my buddy Paul Javier gave me a good tip to make your online photos look great. Crank up the exposure levels on your camera or use an image editing tool to make the photo look brighter.

Before

After

which one looks better? I definitely think the raised exposure makes a world of difference. The kitchen cabinets just pop, and everything just looks more appealing and inviting. I have a typical point and shoot personal camera, so for ease of use, I normally leave it on automatic. I raised the exposure levels in this photo with Photoshop CS2. Of course most people don't have Photoshop, but most image editors have an exposure adjustment.

To make the image pop in Photoshop, open the image, then look on the menu bar:
Images->Adjustments->Exposure

In this example I just raised the exposure +1 

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