Basketball Photography...

Anyone who's tried it can tell you... it's not easy.  You must shoot a lot.  Lighting is the worst.  And you need a really long lens.  For this week's meeting, I rented a 70-200mm lens for the boys to experiment with.  Will especially is very interested in sports photography, so putting this kind of glass in his hands was a pleasure.  The week before this shoot, the boys and I had pre-tested the lighting environment.  We decided that shooting on MANUAL was the best way to get consistently decent exposures.  So we "metered" in advance, knowing that the lighting would be exactly the same for the game the following week.  Here are some of the boys' images.  As always, click on image to view larger:

Well done, Hawks!