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Nairn Howe Tournament 2016

January 17, 2016

Nairn Howe Tournament 2016

8:00 a.m. Gulf Islands Secondary

The Senior Girls, winners of last years tournament, in early Saturday morning action against Maple Ridge Hornets.

The Howe tournament is held every January to commemorate the late Nairn Howe’s contribution to athletic excellence and fair play on and off the court.

Filed Under: Basketball, Ganges, People Tagged With: b&w, winter

Senior Boys Basketball at GISS

January 4, 2016

GISS Senior Boys Basketball

The locals looked good on the court. But not as good on the scoreboard. Next time…

Filed Under: Basketball, Ganges, People, Photog's Favourites Tagged With: colour, gym, movement, sports, winter

A Day of Wheelchair Basketball

April 11, 2015

Wheelchair Basketball at GISS

2:42 pm GISS Gym

The 600+ students at Gulf Islands Secondary had a chance to experience wheelchair basketball. There were enough chairs for four teams at a time (2 games, cross-court). From what I saw, it was a very big hit!

In the photo above, the green team had three participants from a boys’ school team. They figured out how to squash their opponents with a fast-break strategy…and seemed somehow comfortable shooting quickly from a sitting position.

Filed Under: Basketball, Ganges, People, Wheeled Tagged With: colour, giss, school

Coming Through

January 18, 2015

Nairn Howe Tournament 2015

Gulf Islands Scorpions take on Carihi High (Campbell River) in a nail-biter; exciting to the last second. Nairn Howe would have enjoyed this game!

The Gulf Islands player (in yellow) did score on this play.

Behind the scenes:
Getting and choosing a fast moving sport is not as simple as you might think. Part of it is being ready, knowing the game, and anticipating what might happen next. So, knowing what and when to shoot. Then learning to use what most people would say was a crazy expensive camera—one that can keep the players in focus and shoot at a high enough frame rate to capture the peak action. In the screen grab below of six consecutive images, I started shooting when the player started to jump (it was very fast moving action and crowded; I could sense something was going to happen!) Sometimes one, but normally 2 or three frames will get me the peak action. Here it took six because the player made it through the crowd and got the shot. This all happened in…0.5 seconds. In the end I felt the 4th image was the most visually interesting.
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In the photo below, gravity is about to take over…

Nairn Howe Tournament at GISS

Filed Under: Basketball, Ganges, People, Photog's Favourites Tagged With: Nairn Howe Memorial Tournament 2015, no foul, Scorpions, Senior Boys

Nairn Howe Basketball Tournament 2014

January 20, 2014

Nairn Howe Basketball Tournament 2014

Eric Weatherby leads GISS Scorpions to 2014 Nairn Howe Basketball Tournament victory.

photo info: ISO 6400,  f/2.5,  1/640 sec,  135mm

Filed Under: Basketball, Ganges, People, Photog's Favourites, Sports

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