Your digital photos need help. There's free help to fix them.

Everybody these days seems to have a digital camera, and go around taking pictures of just about everything. Any you know what? Most of those pictures just aren't that good. There are various reasons why.

Wait, you say. Weren't digital cameras, whether in a cellphone or alone, supposed to make photographers out of anyone? Well of course, but there's still is, and always has been, a difference between a bad photographer and a good one.

So, why do your photos suck? Sometimes the subject just can't be seen well. It's either not enough light, or your subject isn't standing still, or your subject is out of the picture before you deploy your camera. Or worse, your subject is blurred AND not well lit. Strange poses never work, nor does posing in general.

Then there's the backgrounds that don't work. Like the lamp pole growing out of your subject's head. Or the tree branches coming out the side of someone's head. Skin that's the wrong color. And other things too numerous to mention. Don't worry, there's help available, and for free. And, I hate to be the one to tell you, but if you're relying on a cellphone to take good pictures, it just ain't going to happen.

For some photo basics, I recommend this tutorial at idigitalphoto.com. It's short and to the point. And at morguefile.com, there's a more in-depth tutorial with assignments.

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