Tim, as of recently I've been doing my school shooting with DA* 16-50.
Prior to that it was Sigma 24-60 and before that Tamron 28-75. I suggest
you start with Sigma 30/1.4 (you will appreciate the sharpness and the
relative lack of distortion towards the borders of the frame). If it
ain't enough, you can swap to DA 21. I think 18-55 may be problematic
unless you intend to do your shooting at ample daylight at f/6.3-f/8.
If at all possible, I do suggest you bring 50-135 too, as if you have
enough room, it may prove to be your best bet.
Boris
On 5/28/2012 18:42, Tim Bray wrote:
Since the Little League’s “real photographer” is unavailable, I’ve
been asked to shoot the annual portrait of the 45 “graduating”
12-year-old players and get 5x7’s made for them. Group shot, not
portraits. I’ve never done anything remotely like this and if anyone
here has, advice would be welcome. Not just cameras but
composition/procedure/whatever.
It’ll be on the grass by the traditional-looking scoreboard.
This will be the K-5. My thinking is that even if we can squeeze them
into 3 rows (and it may just be 2), it’s a pretty wide shot. So I’m
thinking of my wide lenses, the 21mm Limited and 30mm Sigma f1.4. My
*sharpest* lenses are the 100mm Macro and 50-135, but I don’t think
either are gonna work in this scenario. This is where having the
18-55 might be useful...
Anyhow, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -T
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