{"id":109,"date":"2010-03-18T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2010\/03\/18\/photographing-the-action-during-march-madness\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T11:35:49","slug":"photographing-the-action-during-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/photographing-the-action-during-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing the action during March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 5px;\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>As the basketball season bounces its way to the Final Four, lots of photographers are making their plans to travel to see their favorite team in the playoffs and finals. Are you planning to take your camera to capture some of the action? Not having media credentials will keep you off the floor, but you can still get some great shots if you plan ahead.<\/p>\n<p>First thing to check\u2026what is the camera policy of the arena? Every arena seems to have its own security policy in force, and you need to know what it is. At a recent pro basketball game, I discovered the hard way that their policy had changed, and I hadn&#8217;t bothered to call ahead. That resulted in a long walk back to my car to leave the camera there.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that any lens over 6&#8243; in length categorizes that camera as a &#8220;pro&#8221; camera, and those aren&#8217;t allowed in the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. I was using a 200 mm telephoto; but, had I known, I could just as easily have taken another lens. Any other lens close to that focal length. with a barrel length of 5-1\/2,&#8221; would have gotten in. Same camera, but just a slightly smaller lens.<\/p>\n<p>While you are talking to the arena, ask about photo opportunities before tip-off. Many arenas may allow fan photographers to shoot from closer to the floor during warm-ups. That&#8217;s your chance for close-ups of your favorite players.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many other situations with photography, a little planning ahead can yield much more satisfactory results.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on March Madness, check out these articles by other Examiner.com writers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March Madness in the workplace increases productivity survey finds<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-8134-SF-Gadgets-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d8-March-Madness-on-the-iPhone-just-got-a-lot-better\">March Madness on the iPhone just got a lot better <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-795-Nutrition-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d4-March-Madness-2010-recipes-for-your-basketball-party\">March Madness 2010, recipes for your basketball party <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-23301-Detroit-Human-Capital-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d10-Surviving-March-Madness-at-the-office\">Surviving March Madness at the office<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the basketball season bounces its way to the Final Four, lots of photographers are making their plans to travel to see their favorite team in the playoffs and finals. Are you planning to take your camera to capture some of the action? Not having media credentials will keep you off the floor, but you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"Photographing the action during March Madness","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,606],"tags":[171,170],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-blog","category-photography-2","tag-basketball","tag-march-madness"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>As the basketball season bounces its way to the Final Four, lots of photographers are making their plans to travel to see their favorite team in the playoffs and finals. Are you planning to take your camera to capture some of the action? Not having media credentials will keep you off the floor, but you can still get some great shots if you plan ahead. First thing to check\u2026what is the camera policy of the arena? Every arena seems to have its own security policy in force, and you need to know what it is. At a recent pro basketball&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/latest-news-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/photography-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Photography<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/latest-news-blog\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Blog<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/photography-2\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Photography<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Blog<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Photography<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/photography-2\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Basketball<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/photography-2\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">March Madness<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Basketball<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">March Madness<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 16 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 18, 2010","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 18, 2010 11:17 am","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2024 6:35 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-1L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":286,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/sun-sniper-pro-product-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":109,"position":0},"title":"Sun Sniper Pro &#8211; product review","author":"Doug","date":"April 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This past weekend I had an opportunity to go and shoot the Ohio State Buckeyes playing their annual Spring Football Game at the Horseshoe In Columbus, OH.\u00a0 It also gave me a chance to try out the Sun Sniper Pro camera strap system.When shooting college or professional level athletics, you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/category\/latest-news-blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dqLyj1R-kHc\/TbXGH0vbblI\/AAAAAAAAAcA\/7K9SdtVjJlU\/s320\/110425IMG_2309-_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/dark-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":109,"position":1},"title":"Dark Images","author":"Doug","date":"May 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In our most recent poll, the most mentioned problem was dark images. 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