Outdoor shoot for a friend..

Hey guys I've got an opportunity to take some portraits for a coworker/friend. Her son has Leukemia and is going through chemo right now but has a week off and she'd like to get some pictures taken of him and his sister/cousins to give as a gift to the childrens grandpa. So she asked me to help.

Anyhow, I'm thinking of doing it this Sunday before he has to go back in for another two weeks. My problem is that all I have is a D50 w/ kit 18-55mm lens, 50mm 1.4 and 70-300 lens. Which of those would be best for an outdoor portrait setting? Also, I do not own a flash at all so I'll be using the sun as my only light. Would you guys suggest I purchase some sort of reflector to bounce the sun a bit? If so, where would you place the subjects and reflector in regards to the sun?

Thanks for any information you can offer. I hope to take some great shots to provide this family during this rough time in their life.

Also Moderators, if this is the wrong forum to post this in please feel free to move it. =]

edit: forgot to mention, I may be able to borrow an sb600 from a friend for the weekend.

 

Thanks for the info. I'll pick up a piece of foamcore board and test it out a bit before the shoot. I suppose I'll stick with using the kit lens for this shoot so I'm not doing much foot zooming. I sure like the sharpness of the 50 f/1.4 but I suppose the 18-55 will be the best choice for this situation eh?

 

That makes sense. I originally told them to all wear white t-shirts and blue jeans. Would that be best for the springtime colors that will be provided in the landscape surrounding them? Or would another color be better? I thought I read somewhere that all of them wearing white made it hard to meter.

 

We'll likely be meeting up at a park near their house to do this. So is it best to set them up with the sun coming down to their side with the reflector on the opposite side of them for fill? Or better doing it with the sun to their backs and using a reflector up front (below the camera) to fill their faces? I'm new at this obviously so just hoping to cover all aspects and come up with some good photos for them. This is for free but I still want to do the best possible job. =]

Thanks for all the help so far Rick, Frank and Gordon.

 

Thanks Brian and Marty. I appreciate the compliments on my shots but I still feel like I'm not sure what I'm doing! Ah well, I'm sure it'll be alright. You guys have boosted my confidence a bit and I'll be posting back with the results soon.

Also, he is doing well so far. Hopefully the next round of chemo goes smoothly and we'll see where he is at that point.

Thanks again.