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Digital Cameras - If you are taking photos yourself, high resolution images can be secured through digitization. If you are taking digital pictures, your camera must support very high resolutions or extremely large format. So, your $165.00, 1.4 megapixel camera is not going to produce high resolution images. On the other hand, a $1,500.00, 8.2 megapixel camera at the proper setting can!

Even if you have a high end camera, if you have it set to maximize the number of pictures you can take, you are probably taking those at a low resolution. Make sure that your camera is set to take the highest quality, largest format photos possible when you are taking pictures that you expect to use for professional printing. If you're merely showing Gran how beautiful your hydrangeas are this year, go ahead and pick whatever setting you want.

Please note that printing a high resolution digital image to an inkjet printer on photo quality paper is not "professionally developed." Although the image may be high resolution on your computer, inkjet printers, no matter how great yours is, do not print in a dotted pattern. No dots, no resolution. If you have a laser printer that supports 300 DPI printing, this will work! This is why large photo labs have that big "printer" and not a row of $200 ink jet printers.

Scanned Images - If you have professionally developed photographs (which can even include photo labs like Wal-Mart) from your 35mm camera (or even your disposable instamatic), you can scan these images at 300 DPI with relative ease. If you want to enlarge the picture, be sure to scan at the highest possible resolution. How you set the scan resolution is dependent upon your scanning software. Please refer to your on-line documentation or manual.

Frequently, when you scan photos that have been developed at a high volume lab, you will see an unacceptable level of trash (fibers and dust) on the photo. Sometimes this can be caused by a dirty scan bed, so be sure to keep it cleaned per the manufacturer's directions.

If you don't have a scanner, 400 Edition can scan images for a charge of $5.00 per scan.

Professionally Produced Images - If you have engaged a professional photographer for a photo shoot, most can provide electronic, high resolution images. Be sure to ask them up front if there is an additional charge for this, since not all professional photographers shoot digital. The photographer will generally provide a CD with these images, but make sure they are high resolution and you have full copyright.

Stock Photos - Stock photos can be secured from hundreds of sources in virtually every topic. When purchasing stock photos, make sure you purchase at least 300 DPI images. And yes, they are more expensive than the smaller ones!

A few of our favorite sources for stock photos are IndexOpen and iStockPhoto.