David: What else should we know to get the best pictures possible?

Steve: The best pictures come from the best photographers. If Connected Photographers have made the jump to digital, they realize it opens up so many options for making great looking photos.

David: Where do you think the technology will be going in the next ten years?

Steve: I believe the market for printing photos at home will stay flat or decline as photo kiosk options and Web-based options become easier and more understood by the picture-taking public. Professional photographers want a print source they can trust for consistent quality, turnaround and price. They need to try sites such as Pixel Outpost to find out there are surprising options for large format prints.

More technology will be built into the cameras (for example, anti-shake, auto red-eye, color modes), and the storage of the highest resolution photos will not be an issue as the removable media cards now allow hundreds of "best resolution" shots to be stored. This will allow the average photographer more shots to choose from, and consequently the photos that make the cut will be much better.

These advancements, along with easier to use image correction software (think Adobe's Healing Brush), will make photo flaws a rarity for the digital-savvy photographer.

The pool of interesting digital photos taken and posted by consumers will grow and may have an impact on the normal stock photo models.

Wireless connections from camera to computer or storage device (think iPod) will allow mobile photographers more options to store and share.

Dean Dey is a computer and technology specialist at the University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in Georgetown Delaware, and is retiring June 30. He lives in Lewes, Delaware. His son, Ryan, is a cartographer for Geodatascape in Hillsboro, Oregon.