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hope&beauty
3rd of December 2008 (Wed), 15:30
I am newbie and am being asked to take some family pictures and group pictures. Family pictures have turned out GREAT and families have been pleased. I would love to earn a little here and there to put back into my equipment purchases but I am also a little afraid to say yes and it not turn out.

I have been asked to take a company photo of 45 people and give them a good copy around 11x16 size. I am wondering if my lens will even fit this many people. As well as if developing this at wolf camera (that is who I have been using) is good enough quality?

I have a Canon XTI, EFS 18-55, EFS 55-250, nifty 50.

I guess if I even have to ask these questions I am not ready, but I thought I would get a couple of opinions.:confused:
johncolby
3rd of December 2008 (Wed), 18:33
18mm should be more than wide enough to cover most group shots like this (unless it's in a cramped room or something). Prints that size from your XTi will look fine as well, but I'd check out using a place like MPIX (or at least Costco) to get them done. Good luck!
hope&beauty
3rd of December 2008 (Wed), 20:07
If it is outside would I need a speed flash?
JoYork
4th of December 2008 (Thu), 05:39
If it's outside you shouldn't need a speedlite. Also if it's outside you will probably have room to back up so you could try using one of your other lenses (the nifty or the 55-250) as they are better quality. Try a few shots with the 18-55 and then back up and take a few more with one of the other lenses.

The 18-55 lens is ok if you step it down to around f/5.6. Make sure you have a shutter speed of around 1/100 of a second to eliminate blur and take lots of photographs so you can pick the best one.

Also you'll have more control if you shoot in RAW mode. You can set your XTi to RAW+JPG mode so that way you'll have a JPG if you don't feel confident in processing RAW files, but you'll also have a RAW file which will give you the highest quality if you don't mind spending some time developing the image (it will allow you to alter the white balance easier, for example, plus I find you have more control when it comes to sharpening).