Contest Winner and some hot links

First, the hot links (gotta make you wait for the good stuff):

• Annie's at it again, this time for Vanity Fair's February issue shooting the cast for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie.
• As is the Luminous Landscape, with a very very well-written D3/D300 comparison (can you tell I want a D3? Because I do. Will I be getting one? Probably not).
  
• My favorite photo podcast, I don't know how it took me this long to mention this, Inside Digital Photo Radio.
  
• Did you know Vincent Versace is on Flickr?
  
• Lastly, I bring you the work of Greg Gorman.
  

Why Gorman? Because of his use of light. Hard light mostly, which is not easy to master, plus many of the images have that old Hollywood film-noir look. AND, most importantly, the Gorman site is the winner of my inspiration contest. It was recommended by Nina Beheim of Seattle, so congratulations Nina, you've won a 8x12 print of your choice from my site.

Thanks to all who sent me links, here's a list of the links you all were kind enough to submit.

• The work of Alain Briot.
  
• The lessons of The Little Prince.
• Ed Pierce
• Uber wedding photographer Joe Buissink.

Then there's this, from Velvet, which is perhaps the best, as inspiration itself is a constant battle:

"You told me once that your idea of success was something that can never be attained--and that that attitude kept you inspired to always grow, learn more, and do more. it sounds to me like the idea of never being satisfied is your personality. the bad news is, that's very frustrating, and you may find your head bruised, from where you are continually beating it against a brick wall. the good news is that you will never, truly, be finished...and there's no better way to stay young than that...in life as well as in art."