I might be able to answer two questions with one answer :)

Go to your dashboard.
Pages & Themes
"Inspect" the theme Rigid - Bold

Install all the missing page types.

On your homepage, when it's in edit mode, click "design" change the page type to homepage. This will give you a larger area for the image.

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the quick reply - I am negligent in my thanks. I'm starting to get the feel for where concrete5 docs are etc so hopefully I can answer some of my own questions. Thanks again.

How do I install the missing "homepage" page type? I don't see it listed. I only have Blog, Full Width, Left, and Right.

You should be able to install the missing page types as I mentioned above.

Go to your dashboard.
Pages & Themes
"Inspect" the theme Rigid - Bold

Install all the missing page types.

Thanks, I missed that the first time. It is called Activate.

Activate and Inspect are two different things. Inspect will search for the missing/new page types. Activate will make that theme your default theme and apply it to all the pages.

Okay another dumb question. Where do I enter the text for the caption over the picture in the slider?

On the homepage, use the block "power slider". It will give you a place for each slide to enter text.

So you can only add the caption when you add the slider block? I already had the slider block installed and had to uninstall it to get the caption option. Am I missing something?

Yes, you use the "power slider" block. Attached is the screenshot of how it would work. Pretty straightforward.

I swear that the option to include an option wasn't there after I didn't add anything the first time. No matter - it is there now. http://www.projectzed.com a site in progress. Need to build a backend for applicants and opportunities next.