"Dundee-Crown forward Charles Kimbrough, left, scores over Jacobs center Conrad Krutwig in the fourth quarter of Dundee-Crown's 56-55 victory at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009."
As Travis, one of the staffers, said tonight "the more prepared I am the luckier I get."
After trying to cut through a lot of red tape this afternoon I finally got the go ahead to set up a remote above the backboard tonight for the big matchup between Jacobs and Dundee-Crown. It was by far the best basketball game that I've shot all season and considering that I've shot high school, NCAA D-I and the NBA this year, that's saying something.
Since the JV plays before the varsity that meant that I had to be at the gym at 3pm to set up my remote for a 7:30pm game. I was shooting the remote on lights which also required additional time to set things up. Thankfully Travis agreed to tag along and assist me while I got everything up. It's really crucial to have a second set of hands in these situations. After we got everything set up I made a quick run to Burger King to grab some dinner before the game. On our way into the gym we saw a huge Dundee-Crown contingency outside tailgating. Now I don't know about you but I've never seen such a thing at a high school basketball game. I brought my cameras with me on the way out to get a few frames but they had already dismantled and lined up outside the gym to get iN. It was like something out of a rock concert. I've never seen 400+ kids line up at 4pm for a 7:30pm start. These kids are dedicated and I like their style.
I worked on my Photo Mechanic code replacement files during the JV game which worked fine at the time but didn't want to work later in the evening when I was editing. Same thing happened yesterday so I'll have to give Kirk Baker at Camera Bits a call to see what's up.
The game was fantastic. The talent was outstanding, both teams were well coached and I was making frame after frame that I liked. It was by far my best sports shooting assignment that I've had here.
I just missed the game winning shot on the remote (he was just a touch out of the frame to the right). I had a 5D and 16-35 II at 35mm set up horizontal to give me some breathing room and with 12 Megapixels I could crop into the action as I've done in the shot above. Here is what the set-up looked like:
I was really pleased with my take tonight and you can see more of the images HERE.
-JCE
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