A couple of additional thoughts. Place the tallest of the tallest in the center of the back row and do the same with the other row(s). Count down the shutter release and with each shot ask if anyone didn't see the flash go off. If not, they blinked. Tell them not to break and run after each shot as you are going to pull up and review each shot, looking for closed eyes..etc. Make room on one end for the coach.
Don't think you need to be advised, but take along a couple lenses and camera bodies. Jack ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought Would think the 30mm Sigma would serve nicely. Will there be bleachers to allow seating in three rows? Will you have directional options to take advantage of sunlight? You may need to use defused flash to light up faces under the bill of their caps. Tallest to the back..etc. Post the results. Tim. Best of luck! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 8:42 AM Subject: Shooting 45 12-year-olds: advice sought 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
