Seeking photography advice!!

[k9krazee]

Okay, I KNOW that there are tons of fantastic photographers out there...I need a lil help

A little background: My digi camera sadly passed away a couple of weeks ago (I guess it wasn't THAT tragic, it was a crappy camera anyway...but still...). My mom went out and bought a Kodak EasyShare C340...and thats AFTER all my advice to her that I'd collected from here about Canons and stuff Oh well, hopefully I'll be able to get my own camera soon.

Soo...we got this camera maybe 3 days ago. I've been playing around with it a bit but I've never actually had a camera that focuses...or has zoom...or macro...hehe, its really cool!

So, I'm having problems such as this:



Jack came out in focus...but you can't see the background at all And this seems to happen to me a lot. I don't know how to make it not do that...

I've been holding the button down halfway and letting it adjust and then pushing it down the rest to take the picture.

What to do? Maybe you guys can't help me, and I feel silly asking this. But it doesn't hurt to ask, right?

[Roxyluvsme13]

Maybe it's something on the flash? I mean hey, nothing against Kodaks, good pics, but...my pics turned out liek that alot on my Kodak, too. I think it's something with the flash.

[k9krazee]

Oh, I totally understand about Kodaks...this would be our third But sadly, I guess my mom hasn't figured out that there ARE better cameras out there, lol.

Could be the flash...but it only happened once in a while.

See, this thread the pictures are all taken with the new camera, and most of them turned out!

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=102722

It just boggles my mind

Thanks!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Well, that stinks..Maybe Kay can help , or...Sarah, or some of those other people who take awesome pics . Too bad your mom didn't get a Canon. The S2 IS is on sale at Circuit City right now. Good Luck in figuring this out!

[CagneyDog]

It looks like it is just overexposed. Was the shot taken looking into the sun?

[slleipnir]

It does look a little over exposed, perhaps the background is light colored which is why it is so white, and since the dog is black, it shows up??...Is your background shiny or anything? It even looks like it's reflecting light?

What mode are you taking it on? I don't know about your camera, but I can set the exposure on my cam.