What Would PShizzy do?
Before we begin, I explicitly asked permission to post the following message. I will not disclose the identity of the person asking the question, unless they ask me to. I plan to make this a series on my blog, where I offer my honest opinion and insight on a photography related question posed to me. Remember though, these are just opinions, not hard rules. Feel free to email me or contact me privately, and I’d be glad to answer your questions in a future post.
Without further ado:
Hi Max,
I see your work often and it’s spectacular. I shoot lots of soccer and lacrosse and have limited experience with basketball.
I’d greatly appreciate some advice from you.
My son is playing on an AAU Basketball team and the coaches want me to shoot games this weekend. I’ve done a few tourneys with my 1D Mark IIN using F/2.8L 70-200. I don’t travel with strobes and don’t see it practical at the U-15 level, especially if I’m not intending to sell images to families.
That said, are there any circumstances where you shoot any basketball games w/o strobes in dingy lit basketball gyms?
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