Thank you Camberwell District Basketball Association
It has been exciting for the team at Melbourne Sports Photography to work with the Camberwell District Basketball Association again in 2024. CDBA comprises both the Camberwell Dragons representative basketball program and the Community Basketball League - a large domestic basketball competition in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
This year Melbourne Sports Photography has again done team photos for the 56 Camberwell Dragons VJBL teams and 4 Big V teams, action images for the Community Basketball League, action images for the Big V teams, and founder Craig Dingle participated in CDBA's Outside the Lines program discussing options for people interested in entering the world of sports photography.
We are fortunate to have many multi year relationships like the one Melbourne Sports Photography has with the Camberwell District Basketball Association, and are grateful for the relationships formed and the opportunity to contribute to community sport.
Thanks Camberwell Basketball - all the best for the remainder of the 2024 VJBL and Big V seasons, and the Community Basketball League winter competition.
If you'd like to have a discussion with Melbourne Sports Photography about partnering with your club, league or association - contact details are available here on the Melbourne Sports Photography website.
Oceania Figure Skating Competition
It was the Melbourne Sports Photography team's pleasure to photograph the 2024 Oceania Figure Skating Competition held at O'Brien Icehouse on 29, 30, and 31 May 2024. The competition included skaters from around Australia, New Zealand, and a good contingent from further afield including places such as Malaysia, The Philippines, and Singapore.
The standard of skating across the 3 days of competition was high, leading to some unique and impactful images.
Thank you to Wendy and the team from Ice Skating Australia who made the Melbourne Sports Photography team feel very welcome.
While figure skating is a relatively small sport (currently!) in Australia, it is a big sport on a worldwide basis and attracts a lot of attention each time the Winter Olympics rolls around. We will be watching the skating at the next Winter Olympics with a much greater appreciation for the ability of the skaters and the photographers!
Skaters, your images are currently available to view and purchase here on the Melbourne Sports Photography website. They are in a password protected gallery, with the link and the password available via Ice Skating Australia. The galleries will close on 26 June 2024 so please view before then. Thanks again for treating us to a terrific competition.
Team Photos and Media Day Images with Northern Knights
The Melbourne Sports Photography team, Craig, Kat and Phina, really enjoyed the recent shoot with the Northern Knights Under 18 Boys and Girls squads.
In 3 hours we managed to get through 'media day' style images with multiple images of each player, and also player portraits and team photos.
It was a lot of fun to work with these talented footballers, and we hope the players enjoyed the experience. We have already seen some of the media day images on Northern Knights social media accounts, and look forward to seeing more.
The following weekend, Melbourne Sports Photography founder Craig Dingle got along to see the Under 18 girls in action in the Coates Talent League.
Northern Knights had a very close game with Eastern Ranges that day, narrowly going down in a very hard fought game. We hope some good action photos helped ease the pain of a loss.
We haven't seen the Under 18 boys play yet, but hope to later in the season.
For Northern Knights players and families, we delivered your team photos and player portraits to the club in the last week of April. The club will be distributing the prints to players.
All the best for your season Northern Knights! Fly high!
Shooting Basketball Portraits as the Big V Season Starts
The Big V and NBL1 basketball seasons are now underway in Victoria, and the Melbourne Sports Photography team have been busy shooting action images and player portraits.
Recently Melbourne Sports Photography founder, Craig Dingle, worked with Surfcoast Baketball's Dexter Graham. Craig and Dexter created images together last year in a studio setting, and this time combined on an outdoor court in St Kilda.
The very bright sunshine made for some challenging lighting conditions. The challenge was met using high powered strobes which over power the sun to create some dramatic portraits.
Craig and Dexter seemed to really enjoy the shoot - it might not be the last time we see them work together! All the best for the Big V season Dexter, see you next time!
Hawthorn Cycling's Hanging Rock Handicap
It was Melbourne Sports Photography's pleasure to be involved in the 2024 Hanging Rock Handicap cycling race. This is a women's only cycling event hosted by the Hawthorn Cycling Club, and for the second year Melbourne Sports Photography founder Craig Dingle headed to Hanging Rock to photograph the event.
The weather on race day in 2024 was terrific. A cool morning with fog over Hanging Rock gave way to a warm sunny day ideal for fast racing.
A field of around 70 set off in a series of groups based on their cycling ability - designed so that ideally all the groups come together approaching the finish.
The handicappers are likely to be pretty happy with their efforts in 2024 with the 'scratch group' of the strongest cyclists not quite catching the other cyclists.
Thank you again to Hawthorn Cycling for asking Melbourne Sports Photography to photograph the event. If you would like to see all of Craig's images from the day, head to Hawthorn Cycling's Facebook page.
To Hawthorn Cycling and all the participants, congratulations on a great event. We hope to see you again next year.
