I would use the 21mm. Depth of field is going to be more of an issue than sharpness when doing a group photo like this, and the wider lens will thus better serve you.
Another random thought - take along a 3x5 or 4x6 card with a rectangle cut-out in 5x7 proportions: you can use that as a viewing/composition aid when arranging the mob of kids so that you don't have a bunch of wasted empty space in the frame when you crop and print the 5x7's. stan On May 28, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
