Missouri forwards Keith Ramsey and Laurence Bowers walk off the court following the Tigers' 63-53 loss to the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan., on Feb. 27.
I think a lot of people were hoping the rematch of Missouri and Kansas State wouldn’t turn out to be as ugly as the game in Columbia on Jan. 9. If you were one of those people, you were probably pulling your hair out last night. If you want to get technical, last night’s 43 fouls were less than the 56 whistled in Columbia, but does it honestly even matter at that point? K-State had nearly three times as many free-throw attempts (34) to the Tigers’ 13. Both teams’ shooting percentages were in the toilet at under 33% for the entire game – in fact, the Wildcats managed to open the game by making 2 of 22 field goal attempts and STILL managed to be tied at the half. » Continue Reading…
Great game tonight — everything that needed to happen did, with the exception of Justin Safford landing hard on his knee and barely being able to walk. Hope todays MRI isn’t as bad as the fall looked in person.
I’m still having some problems with my remote setup, and I finally figured out why. Looks like a broken pre-trigger cable, but thanks to the awesome customer service at Flash Zebra, I’ll have a replacement in just a couple days, well in advance of next Saturday’s HUGE season finale against Kansas.
Finally, it was probably the last time this year we’ll see Steve Moore, Tyler Stone, John Underwood, and Jarrett Sutton on the court at the same time. Definitely a feel-good highlight.
Missouri forward Keith Ramsey drives to the basket against Oklahoma State on Jan. 30 at Mizzou Arena.
Back in November, I bought a set of Pocket Wizards and remote trigger cables for my cameras with the intention of diving into remote photography this basketball season. Now, more than ever, it’s crucial for professional photographers to do as much as they can to set them apart from others, and, practically speaking, remotes help accomplish this by giving the photographer more angles and options to work with. So far, I’ve only used the Pocket Wizards to access our set of strobes installed in Mizzou Arena, and occasionally for a simple floor camera remote. Now, nearly halfway through the season, I finally got my act together and acquired the two missing pieces I needed for a full-fledged remote mount; a Bogen Magic Arm and super clamp. Just to make sure I didn’t screw anything up, I asked Joel for some help in getting the remote camera clamped onto the backboard post before the game started.
For my first attempt (and I say attempt because I really had no idea what to expect) I mounted the camera as high as I could on the post, almost level with the height of the basket. I used a 12-24mm lens on a full frame body, which results in 5-megapixel crop of the total 12-megapixel sensor. Needless to say, the quality and size of the file is not optimized in this situation, but it was good enough for my purposes here. The photo above of Keith Ramsey is one of about 20 worth keeping out of 600 from my remote. A ridiculously small success rate, yes, but definitely worth the risk. I plan on trying different lenses, and different compositions up and down the backboard post in the future.
Getting the chance to shoot a game in Allen Fieldhouse, one of the most famous basketball arenas in the country, was a privilege and an honor. The atmosphere and noise were unlike anything I had ever experienced at any sporting event in my life. As much as I hate kU, their fans get basketball and make “The Phog” a near impossible place to play for any visiting team. Even though the Tigers were pretty much massacred by the Jayhawks, this particular trip to Lawrence was totally worth it.
Click here to see a slideshow of more photos from the game.
I love shooting afternoon games in Mizzou Arena because there are giant windows that let natural light pour onto the court and make photos look incredibly dynamic, almost strobed. It also helps when there’s a ton of unusual action, as there was in this game against Nebraska which Missouri won, 70-47.
