Prep Basketball

Last night I had the chance to shoot a couple of prep basketball games up in Salt Lake County. The first was a game played by Lehi and Hillcrest as a part of the 2005 Pro Look tournament at the E Center. I shot the game from the press box with a 300mm lens (The biggest lens I've used for a game thus far) and a Canon 1D Mark II. It was a blast using real equipment. The response of the 1D is beyond compare to that of my 10D. The 10D is great for portraits, but is slow for sports shooting. The above shot was from the game.

After shooting, I went to Juan Diego---a nice new Catholic school in Draper---to shoot their game again Jugde Memorial. Shooting in their nice new gym was like shooting in a cave. At first I thought the light felt different because I had just come from the nice lighting in a professional arena, but after metering I new the light was bad. What a shame to build a beautiful new facility and have crappy lighting. The lighting at my alma mater, Spanish Fork High, is just as good and it's 50 years old.