How to photograph people playing board games

[yaronm]

How would i photograph people playing board games?
are there any techniques?
should i use a flash?
should i use a 50-250mm lens or 25-50 mm lens?
i have a canon rebel xsi.
thanks for any suggestions.

[woods]

I would avoid flash pictures cause it will make things look flat. Also, i would not try to put everything in the photo but focus on some details (but I'm not a pro ). Maybe try to give some depth or have part of the scene unfocus.

I like to shoot that kind of scenes with high aperture. Here is a picture of people playing chinese chess I took in Beijing last month :



Good luck and share your shots on DPS so we can have a look :P

[yaronm]

thanks for the warning, you just saved me 45 minutes worth of flat photos