Advice for photo shoot

Londonmackam

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17 May 2008 - 9:46 PM

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A friend of mine has asked me to take some promo pictures for a play she is producing. As she was stuck and had no money to pay someone else to do it I said I'd help her out.

I have to take portraits from the waist up of three people in the same shot. I've got no studio lighting only a single 580 EX speedlite. The space i've got to work in is fairly large and have some dark and light sheets to provide a backdrop. Any advice on how I could make them look as professional as possible for her.

Thanks in advance for any tips/advice

mark_delta

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18 May 2008 - 9:32 AM

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Using the basic equipment you have.....
Stick a diffuser on the flash, don't have one ? put the panel down.,take them outside, preferably in the shade as dslr's like to blow out in sunlight with a nice natural background, use av mode on around 100mm f5.6 to soften any background yet any less and you wont keep the group of 3 sharp and press the button.
Ideas, a old country house or mansion nearby with public right of way ?
under a tree with the house in the background, nice and early so the lights better and public are not around
Nice, bright and tight !
And you wont need to spend money, as you are not getting paid, that's a good idea, because free work will and never has ever lead to any paid work.
If that's not good enough for her you need to pass her on to a pro