Hey guys, new here.

[kainu7]

Hey guys! As you see by the title I'm pretty new.

Well Ill start off by saying that i'm really into photography and hope to make something out of it someday.

As of right now I have:
Nikon D7000
18-105mm 3.5-5.6
70-300mm 4.5-5.6
35mm 1.8
50mm 1.8
Blackrapid RS-Sport
ePhoto 40x60 5in1 Reflector

Some of my friends and people I know have asked me if I could possibly take their senior portraits and I told them I don't have any professional experience but would love to take them as long as they know I can't guarantee how well they will turn out, of course they are fine with that. I will not be charging them as I have no business license, insurance or anything else so don't worry about that.

What do you guys feel the best lens take the pictures with? What I feel the best would be is the 50mm as it will allow me to get a shallow depth of field so that the person is in focus probably around f2.5.

I do not have any experience with the reflector yet ( just 4 days ago and its been raining on and off for days) so if you have an good advice with that I would love some.

I have been reading around but cant find anything great on posing, they will mainly be females (not that im picky or anything its just the ones that happen to want them) so if you happen to know of a goldmine place for poses or can show me some great examples please do.

Finally if you have any advice at all please do chime in as I'm all ears and eyes, I might be new here but Ive been reading these forums everyday now for about the past month.

Ill post some of pictures to when I get home as Im not currently at my own computer.

 

[BJF]

Welcome on board! You have great camera and lens set. Expecting your photos.

 

[kainu7]

So im finally home trying to upload pictures but it keeps saying "undefined" with a red !, how do i define it? the images are jpg and range from 50kb to 150kb

 

[jjrdk4]

What do you guys feel the best lens take the pictures with?

This is going to come off as a little harsh, but if you don't know the answer to this question then you haven't spent enough time with your camera yet. The best advice I can give is get out and shoot with all of your lenses and then make the judgment yourself based upon your experiences. Before you start doing serious photography and start charging for services, this is a question that shouldn't even come up.

Best of luck.

 

[wlbphoto]

welcome to the boards, any photos?

 

[PatrickCheung]

I'd suggest the 35/1.8 and the 50/1.8. The wider apertures give you more creative options (throwing the background out of focus, everyone loves bokeh)! I've done a shoot with only the 35/1.8, I really liked the way you could incorporate the background into the photo.

hopefully that helps... everyone needs a little guidance on their first shoot. To be honest I don't feel like it's an issue of how professional you are and how you need to know your camera more before you start shooting jobs like this. Everyone needs to have their first photoshoot... and everyone's bound to be curious as to what to use. Plus, your friends know that you don't feel like you have enough experience and they still have confidence in what you can do. Also, with all the senior portraits lined up... you could definitely use this experience to get to know your camera better.

Here are the photos from my shoot... if you want a few ideas on posing and how the 35/1.8 renders.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickyc/4775255727/in/set-72157626760792128
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[kainu7]

What do you guys feel the best lens take the pictures with?

This is going to come off as a little harsh, but if you don't know the answer to this question then you haven't spent enough time with your camera yet. The best advice I can give is get out and shoot with all of your lenses and then make the judgment yourself based upon your experiences. Before you start doing serious photography and start charging for services, this is a question that shouldn't even come up.

Best of luck.

So this is going to come off a bit harsh but did you actually read the full post? It's clearly stated that I have no experience and no charge will be made for what im doing.

As for the lens part reread the part about experience. I asked a question and gave what I believe would be the best lens to use from what I have, is it? Maybe. Maybe not but from what I've seen so far i sure think that it is.

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[kainu7]

welcome to the boards, any photos?

Thank you. See post 3 as I'm having issues uploading and the stickies didn't have the answer

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[kainu7]

I'd suggest the 35/1.8 and the 50/1.8. The wider apertures give you more creative options (throwing the background out of focus, everyone loves bokeh)! I've done a shoot with only the 35/1.8, I really liked the way you could incorporate the background into the photo.

hopefully that helps... everyone needs a little guidance on their first shoot. To be honest I don't feel like it's an issue of how professional you are and how you need to know your camera more before you start shooting jobs like this. Everyone needs to have their first photoshoot... and everyone's bound to be curious as to what to use. Plus, your friends know that you don't feel like you have enough experience and they still have confidence in what you can do. Also, with all the senior portraits lined up... you could definitely use this experience to get to know your camera better.

Thank you for the suggestions, may I ask did you use a flash or a reflector or anything? This is a area that is very alien to me that I wish to be able to understand sometime but I'll need a flash before that.

I loved the pictures btw

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[PatrickCheung]

Yes, a flash! SB-600, bare, two of them! You could do something similar with a reflector... I'm not good with a reflector, but I'm gonna guess you could angle it so that the light reflected off the reflector hits the subject at an angle a flash would. The basic single light set up everyone suggests to start with is to place the light source 45degrees to either side and 45 degrees up from the subject. Do a google search for Strobist.com and look for their tutorials. I hope that site's still up...

 

[wlbphoto]

well this is odd

 

[wlbphoto]

So im finally home trying to upload pictures but it keeps saying "undefined" with a red !, how do i define it? the images are jpg and range from 50kb to 150kb

how are you trying to up load them?
try flickr.com

 

[WesternGuy]

Some of my friends and people I know have asked me if I could possibly take their senior portraits and I told them I don't have any professional experience but would love to take them as long as they know I can't guarantee how well they will turn out, of course they are fine with that. I will not be charging them as I have no business license, insurance or anything else so don't worry about that.

What do you guys feel the best lens take the pictures with? What I feel the best would be is the 50mm as it will allow me to get a shallow depth of field so that the person is in focus probably around f2.5.

Maybe you could help an old "senior" photographer out here - when you say senior pictures do you mean graduating seniors=high school(?) or do mean pictures of senior citizens, you know those of us who are as old as dirt??? :er: There is a BIG difference as you can probably guess.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[kainu7]

how are you trying to up load them?
try flickr.com

When you start a post there's a picture button. Once clicked it gives the option choose file or use URL, im going guess I probably can't because I'm new to the forum.


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[kainu7]

Maybe you could help an old "senior" photographer out here - when you say senior pictures do you mean graduating seniors=high school(?) or do mean pictures of senior citizens, you know those of us who are as old as dirt??? :er: There is a BIG difference as you can probably guess.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

Sorry western guy just asummed people would know, I mean high school seniors, the kind that are 17-19

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