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Hi,
I shoot thousands of action shots of children's footy each year and, because I do so and 'have a good camera', the pre-school group where my wife works has asked me to do their school photos. I would love to do this - A. for them, and B. to broaden my experience - but feel a bit lost (if only the kids were out on the grass kicking footballs around!).
All they require is basic portraits but I still want to do them as well as I possibly can.
I would be looking at a very basic set-up. Probably off-camera Speedlight at 45 degrees to the subject triggered by my D90 pop-up flash and a plain background.
Is this suitable?
Should the Speedlight have some sort of modifier fitted? Should the background be lit with a separate light? What distances should I be looking at between everything? What settings should I be looking at? Should I use a reflector? Is one light source sufficient? There is a broad range of skin tones. Would this affect the set-up?
As you can probably tell from all of the above I am blimmin confused and would very much appreciate any advice received.
I shoot thousands of action shots of children's footy each year and, because I do so and 'have a good camera', the pre-school group where my wife works has asked me to do their school photos. I would love to do this - A. for them, and B. to broaden my experience - but feel a bit lost (if only the kids were out on the grass kicking footballs around!).
All they require is basic portraits but I still want to do them as well as I possibly can.
I would be looking at a very basic set-up. Probably off-camera Speedlight at 45 degrees to the subject triggered by my D90 pop-up flash and a plain background.
Is this suitable?
Should the Speedlight have some sort of modifier fitted? Should the background be lit with a separate light? What distances should I be looking at between everything? What settings should I be looking at? Should I use a reflector? Is one light source sufficient? There is a broad range of skin tones. Would this affect the set-up?
As you can probably tell from all of the above I am blimmin confused and would very much appreciate any advice received.