Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan State Spartans – Sunday, March 1st, 2009
I’m trying out linking to an off-site bananalbum gallery for posts with superfluous amounts of photos (Thumbnail galleries are too much work to thumb through). Click on either image below for a full gallery of basketball.
Normally when I shoot, I always keep in mind what’s going on in the environment of my subjects. But usually when I shoot big time sports, I forget that things in the periphery (ie – fans, referees, other players roaming the court, etc) can be distracting, extra information that is a little less important amidst all of the action. Hence, I’m usually sort of loose when I crop. This time, however, I tried to crop with more focus — that is, super tight — with this batch of photos I just processed. Hopefully it’s better.
PS. I still suck at basketball, imo. Getting better, though. I need to see things vertically and have better instincts for timing, I think. I just need more practice and maybe try insanely cool experimental stuff like Brad Meyer, who’s always mounting remote cameras or using tilt-shift lenses.