Sports assignment

Sports: one printed 8x10 color with caption (paper clipped or in portfolio sleeve) due Finals week (day to be announced)

I want to assign this one early since we have DMACC Bears basketball games going on right now through February. Here is a list of the home (Boone) games:

Women:
1/28/2009 Wednesday Southwestern Boone, IA 5:30 pm
2/3/2009 Tuesday Central JV Boone, IA 6 pm
2/11/2009 Wednesday Iowa Central Boone, IA 5:30 pm
2/18/2009 Wednesday Southeastern Boone, IA 6 pm
2/21/2009 Saturday AIB Boone, IA 2 pm

Men:
1/20/2009 Tuesday Morningside JV Boone, IA 7 pm
1/28/2009 Wednesday Southwestern Boone, IA 7:30 pm
2/4/2009 Wednesday Kirkwood Boone, IA 7 pm
2/11/2009 Wednesday Iowa Central Boone, IA 7:30 pm
2/17/2009 Tuesday Simpson JV Boone, IA 7 pm
2/21/2009 Saturday Clinton Boone, IA 4 pm

Again, pick your best sports photo for this assignment. You can use this as one of your weekly assignments, include your 10 other best shots from the game. If you don't get a shot you're happy with, you can use it as a weekly assignment and go to another game to try to get one you'd be happy with being in your portfolio.

You'll want to get a variety of shots, but the best location will probably be under one of the baskets, to the right. That way you can get those right-handed lay-ups and dunks without hands in the way of their face.

Make sure you take a photo of the scoreboard at the beginning and end of the game (if you stay for the whole thing), and after any big play. I would recommend staying at least half the game.

The DMACC Bears website lists all the player names and numbers (with a photo, too, so you can make sure you have the right person in your captions!)

Try to figure out if there are any stars on the team and try to focus on them throughout the game. Watch for interesting interactions with the referees or the bench, or any interesting characters in the crowd.


You don't have to cover the DMACC Bears, you could also go for the Des Moines Buccaneers, the Iowa Chops, a high school game, etc.