Pre-school group shot - advice please

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Hi everyone. I've got my first group shot coming up of about 30 young children at a nursery. I'm experienced at individual child portraits and small family groups but would like to ask for advice on settings for larger groups. Any tips would be appreciated, thank you very much.
 
Levels:
sat on floor
sat on benches
stood up
stood on benches
There y go that's now 7(ish) wide.
 
Thanks Phil. With that arrangement I guess F11, 1/250? or would F8 do it? Definitely on the learning curve here!
 
Depends on your distance from them, it's not something I do, but I'd probably use f8 as a start point (the only time I go beyond f8 is for panning or when I can't get the flash power lower in a studio setting)
 
Depends on lens too but i agree with Phil rarely have i needed to go above f11 for a group shot focusing a third in, try to make sure they're all looking at you too. It's great having one teacher to be right behind you to attract their attention and make them more at ease - no more than one though as they'll be looking all over the place as well!
 
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