How take proffessional pictures?

I have a Nikon Coolpix L3 digital camera.Im trying to take a picture for my album cover but they lack the quality I want.How would i get professional lookin pictures?

Oh I know that camera. Great little camera when you set it on A (auto) and it has an automatic blurr warning... something most pros should have.. lol.... . When you say your album cover? .. you mean your photo album, right?

To get the best shots from that camera make sure you set it to the highest resolution possible and on full auto, avoid the digital zoom ...and take the shot in external daylight if you can. Use the scene assist too. My sister has one of these cameras.. its a good bit of fun at Christmas time.

Depending on what effect you want of course, be careful that you choose the time of day to suit the shot ..... I don't know but for example ....late afternoon sunlight is warm coloured light and this helps enahnce the colour of ~ faces!

Good luck with that.

Buy a professional camera.

like any profession it requires skill (use of light), and

training (schooling for me)

you have a point and shoot camera no lights and no technical knowlegde (i could be wrong), i have a drill but im no dentist

so your answer is study photography get the tools or hire a Pro

sorry ams wont like this answer, as it is, the below is an average way of doing it

two lights defussed on 45's to the album, tripod and use the timer

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I am really good at playing bass and I used to play classical organ (35 years ago) and a friend asked if I could play the organ for her church wedding. I said that I could brush up a bit and I could probably get by. I mean, a wedding doesn't need more than a half an hour of music, right? He decided to hire a professional so the crappy music would NOT be the most memorable thing about his wedding.

You should appreciate what I am saying and do the same for your album cover, if you care what it looks like.