Equipment required

~digital camera
~editing software of any kind. I highly suggest Photoshop Elements. It is $100 at Best Buy and has everything you could ever want/need to make your picture mounds better. Very cool software! If your looking for free - check to see if your camera came with any. If not, you can find free software online. One choice: www.splashup.com.
~an excitement to learn (alot!)