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Hi All,

So I got my shiny new camera (the Canon 40D) and want to get give my long neglected hobby some serious time.

I want to start with shooting some people portraits of a couple of my friends but would like some advice on how to get the best out of the shoot sessions?

Advice in terms of

1. Location/Settings
2. Clothes//Costumes (under this, how does it work? Do I organize the costumes or should I just suggest my friends what to wear?)
3. Open or Closed location and what time of day if open location

Any other advice, tips would be very welcome.

Ps. I'm just acquainted with the subjects so I would like to do this right to give the right impression to them so that they will be more amenable to further shoots

Thanks