Official 2014 College Basketball Thread

Might as well do one of these now that basketball season is upon us. Post up your photos from this season. Men, women's, Div 1, Div 3, NAIA... it doesn't matter.

I'll start of with some from our men's home opener between the Tennessee Vols and Texas Southern Tigers.

Floor stuff was shot with a 1DX and 70-200/2.8. The higher perspective stuff was shot with a 1DX and 200-400/4, and the overhead remote is a Nikon D4 and 300/4.

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Great set of photos, 5 is my favorite.

Number 3 is a great captured moment. It's also funny as it looks like he jump punched the other guy in the face.

Great shots Andrew. My favorite basketball shots are the overhead remote shots, #2.

nebulight wrote in post #17285012
Number 3 is a great captured moment. It's also funny as it looks like he jump punched the other guy in the face.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw that.

#2, 3 and 5 are exceptional! SI/ESPN The Mag cover material!

The Praire View A&M Panthers fall short to the Rice Owls at Tudor Gym on the campus of Rice University..... 64-68
Images were shot with a Canon 1Ds Mark II with a Canon 300mmL f/2.8 IS Lens (v.1) as well as a Canon 5D Mark II with a Canon 70-200mmL f/2.8 IS Lens (v.1)
ISO was set to 3200 on both camera as well as the aperture,set to f/2.8.
Shutter Speed ranged from 1/400 -1/1000 of a second depending on where they were on the floor.....

How do you trigger the remote. By that I mean do you have it set up to trigger off your main camera or do you hold the remote separate and trigger it yourself?

abruckse wrote in post #17284824
the overhead remote is a Nikon D4 and 300/4.

eigga wrote in post #17285377
How do you trigger the remote. By that I mean do you have it set up to trigger off your main camera or do you hold the remote separate and trigger it yourself?

I usually just trigger off the main body, though I've done it both ways. I tend to cover the whole game better when I trigger off the main body instead of focusing too much on remotes.

Great thanks. I was leaning towards main camera trigger but it is good to get advice. Great work! Would love a pic or info on how you setup the remotes. Or suggestions/advice

abruckse wrote in post #17285430
I usually just trigger off the main body, though I've done it both ways. I tend to cover the whole game better when I trigger off the main body instead of focusing too much on remotes.

eigga wrote in post #17285585
Great thanks. I was leaning towards main camera trigger but it is good to get advice. Great work! Would love a pic or info on how you setup the remotes. Or suggestions/advice

I have it made when it comes to the overhead since I can simply just mount to the railing of the arena catwalk. I use two magic arms, one on the body, and the other on the lens foot. Anything that can become detached gets a safety cable. I use Pocketwizard Plus IIIs and a pocketwizard pre-release cable to trigger the remote, but anything else will work. I've used the ebay Pixel brand transceivers with good results.

Once everything is mounted, I just throw the camera in live view and have someone on the floor help me grab focus by holding something over their head, like a chair or broom or something. Once focus is set, turn of AF on the lens, and gaff tape focus/zoom rings so you don't accidentally change it or allow the zoom to creep. Stop down the lens as much as you reasonably can (I usually go to f/5.6 since the light is nice in my arena).

Always get to the venue early to set remotes up. The last thing you want to do is rush setting one up. And know all the rules both for the venue, coaches, and whoever sanctions the sport when it comes to remotes, especially for basketball (i.e. no backboard remotes during NCAA tournament).

I don't have a good recent setup photo, but here's the view (pulled from instagram):

Here's a few from today's home opener.

My first time ever shooting basketball. Georgetown vs Robert Morris at the Verizon Center. Shot the first half connected to the strobes, second half with available light.

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A little college women's basketball.

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Here's a few from last night's Lady Vols game.