Nikon SLR Cameras

How to make my pictures look PROFESSIONAL?

emily
emily

Okay so i have a digital finepix j20 fujifilm camera. I don't have money for a professional nikon camera, is there any setting or button on my camera to make the pictures look better or any web site to edit them to look professional?
please i would love your help!♥

HisWifeTheirMom
HisWifeTheirMom

To get a professional look you will need to be able to control the aperture, shutter speed and ISO.
You can put a good polish on your photos with editing.
You can definitely improve the overall appearance of your photos from the camera by studying good photographic composition. You would be surprised how much better your shots will be just by practicing the rules of composition. Here's a good basic website for it: http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition.html

Guest
Guest

Fujifilm Finepix j20 > 10 mp p&s
http://www.fujifilm.com/...nepix_j20/
File format Still image: JPEG
Still image: 3, 648 x 2, 736 (10M) /
3, 648 x 2, 432 (3:2 format) / (high)
2, 592 x 1, 944 /
2, 048 x 1, 536 /
1, 600 x 1, 200 /
640 x 480 pixels (low)

finepix j25/j20 maunal (pdf)
http://www.fujifilm.com/...nal_01.pdf
softwares > FinePixViewer /Studio
http://www.fujifilm.com/.../software/
http://www.fujifilm.com/...index.html

http://mycameracabinet.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/fujifilm-finepix-j20/

using full quality setting, check settings for each location,
use other edit software aside from Finepix tools,

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some freewares:

Helicon Filter (free version)
http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfilter.html
Sagelight Lightbox Free version
http://www.sagelighteditor.com/downloadfree2.html

Gimp ~image editor,
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
PhotoPlus
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/
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Nancy Tarantino
Nancy Tarantino

Photoshop

atomic
atomic

To get a professional photograph, use a professional photographer. An amateur with a cheap camera can't create a professional photograph even with all the photoshop in the world. Sorry.

Fred
Fred

Images can be made to look professional by using editing tools - and knowing the limits of your image (e.g how large it can be created). Given that most professionals use editing software then you need to obtain - and use - such software with the same degree of expertise.

As to professional look, when i first started digital imaging I used a Fuji 6900 [ 3MP interpolated to 6MP] but still managed to produce sufficient quality within a year to have 2 images used as front cover of a national magazine in the UK; one of the images was so crisp that a friend opined it was good enough to persuade him to convert from film!

photog
photog

FFS. If there was a button on a camera which suddenly turned snapshots into good (pro) shots then there would be no bad photos in the world and believe me there are loads of them.

The setting which makes pictures look good (I won't say professional as there are many bad professional shots) is the one behind the viewfinder.

Training, skill and experience is what will make your photos good.

mister-damus
mister-damus

It would not make sense to have a button on a camera to make pictures look better (because that would mean you would also have a button to make pictures look more awful - so why would anyone want that?)

So if you want your pictures to look better, then you'll have to develop better picture taking skills (rules of composition and lighting, holding the camera steady or using a tripod, etc.)