Just thought I would share with the members of the forum what I found. For some time I have been disappointed with the poor quality of the pictures that I was taking with my digital camera. The main problem is due to poor lighting. I went to my local photography shop and bought two GE Photoflood bulbs. I out them in clamp type drop lights with large reflector bowls. The difference once you get used to the blinding light is impressive! I also tried three backgrounds I like blue then white and lastly red. I also find that you need to wash out the picture by upping the brightness. For some reason pictures tend to darken quite a bit when uploaded to a web file. Oh by the way the total cost for the items was under $20. Oh another thing is try to take pics at the highest resolution then shrink them down. I find that it makes for a cleaner pic.
http://www.cityscape.net/~dgeorge/1908.jpg