I looked at the subject, then looked out of the office window..it was dark; and that was about 2pm

Looks like I may be using a torch for the light

Hi Tony!

Congratulations. On the competition...and the snow. Wish we got snow like that up here

LOL.

Probably the best advice yet

Useful hints, all.
So, I suppose..watch this space.

As for getting them printed off. Let's see if I get anything worth printing first

Thanks guys, I've got just the window in mind. Well, 3 side by side actually, which are about 2m tall and catch the evening light.
Good idea about the dark blue sheet.

Gartmore... I have heard that the silver side can give a "colder" light and the gold gives a "warmer" light. Is that right?

I tried a couple of candid shots, but Emily can detect a camera at 200m and will stand and pose. I really need to sneak up on her, also,as Chris said in the one photo of her I put on here, " All I see is teeth"

Sorry, yes! They are 7 and 10.

It is the school photo type stuff, ... to begin with. The money the school wanted this year didn't reflect the quality ( or lack of it ) of the photos on offer! Maybe I'm just getting more critical these days. So it was decided I could do the job instead

The 50mm lens is what I had in mind, i fact, it's why I bought it, so I'm glad you confirmed that.

OK, the time has come, my better half has suggested I get some "proper" portraits of the kids. This scares even more than street photography, so, any tips?

The equipment I have available to me is:
*istDL
Kit lens
Manual 50mm 1:1.7 lens
Manual 70mm to 162mm ( if I remember correctly )
Polarising filter.
Couple of ND grads.
AF160 flash
Kood reflector with Silver, white, gold and black surfaces.

HI and welcome Rob.
As you've probably realised by now there is a really good bunch of people on here and they are very helpful.

[quote:3496ace15f="hefty1]Over here we call that a Summer Holiday

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Yep, that just about describes our "summer" holiday!
Number two for me, I like the colours in the trees.