How do you get professional quality digital photos????

You open a magazine or look online and you'll see celebrity pictures that look crystal clear. How does a consumer get this quality?? Is it the camera?? I plan on buying a new camera soon, a Canon with a Digic II processor, but I want my pictures to look like its from the AP.
Home pictures that are crystal clear still don't look like AP photos. There's just something that looks different - better, and I can't distinct what it is. Does anyone know what I mean? Thanks!

Depending on what you are looking at ... here is a brief answer to your question.
1. Use a Professional or "pro-sumer" digital SLR camera ( $ 1000-2000 for the camera body alone)
2. Use professional quality lenses ( usually $ 600 - $1500 for one lens, typically)
3. Use Professional quality studio lighting ( for a basic studio quality lighting set up can run anywhere from $1500 - $ 5000)
4. Do editing and retouching in photoshop.
5. Have the knowledge to do all this, and understand photography and lighting techniques.
So if you have the $$ and the knowledge and the right equipment, your pics will have that same look.
IMac G5, 17 Inch, rev B, 5G Ipod,   Mac OS X (10.4.1)   Canon 20 D, Canon L lenses, Hensel Integra Studio Lights, etc
IMac G5, 17 Inch, rev B   Mac OS X (10.4.1)   Canon 20 D, Canon L lenses, Hensel Integra Studio Lights, etc

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