The September issue of The Digital Journalist is out!
As expected they cover the tragedy in New Orleans, but also the Wayang in Singapore, and lots more.

• “This is not a normal assignment.”
• Pebbles From Paradise – lots of great stuff here.
• Beginner’s guide to composition
• Beauty Retouching
• Photoshop tutorials
• Start Your Own Photography Business from Home
• How I Recovered My Lost Digital Photos
• Macro photography with your digital camera – macro photography with a compact digital camera is so much easier than with a DSLR. You get fabulous depth of field and can generally focus closer. None of my lenses can focus closer than 11 inches. My FZ5 compact can focus at 1.9 inches!

TIME.com: The Day After Katrina Photo Essay – 13 photos from Time.com. It continues in the Hurricane Crisis photo essay.

The New York Institute of Photography has great tips about B&W photography. It’s part 28 of the series and there’s plenty more!

2 Minute Photoshop Tricks – nice idea! It’s an attractive format for presenting small tips. “2 minutes and I’ll know how to do this! Wow!”

When the USSR collapsed 15 countries were created. This is a series of photos and commentary by Jonas Bendiksen who has been a Magnum nominee since 2004 so you know his images are good.
The spoken commentary that runs through the slide show help to bring the photos to life.

PATH – new online photography book. It’s unusual in that it promises not to discuss technical details, but that much-forgotten aspect of the art of photography:

This book is about the most important factor in your photography: you.

Beauty Retouching – how to touch up a photo. The girl in this image had lots done!