Hi Chris,

The 50mm F2 Oly lens is superb and you won't regret buying it if you do. It makes a cracking portrait lens and the clarity and sharpness of the images produced with it are excellent.

Other tips; watch your white balance when shooting with no flash indoors and don't forget to adjust it again when you go outside. Auto white balance will be safe outdoors, but possibly not indoors.

If you use flash, make sure you are familiar with its range. Try bouncing off the ceiling if the subject is close enough. Practise this at home beforehand. Don't be afraid to use flash where you can, but familiarise yourself with its limitations. It can be useful outside too for compensating for dull weather (set to FP TTL Auto). And if the light on your FL36 starts flashing and it no longer works properly, it simply means you need new batteries (this one had me foxed completely the first time it happened)!

Think carefully before using spot metering. You can easily end up with unrecoverable blown highlights. Multi metering is often best and a detail richer, albeit darker, image can soon be adjusted in PS. Whereas blown highlights are blown for good!

Rehearse all your likley set-ups so you can achieve them quickly. People have no patience whatsoever if you cannot perform instantly!

Good luck!