I photographed the Colorado 4A and 5A basketball finals this past weekend. Twelve games in three days. What a grueling but rewarding task. I love shooting high school basketball because you see raw emotion on display at every turn. Colorado also has a Top 100 basketball recruit in Overland’s Deron Davis so it was fun to see him in action as well. A couple of upsets and an overtime game made for a good tournament. Congrats to Broomfield and Valor Christian for winning in girls and Overland and Air Academy for winning on the boys side.
I shot the game from a number of angles. I had the typical 70-200 and 300mm lenses. I also used a remote above the basket but got nothing usable from it. I will know next time to set it up higher and using a 16-35 lens instead of a 24-70. This shot calls for a really wide lens.
