Thanks to Stacy.Canion & Chip Bennett
I was able to remove the white space above the header picture moving the header picture all the way to the top which is great!
Delete this code in the Header section:
`<hgroup>
<h1 id=”site-title”><span><a href=”<? php echo esc_url( home_url( ‘/’ ) ); ?>” title=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( ‘name’, ‘display’ ) ); ?>” rel=”home”><?php bloginfo( ‘name’ ); ?></a></span></h1>
<h2 id=”site-description”><?php bloginfo( ‘description’ ); ?></h2>
</hgroup>`
Now to get rid of the search box up top delete this code:
<?php
// Has the text been hidden?
if ( 'blank' == get_header_textcolor() ) :
?>
<div class="only-search<?php if ( ! empty( $header_image ) ) : ?> with-image<?php endif; ?>">
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div>
<?php
else :
?>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
If you would like to see how this worked, you’re welcome to visit my site: My blog