Saturation problems

[hkverde]

Hi,
I've been having a few problems in my portrait photography and am hoping someone here can help. I'm shooting with a Canon EOS Rebel XT. The two lenses I'm using are a Canon EF 50mm f1.8 and a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5. I'm having issues with my photos looking overly saturated and a bit blown out. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Also, anyone know if there's a way to upload a photo when using this forum? I'd like to include an example but am not sure how to do it. Thanks!

 

[William Petruzzo]

You can upload a picture, you just need to use a website like photobucket or flickr to host the image. Then, just copy and paste the image link they provide.

I would suggest consulting the manual.

It seems likely that you have your exposure compensation kicked up a bit. If I remember right, the Rebel line of camera's don't make switching that off all that obvious. As for the saturation, I'm guessing the problem could be one and the same.