Quote Originally Posted by bentleya View Post
Always shoot in RAW always, never like the camera to pick what it thinks.

Pick up photoshop elements, great and cheap and the newer versions have many of the great features of it's big brother CS4.
Thanks for the tips! I actually dug out a copy of Elements today (Elements 2, from 2002 ) although I plan on buying a copy of Ps CS5 when it somes out.

I also built a lightbox today, so that has really allowed me to control the lighting more and shoot at night. I wish I had done this in January, when it was dark after 5.

Here's what a better setup and a few minutes in Elements did: