Basketball team calendar theme ideas?

I am looking for cool theme ideas for a high school basketball team calendar shoot....for example a local university did one where the players were around a bulldozer and they wore construction clothes and hardhats and this HS coach wanted to do something unique as well, then put the schedule and maybe some advertising space on it too. Not sure of the size yet, he just stated a "mini-poster". He'd like the poster to still carry the same lookas what I do for my composites I do for the schools.

So, just picking your creative sides on ideas for this. Thanks in advance.

Wow. This is a role reversal. Usually I troll YOUR site (truly outstanding photos and graphics) for ideas and inspiration!
Do you know the team's mascot? Might help with ideas.
Also, is this for boys, girls, both?

Lol!...thank you. Having a creative brain freeze. Mascot is wolves and it's varsity boys.

Sounds ripe for a deep woods type theme.
Maybe a background based on something like these...
Forest 1
Forest 2
Forest 3

Nice dramatic side/rim lighting for the player portraits.
Just a thought.

Your area should have some great train yards/industrial locations.

Thanks!....makes sense for that theme.

Since this is new territory for me in this area, here's another brain-picker regarding price structure:

This is my idea: I was thinking a 16x20 poster which I can have printed for around $9 each (incl. s/h). Considering we don't know how these will sell at the home games, and this is a very small school, I was thinking of having 20 or so printed and sell each for $20 each and perhaps solicit 4-6 businesses to advertise on them for the season @ $100 per ad.

I don't want to get stuck with a slew of extra poster at the end of the season....any thoughts? How would anyone else do this..or have done this?

here are some of the ideas that I have done for our local high school...let me know if these are any help...remember, your talking to a very amateur photographer...so the quality is not always there...
my email is
mcrager@monroe.k12.mo.​us

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here is another the top one is my very first attempt, very rough because I was still beginning photoshop...i have improved a little..

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No joking around you've got some amazing composites in your gallery Op

Thanks everyone!.....here's what I actually ended up with for the team I was going to do the schedule with (still plan to though).....this is the team photo I did at their T&I session last week....I hate short notices! Nothing like waiting til the end of the season.

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Thanks everyone!.....here's what I actually ended up with for the team I was going to do the schedule with (still plan to though).....this is the team photo I did at their T&I session last week....I hate short notices! Nothing like waiting til the end of the season.

that is an awesome look!!! Well done

mike