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Here are some of the articles from around the web that I found particularly interesting this week.

• How to bypass the Portrait Mode on Your Digital Camera and Get Great Portraits - From Digital Photography School. I never use the portrait mode on my camera for a few reasons, one of them being that you can’t shoot in RAW on my Canon 20D. DPS gives you some good advice to set up a portrait shot by going into your camera’s “creative”modes.
• PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT: Blown Away - Brian Auer over at the Epic Edits blog is starting a new project with the topic being overexposure. But the project needs reader input to succeed, so check it out!
• Canon 40D Reviews and Resource Page - From Photography Bay. Just in case you’ve been stranded in a cave and survived on bugs and water from cacti for the last couple months, the Canon 40D has been announced and will be on shelves very soon. Get all the skinny on this very cool new camera.
• Nikon D300 Officially Announced - Also from Photography Bay. I don’t want to leave any of you Nikon die-hards out in the cold. They’ve got their answer to the Canon 40D. Let the battle of the SLRs heat up!
• Portrait Inspiration - From PopPhoto Flash. Snag a tip on getting yourself out of that lighting rut.