I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this, but I think its close enough. I was wondering what cameras and settings everyone uses to get the awsome pics I see. My pics don't seem to come out as good and I can't figure out why. I'm using a cannon powershot s30 with the resolusion maxed and the size at medium (1024x768) and it just doesn't look right. It looks really bad when I resize it with Microsoft Picture it! 9 (not the best, but it works). It is a 3 megapixel camera I think.

What do I need to change? Do I just need to take larger pics? Is my camera no good? Any ideas? Is there anyway I can post them fullsize instead of resizing them too 800x600? Thanks.

PS. I attached a pic for example.

 

Max everything out, Quality on best, Size at biggest. Then use Photoshop CS 8.0 ( What I use ) and tweak the photos.. may mean sharpening some area's, adding some contrast, brightness, messing with Color levels. Most good photographers/editors can use a 3.2 Megapixel camera and mess with them in photoshop, looking like SLR photos.. Give it a shot..


What I use:
Crappy but Small and Decent Casio QV-R40
Photoshop CS 8.0
ACDSee ( When im in rush )

 

It's not always the camera that does the work.

If you're serious about good pictures, you might want to check out Adobe Photoshop Elements software.

I know personally I use my dads camera, a Nikon Coolpix 995.

What exactly is bugging you with the photos? You can direct your camera to focus on a part of an image and set exposure for that point, or have it average the whole area and adjust according to that.

Most of all it boils down to trial and error. You can make a lousy picture with a 10,000 dollar camera and a great picture with a disposable kodak when it comes to composition of a picture.

Post some details about what you don't like, and what you would like to see, and we'll go from there.

 

Canon digital rebel(with 10D hack) and Photoshop CS.

before this i was using a 2mpxl Canon digital elph. fun quick camera, but i took some sick shots with it for a good number of years. if you can't afford the equipment you want, work with what you've got - it's all in the subject. the way you crop it. the way you angle it.