Before the Eldred vs. John A Coleman Basketball game got underway, the player introductions were held in the middle of the court and this was one shot that I was able to capture as the team came together. I had a few others, but the focus point was somewhere behind them … so I had a nice sharp wall and fuzzy players!
This image was shot using our Mark III with a 70-200mm lense zoomed to about 150mm. We used an off camera flash, wirelessly triggered with the camera set to F3.5 at 1/200th with the ISO at 400.
Posted February 28, 2008 By
Chris Wanamaker |
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Last night we headed up to Kingston, New York for the Section 9 Class D semi-final basketball game between John A Coleman Catholic and Eldred High School. Loretta’s little brother, Robert, was one of the players for the Eldred team.
We arrived a little early so we had time to setup our strobes at the end of the gym. Thankfully, there was a small stage at one end of the court where we could setup everything as there was barely any room behind the hoops. Using some tips given to us by a friend, we set our strobes and cameras to the proper settings and took a couple of test shots of the girls basketball game, which was in the third period when we arrived.
As the game got underway, the points lead bounced back and forth between the two teams until John A Coleman had a series of dead on shots and fouls in their favor. From this moment forward, the points between the teams would be close, but the players for Eldred weren’t able to regain the lead.
Here are a couple shots of both teams in action …
Excited to see some of the shots we got, I immediately downloaded the cards at 11:30PM last night and began browsing through a bunch of the shots. As I viewed the thumbnails, I saw this great shot of a John A Coleman player “attacking” the ball as it bounced off the back board …
 … And this image of a couple players during a foul shot …
I guess thats what “extreme concentration” looks like!
