Dave, A couple of suggestions: 1. Why worry about red eye if you're shooting in black and white? 2. You don't say what you'll be using for a background. If it's wood (usually so in a bank), get a pocket bouncer and put your flash on the hotshoe in TTL mode. This will allow some background to appear in the shot (providing it's not too far away) and will help eliminate reflections off the wood. 3. Go to another bank and look at their poses to get some ideas. 4. Use your 105; it's a great portrait lens. 5. They're bankers--don't do it for free! Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:55:32 -0600 From: David Robins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Portrait photography [v04.n159/11] Message: 11 A friend who is an assistant manager at a bank has asked me to take some photographs of the bank's managers/VPs, which will be displayed (8"x10") in frames on the bank wall with people's name/position. Photos will be black and white. I'll be developing and printing the photos myself. Camera will be an F90X, probably with my Nikkor 105mm/f2.8D (micro), and SB-28 on a bracket (non-dedicated so I lose the matrix flash, but it effectively eliminates possibility of red-eye; I don't like using the red-eye reduction feature). I have moderate experience, I mostly shoot candids, but I've done very little paid photography. I have other lenses (the "standard" 50/1.8AF, and a Tamron 28-200AF-LD [plus 20/2.8D and 180/2.8D which are unsuitable]), but I'd like to use the 105 so I'm not too close to the subjects. I'll be using Ilford HP5+ film, probably shooting at f5.6. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? (re: film, filters, posing people, lens, whatever). Should I forgo the flash and push the film (or try both)? I judge HP5+ to be OK for 8x10s up to 1600, from use at a student paper. Feel free to reply by e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you don't think replies will be of general interest. Thanks, Dave
