Sandy Creek Basketball

On Wednesday 12/17 I shot JV and Varsity Boys Basketball: Sandy Creek Comets VS. Alex Bay Purple Ghosts.

The Jump Ball:

This was the JV jump ball. I liked the body language of the Ref as well as the look of anticipation on the boy's face right before he leaps to get the ball. Its not the greatest shot but it gave me a good idea for the jump shot for the next game.















This is the Varsity Jump Ball. For this shot I managed to get my way up to the track above the gym. I really wanted to see what a jump ball image would look like from above. There was an added bonus of a great facial expression of the boy on the left side of the image. I noticed that there were a lot of great faces made during these 2 games.













Facial Expressions:

This player made the best expressions the entire night. It shows that he was really devoted to the game and how he was playing. He really went all out. A great facial expression can take an otherwise boring image and make it very interesting.
























This one is more subtle, but I was just amused by how often players stuck out their tongues when doing lay-ups or going in for a shot.



















This was another guy who made amusing faces the entire game. I thought it was funny that he wasn't really paying attention to where he was throwing, and instead was making a funny face.













Basketball:

These are just the edits I thought were slightly interesting.













I thought that this player had amazingly good lay up form for just being a high school player. Every time he went in for a shot I knew I could count on awesome body language.














This was a really good screen play. The white team didn't notice the purple player setting up, and it was a very effective play. Overall, the body language of the players is very nice and simple, and it is easy to tell what is going on here.














I liked that this kid looked like Indiana Jones rushing out of the Temple of Doom with treasure. It has a nice layout of falling bodies and a triumphant moment of the player emerging with the ball.






I thought this was a cool shot of someone trying to throw the ball back into play.













Cheerleading:

I liked the motion and body language of the cheerleaders into the frame. The extra space on the right gives the feeling of movement further into the frame.









This image is about a cheerleader who slipped and started to fall while being held up. I love the expressions and the eyes of all of the girls in this image. They are all in shock or laughing about the falling girl.