At EditorialPhoto.Com you can find some interesting articles. One of those articles (very long one) has two parts (1 and 2) and called "War on Photographers". Do you want to know what is about? Here is an excerpt from there, which may give you an idea:
"If you are an assignment or freelance photographer, congratulations because you are on the road to extinction. Photographers, such as yourselves, have lost a war they didn't fight. Many of you didn't even realize that you've lost it...
"You are facing issues like right grabs, non payment from clients, non payment from stock agencies, large and small. Lost images, unscurpulous reps, bankruptcy filings, tight budgets, both real and imagined. We are going to try to deal with many of these issues as possible..."

Note: The photograph here is taken by Tech. Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis, U.S. Air Force (available at DefenseLink).

The cell phones and hand-helds more and more come into our lives. There are video, TV, podcasts, web surfing and other stuff. And web surfing through PDAs and handhelds opens some new doors and new issues. For those of you who want to provide the web content for mobile users I recommend to read the Series about Mobile Web Design. These series of pages are filled up with a bunch of useful links and tips. It may take a while to read it fully.

There is a tutorial on ePhotoZine website - "Black & white high key effects in Photoshop technique". In this article you will find out about two ways to create high key black and white photographs using Channel Mixer, Gradient Map and Dodge/Burn tools.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand holds a unique exhibition of photographs that you can touch and feel. Actually it is the idea to feel the photographs by touching them. Read the news article to find out more.

In this tutorial ShutterTalk discussed the approach to give color to black and white photographs. The effect is based on the Color blending mode, where you hand-color the photograph. This could be a basic step in one of your restoration techniques.

WebMonkey posted an excerpt from Dane Howard's book "The Future of Memories : Sharing Moments with Photoshop Elements and Digital Cameras". In this excerpt the author shows what the photographers can do in abundance of possibilities and number of pictures in digital photography. The following tips are given to the reader:

• Free yourself from the viewfinder
• Shoot more images in one setting
• Shoot now, edit later
• Plan for post

Read more in the article.