Shooting Baseball Team Photos: HELP..!!

Hello Every1

I've got an assignment (my first ever) to take my son's baseball team pictures tomorrow.

I plan on shooting with my Tokina 50-135 on a tripod. Any recommendations? Pointers?

Thank you in advance.

-Prat

just look on any baseball site and look at the poses, then copy them. there are only so many poses they use, bent over like they fielding a ball, bat on shoulder, glove up like they catching ball etc.
bring flash too!

Thanks..!! The only thing is: I don't have a flash.

If no flash, then ensure that you are not going to have harsh lighting...like mid-day sun. Take early morning shots or late afternoon shots. Try to have the sun behind you, but if they kids begin to squint, you may need to adjust to a 45 or 90 degree angle to the sun. You'll have to see how the shadows fall across the face and see if they are too dark since you can't use a flash....unless you can try the on-board flash. Diffuse with a piece of paper taped to the flash. Oh and I think you should use the 85mm 1.8. I've heard it makes for a great portrait lens....but for the team photo...you'll want wide as possible so you won't have to be like 50 feet away to get the whole team .

Good luck.

Here are two links from previous discussions on this which I found to be great advice, make sure you post your results here for us to see!!


https://photography-on-the.net …12409&highlight​=team+shot


http://www.robgalbrait​h.com/bins/mul...id=7-8738-8908

Thanks, guys, for your suggestions.

The photo-shoot went without a hiccup. I will see if I can post some here over the next few days.