Wow. It seems like it's been a long time since i stepped in to help Andrew out here. Oh, wait. It has. I haven't been ignoring the digital photography world entirely, though, and i thought I'd share some some places to while away the weekend if it's as unpleasant and rainy where you are as it is where I am.

First up, the Digital Photography Show. ok, it's not technically reading, but Scott and Michael have been putting together really great shows--although they took their own hiatus while Scott was house shopping and recovering from catastrophic hard drive failure. If you have time or an iPod to load up, grab them all. If you only have a couple of hours, grab Episode 8, and interview with Photoshop expert Scott Kelby. The interview starts with an interesting and wide-ranging discussion of all things digital, and then gets down to a lengthy explanation and discussion of that most misunderstood of Photoshop techniques: using channels. also check out this week's show, Episode 11, which features some useful user-submitted tips and and talk with the Equipment Lady, Laurie Excell, on selling used equipment.

Next, Arun of Digital Photography World has a nice little post up on Photoshop's Selective Color
function and how to use it.

Let'sGoDigital ran a story earlier in the week on  "camera neutralizing technology." Scary, but won't find DSLRs. Of course, a DSLR is pretty conspicuous to begin with.

Microsoft PhotoBlog has some tips up on using Quick Search in the Photo Gallery.