Try to stop down your aperture to maybe f/8.0 or so. You’ll need more light to do this, but pets tend to have longer faces than humans, and it will give you more room for error on focus. It’s a common problem to be focused on the nose instead of the eyes, and on humans this isn’t as noticeable because we don’t have snouts

You’re asking a tax question in a photography sub. Please, talk to a professional, or at least randoms that specialize in tax nerd stuff

Google images. Pinterest. “Band photo”.

I’m surprised nobody has explicitly mentioned this to you — they weren’t shooting on digital cameras, as they didn’t exist (or were in their early early stages of development). Pros didn’t start making the switch to digital from analogue (film) until the 2000s, and some still use film as well.

Just order prints as you normally would. Prints from the lab won’t be any different; they’re not darkroom prints

I repeat the sentiments of most of the others in this thread. Do not take the headshots. It is a slippery slope, and the headshots will probably not be as good as either you or they want them to be. Just explain that you don’t have experience doing this and are not properly equipped for the task. Plus, it’s the holiday party. You’re there to freaking party

It sounds like you already have it thought out. Just reach out to the people you want to shoot for and explain it to them like you explained it here. There doesn’t need to be a name for it

It sounds like you already have it thought out. Just reach out to the people you want to shoot for and explain it to them like you explained it here. There doesn’t need to be a name for it

When I shot college basketball, I would use a function in my Canon to “star” my selects as I shot them. When I’d go into Lightroom at halftime I could quickly filter to just my selects

I would also question why you need to be taking still lifes. If you’re happy taking portraits of family and pictures of places, why do the still lifes matter?