We recently visited the Fiesta Ware store in West Virginia.  Bargains can be picked up in their Outlet Store.  Check out this photo grid I made showing a few of the many colors available.

The moment:

Freezing the action

One of your best allies is the coach.  Many of them don't even see your strobes going off.  Show them you're on their athletes' side.  Don't try to get foul shot photographs, you don't want to break the athletes' concentration and spoil their  free throw.  You make coaches' athletes look good while  providing great action pictures, pictures that can end up in local newspapers as well as various college or university publications.

Coming soon:  Get That Shot

Photo request forms:

What others are doing

You need a plan.  What better way than requesting in writing what you need photographically. Submitting a form does two things(focusing onwhat is really important and using your resources wisely in a methodical, deliberate way). It is very easy to photograph everything that moves or doesn't. You can prioritize or even eliminate frivolous or meaningless requests if you have it in writing. You should have your supervisor's OK before lifting a camera. Setting some guidelines is always helpful. To see some excellent examples  of photo request forms go to (http://www.bw.edu/news/photo request/ or (http://www.umb.edu/news_events__media/communications/com

Coming soon:  Fulfillment