Please Help!!

Mitch.Carter

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Aaaaahhhhhhhh!
Some of my friends have recently asked me to do a photoshoot-style thing for them (3 of them) and being a completely amateur photographer I don't have a scooby-doo how to even start to tackle this! As it's three girls you can imagine they didn't really have an idea of what they wanted... The only source they gave me was this amateur fashion-style looking website calledLookBook and said they wanted photo's like this style of thing (I know it's not very photographic, I guess this would work to my advantage haha!). Any tips you could give me on how to start composing/creating/capturing/attacking these sort of style images are very welcome! Also, I only have the kit lens for my Sony a230 is this going to be good enough or am I wasting my time?!
Thanks for your time, I appreciate any replies I get as at the moment I am completely clueless and a little worried! :amstupid: :bang: :gag:
 
Mitch, get a sunny day and get them by the river chelmer, with as many accessories as possible !!! :)

you'll be fine :)
 
Ah eventually the thread posted!
Thanks for the input, will read your link now ZoZo, thankyou..
That was the plan Daren! Although until I learn a bit about it I think I would be a little clueless haha!
 
Thanks for the link and thread Zozo it was fantastic.

Has anyone else got any tips? I'm generally scared about this haha!
 
The camera and lens you have will be perfectly adaquate
Shoot in RAW+Jpeg so if any shots come out wrongly exposed you can adjust them later on

Read Zoe's guide above, theres some great tips in there!

As long as you know your camera then you will be fine

I would suggest shootin in A mode so you can control the depth of field whilst letting the camera manage the shutter speed.

If you are shooting outside (decent light) then keep the ISO set low (100/200) so as to avoid grainy images.

It would be an advantage to have a tripod but not essential if the light is good enough to allow a quickish shutter speed.

Start off with something like F11 and ISO100 and see what the shutter speed comes out like. If its too low, bump up the ISO slightly to compensate. Then have a go at changing the F number to control the depth of field which is handy for head and shoulder shots etc

Give it a go and see what happpens!!
 
noneforit said:
The camera and lens you have will be perfectly adaquate
Shoot in RAW+Jpeg so if any shots come out wrongly exposed you can adjust them later on

Read Zoe's guide above, theres some great tips in there!

As long as you know your camera then you will be fine

I would suggest shootin in A mode so you can control the depth of field whilst letting the camera manage the shutter speed.

If you are shooting outside (decent light) then keep the ISO set low (100/200) so as to avoid grainy images.

It would be an advantage to have a tripod but not essential if the light is good enough to allow a quickish shutter speed.

Start off with something like F11 and ISO100 and see what the shutter speed comes out like. If its too low, bump up the ISO slightly to compensate. Then have a go at changing the F number to control the depth of field which is handy for head and shoulder shots etc

Give it a go and see what happpens!!
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Thankyou for the reply, this is EXACTLY the sort of help I was after. I'm slowly getting the hang of the camera so when the time comes hopefully I will be able to deliver! I thought the lens would be enough because I can be as close to them as I like at the end of the day so I didn't think I would need to step it up to a zoom lens... I have always wanted to try this sort of portrait stuff and never had the models to do it... Now three come along at once! I shall post the results (I don't think I'll be doing it for a month or so yet).
Thank again for the help, this is going to be of a lot of use!! :thankyou:
 
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