Continuing is the series of farmer’s hands wi their their produce.

The Canon Professional Network’s The Press Photographer’s Year 2008 shows their choice of the best images from the best press photography taken for the UK media during 2007.

Check out the work of New York-based fashion and beauty photographer Michael David Adams. Although there are less than 20 images shown in his online portfolio, Adam’s work is crystal clear studio fashion lighting and format. Enjoy the glitter.

I love my Moleskine! Make that plural.

I’m envious of the artists who use the notebook’s pages as canvas for their expressive work. Especially appealing is the work of Christian Oliver Cruz, second from right in bottom row above, and weretooyoungtosleep at left in bottom row, who appears to use Polaroid emulsions for at least one of his pieces. You can also sort through the collection at ’skine.art. for a few more artist’s pieces.

Wikipedia has a completely different definition for Moleskin, spelled without the trailing e.

Sunday’s The New York Times Magazine’s cover story details photographer Stephanie Sinclair’s access to some of the girls and young women removed from the Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas. Her rare and intimate contact is shown in a series of slideshows.

The Young Women of the F.L.D.S. | Inside Their World

Go Ahead. Test yourself.

Don’t ask. I’m not revealing any personal secrets.

This is just as you imagined. The list has been around since 2004 but just as true today as the day it was compiled.

Professional photographers need a 12-step program to become more successful in business today. Add up David Ziser’s suggested Business Day Thursday: Run Your Business Like The Naval Academy – The 7-Step Annapolis Plan and John Harrington’s Six Ways to Help a Laid-Off Photographer Get Started as a Freelancer to get a baker’s dozen methods to enhance and advance a professional photography business.

The combined theme of the two sets creates a community-based system for photographers to learn from each other, share intellectual resources, and build a better business.