Photo Advise

Actually, I probably need more advice than I can give. The most I can offer is that it is SO important to have bright and accurate photos. I can't stand looking at some of my earlier photos and scans. They were dark and slightly blurry. I shudder to remember them! And as a customer I immediately tune out bad pictures and move on to the next vendor.

I use a digital camera...An Olympia C-740 Ultra Zoom that we bought ... gosh, it must be 2 years ago now. Time flies! :)

I have no idea how to use it other than the 'auto' feature and to delete the photos I don't like. I'm sure if I took some time to read the book I might have more functionality but there isn't much hope that I'd understand it more unless someone took time to show me. I'm a hands on and visual learner.

But I still think that my photos have improved 100%...even though there's always room for improvement. It's hard to get bright sunlight in the Pacific Northwest, but whenever I find a sunny day I try to take some photos. [I'd love to get a lightbox but other things take priority right now.] Then, I download the photos from the camera and edit them in MS Office Picture Editor to crop, brighten, and compress. Then, if I want to add any borders or fun edits I use MS Picture It! Express.

Any advice on taking good photos?