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 p.7 #9 · (final) Basketball Team Photo Tutorial | |
Scott... first off, great concept. I love what you have done here. I would be interested in seeing if the final print though would work with the underexposure. I'm thinking a little skim light on those faces might perk it up even more. Still though... nice job here.
To answer your question... for a league of 50, I wouldn't do it. It's not cost efficient. Plus, we deal with a lot of little kids in our team photos and just getting them to stand still for 8-12 shots is a task. I'm not sure they would be at the age where they would appreciate the creativity, nor would the parents. My philosophy about large league T&I is different from school team photography. Whereas in school teams, it offers an opportunity to be creative, youth sports T&I photography is more about getting teams in and out as efficiently as possible, even at the price of cookie cutter photographs. As I often said, league T&I pays the bills and affords the opportunity to flex some originality with team photos at the school level where getting a team or two in an hour is very doable.
As a rule, I don't step out of my box too much with league photo day. Been there done that. For me it's a matter of choice... what do I want? A league of half the parents that love the "new' look balanced out by the other half that hate it? Or a league of parents down the middle who don't have passion either way and would rather just add it to the long line of pre existing photos over the years? I have to take the latter. I don't want to, but I HAVE to. That's the business.
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