Help! Need to take outdoor promotional photos for a band!?

Heidi

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I've been asked to take some photos of an R&B and Hip Hop band for them to use on their website. It's an opportunity for me to build my portfolio as a starting-out photographer.

We are going to do several different locations, something industrial, abandoned warehouse, railroad tracks type of scenes. My question is this:

What settings am I going to want to use mid-day (assuming it's sunny) outdoors to get the best possible photos for these guys as possible? Is a tripod really essential? (I don't like the idea of being restricted into one place). ISO? Aperature? Help please! As my first gig, I don't want to screw this up and want to end up with the best possible photos.

For the record, I use a Sony DSLR A300 camera. I currently have 2 lenses, a 18-70 and 75-300. Should I be using another lens type for photos like this?

Thanks in advance, my shoot is 3 days from now!
 
Use the lowest ISO that still allows you to hand hold for best results. I don't think a tripod is absolutely needed, of course, that depends on the focal length you will be using. I would at least have a monopod at the ready just in case.


This forum is outside of the scope of your question to cover in full.


Go to the library and check out:

Outdoor and Location Portrait Photography
Jeff Smith
ISBN-10: 1584280700 or ISBN-13: 9781584280705
Amherst Media

Online tutorials:
http://shutterbug.com/techniques/portraiture/0505improve/
http://www.ehow.com/how_4430173_shoot-beautiful-outdoor-portraits.html
http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8299
 
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