com

Hey Lily, welcome. Great to have you here.

Thanks. I'm in Portland.

Hi all :)

I'm Damion! I travel alot and I love photography too! Just got back from Japan last week. Some photos are on my photostream take a look and enjoy :)

Heya Damion, welcome!

What's up Matador!
I'm Jon, right now in Butte, Montana, but recently back from a jaunt through Asia and most recently at the Vancouver Olympics. I'm an editor for the travel site theexpeditioner.com and theexpeditioner flickr group admin too (come on over and say hi). You may have noticed some of my writing out and about; I've been caught freelancing when the spirit moves me.
Viva Matador! I'm stoked to be here!

Yeah Jon, 'bout time you made it over here! ;)

Hey Jon...thanks for joining!

Hi to all. I am Scott, a 19 year old Business Student from Edinburgh, Scotland. I am a regular reader of Matador and wish to be able to contribute some of my own photographs to this wonderful online community of positive people.

Hey Scott, welcome aboard! Do you have a profile at Matador? If so, pop us the link. If not, what are you waiting for?! :)

Hi - I can't believe I haven't found this Flickr stream sooner. My name is Nic and I've been reading Matador for ages, dreaming and planning my round the world trip. I figured I'd try and get a bit more involved now I'm actually going. Starting in India this August. For now I have lots of photos from my travels around the UK.

My Matador profile is at matadortravel.com/travel-community/nplumb

Nice to meet you all :)

Hi! I'm Nancie. I'm a long time expat, amateur photographer, and traveler.

Hi! This photo stream is awesome! I've been loving reading so many articles on Matador since I found it a few months ago. Photography and writing are my passions as both get me outside and on the outer side of previous comfort zones.

Thanks Carlo for getting this going. I've enjoyed sharing photos before with other groups.

My Matador profile is :matadortravel.com/travel-community/letsdive

Welcome everyone! Glad you joined up ;)

Hi, I am Paolo - recently back to photography (used to shoot on film some years ago), and veeery recently acquainted with Matador: nice concept! Will be contributing...

Hey Paolo...welcome! Looking forward to whatever you send our way.

Hi There my name is Kevin and I love travelling the world with my Nikon D90 in tow.

check my work out at www.kbtimages.co.uk

Welcome, Kevin. Great images there.

Hi, I'm MorganDayCecil and I am an aspiring travel writer/photog.

The wonderful Leigh Shulman pointed me in the direction of the Matador flickr group.

You can check out my travel/photo blog about the Bluegrass:
www.bluegrassromance.com

Looking forward to learning and being inspired by all of you!

Sweet, we've crossed the 300 mark! Welcome aboard Morgan.

Hi, everyone,

I'm Patrick. Excellent group here! I travel a ton, just about everywhere.

You can see photos here: www.patrickbennettphotography.com/

And I also co-created a Caribbean travel community for experiential travelers, not tourists, interested in exploring all the Caribbean has to offer called Uncommon Caribbean. Check out the site here: www.uncommoncaribbean.com/

Or join our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Uncommon-Caribbean/280204257954?re...

Cheers!

Cool. Thanks for the links Patrick. And welcome!

Hey - I'm Kate, from South Australia. I'm considering taking the photo course at MatadorU, so I thought I'd see what else is around that Matador does.

I really got into travel photography as an exchange student living in France, as I got to travel a lot of Europe. I'm a marketer by trade but would love to be marketing my own photos one day :)

I blog about my travels at www.katepaneros.com and previously at frenchsafari.blogspot.com

Looking forward to getting involved!

Yo Kate, welcome aboard! Glad to have you here. Always looking for Wordless Wanderlust photos (see other discussions), so feel free to submit any photos you think might fit in.

See ya around!
Carlo

Hi, Kate-

If you want to email me at julie@matadornetwork.com, I'd be happy to put you in touch with students who could answer any questions you have about their experiences in the program. I'm the lead faculty member for the U.

Peace,
Julie

Hey! I'm Oliver. I daydream about being a travel writer and photographer, while traveling, when I should be writing and taking pictures. Fortunately I do wake up from time to time and post here, on Matador, and www.bottomofthesoul.com.

Very happy to be part of the community!

Hey, welcome Oliver!

Welcome here everyone :)

Cheers!

I´m Samuel. I´m an enthusiastic traveler & photographer who enjoys sharing & connecting with others who have the same passion. I´m currently on a 9 month trip all over Asia. I have my own blog & I´m a member of Matador Travel, but most often use facebook to post status updates & photos. I´m always looking to make new friends...

www.facebook.com/samuel.jeffery

May adventures be just around every corner

:)

Samuel

Hello everyone. My name is Chris. I haven't signed up with Matador Travel YET. Tomorrow I shall do that. Anyway, I've been fortunate enough to do some traveling over the last few years, and have enjoyed photographing my adventures. This seems like a good place to share my pictures and to see what other amazing things people have been seeing!

Hey Samuel, Chris...welcome!

Hi,
Im celine, French traveller, I'm now in New zealand, just other side of home...
I love photography, and would like to write about some of my travels, particularly about meeting local people and what about their lives ...
first, ill share some pix in here,
Celine
im also new in matador:
www.matadortravel.com/traveler/celokina

Hi Celine, glad you could join us!

Hey!

I'm June! I'm from Alabama and i'm just starting to REALLY take an interest in photography. I'm not a member of the site yet, but do frequent it quite often as it keeps me excited about traveling and seeing different parts of the world, etc. If anyone has any pointers of how to get started with a career in photography/travel i would love to hear what you have to say! Wishing you all a safe and Merry Christmas!!!

June

Welcome June! Well, I would have to say you should check out MatadorU's photography course!

matadoru.com/courses-list/travel-photography/

There is a weekly Q&A conference call where you can get any questions you have answered. Details here:

matadornetwork.com/pulse/matadoru-offers-weekly-qa-orient...