I don’t know a whole lot about basketball. Somebody help me. Is that kid in blue fouling my kid? (Mine’s the one in the green shorts.) On the other hand, blue boy did a great job blocking the blocker so that our yellow team could get a good shot! Woo HOO!!!! GO TEAM!
Gregory jumps and shoots! YAY! Despite his height, Gregory is probably the youngest member of the team and is just learning to jump and dribble and shoot. He is still somewhat confused by the aggression of basketball, having been told a million times over the last 7 years not to bump into people or get in anybody’s face.
THIS kid has it down though! He runs fast, shoots, scores, blocks and has a great time hanging with his dad, the coach. And he’s two full years older than Gregory.
Balancing the ball on the head promotes coordination. Fellow mamarazzis TAKE NOTE! When photographing your child’s basketball game, be sure to get the shot of your child looking intently at the coach! (Even if he is balancing a ball on his head at the time.)
Mamarazzis (and dads with cameras too), also be sure to capture the little brother on the sidelines. Helps if the team is in the background!
It also helps to have a big LCD screen on the back of the camera so as to entertain little brother. We mamarazzis have a name for the practice of letting people see the image on the back of the camera — it’s called “chimping.” Used in a sentence: I took the little brother’s picture, then I let him chimp. Kids LOVE to chimp!!
And Gregory LOVES basketball! (Loves it when I put bball posts on my blog too. These pictures are from last week’s game. Can’t wait for today’s game!) Yay Gregory! I love you! And I LOVE to watch your games! Thank you, coaches, for giving of your time and talent so that my child can play and learn! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 7:27 am
Also love the basketball shots. You have a knack for adding human interest in almost everything you shoot.
By the way, are you doing all this and still working in the Big Apple, too? Can’t imagine how!
Comment by Jerry Jewler — February 4, 2008 @ 9:26 am
Jules -
Gregory is quite a handsome basketball star. Hope he plays for the Garnet & Black someday!! :o)
Comment by Carolina Girl — February 4, 2008 @ 3:51 pm