My Favorite High School Basketball Photos of 2024

This year I just didn’t get out to as many high school games as I have in the past. This is the first year in a while that I haven’t been asked to photograph a team, and this fall I never made it to a game. I really love high school basketball so I need to find a time and a team to get out and make some photos of. The games that I saw were all good though, and I made some photos that I really liked.

I love the Raider introductions. They have spotlights, but they are human controlled so you are always getting something different. Sometimes these pregame routines can become all the same, but this one kind of changes every game.

In early January I covered the Harrison game at West Side for the local paper. I have been covering games in this gym for over a decade now. It is always fun to get back in there. Here I had some fun late in the game going a little wide to show the gym off. Of course right when I go wide a block happens, but I kind of like how this turned out.

This year I covered senior night for West Side for the team. It was a fun game with a lot of good photos. I really liked this pregame photo with the large flag that the team rolls out for the anthem.

For the Harrison blackout game this year I thought that I would have some fun. I was not there for anyone so I made a new black and white preset, and I made photos throughout the night with that preset in mind. I really like how the photos turned out. I want to try that again this year when they do it all again if I am available.

Here is another view from a boys game at Harrison with the pregame intro light. It is always fun to play around with this light and find new angles.

Malachi King is a player that can change a game quickly. Here he drives to the hoop for a bucket. I haven’t seen him play yet this year, but I hope that I can get out to get at least one game of his in.

My final high school game of the year was between CC and West Side. Here a little emotion late makes for a good photo.

Anything different in this gym is good. I have photographed a ton of games in here so I am always trying to find a new angle. Here I was able to make a fun photo during pregame intros. These are always hit or miss because you never know what hand will block the face of the player. This one worked out, and I like how it turned out.

Like I said above this was a very light year for me as far as high school games go. I really love making high school basketball photos but it just hasn’t been working out lately. As the conference action picks up I hope that I can get out to a few more games.