I always have a plan for one or two basic, traditional shots. Bring along a couple of Speedlites. Use the logo at halfcourt as a background. Try a goofy one where they're spinning or tossing the ball, or looking somewhere between serious/silly/smiley. That kind of thing.
Then I try to liven up the shoot. Walk around. Engage with the subject. Try to cull some emotion or passion, and use that to build a portrait. Something spontaneous.
So that's what happened today. I had a portrait with a college basketball player. Banged out a few with a one-light setup ... one speedlite with a Profoto medium softbox. Got a few reasonable ones.
But nothing spectacular. I always want stuff on the fly ... gimme my 5DIII and a 50mm and let's just bounce around for a bit. So that's what we did.
We came to the coach's office door, which is adjacent to the gym. It's a great purple color, and it had the names of all the graduating players from year's past. Very cool. Very unique. So I told her to sit down on the floor and just relax. We talked for a bit. And then, the men's basketball team started practicing on the court, not far away.
PERFECT. We're both watching, and I ask her to tell me about some of the guys on the team. She looks over, starts talking and smiling, and I bang out some frames.
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