Turn all these off!

If you need to do anything to the photo to make it more effective for a website (sharpen it, enhance the colours, or reduce the filesize,) these are best done by a professional on a computer, not on the digital camera itself.

(I’m just super glad I’ve never yet seen a “drop shadow” setting on one of these digital cameras!)

Consider Your Lighting.

Using filtered sunlight creates the most flattering and natural feel to your photographs. Flash light and overhead fluorescent lighting creates harsh shadows and sickly blue tones.

If you are limited to flash photography try to include as much natural light as possible, small lamps for a warmer glow and use white or gold reflectors (in other words a big white sheet) to reflect natural light back up into the shadow areas of your subject.