Lighting for basketball

I’ve been asked so many times lately about lighting gyms during the basketball season. He’s what I use

 

Bogen / Manfrotto Justin Spring Clamp with Flash Shoe -I use 2 (for the same basket on both sides of the stands)

 

Nikon SB-800 Speedlight- I use 2 on the justin clamp

 

Pocket-Wizard Plus II Transceiver/Relay Radio Slave – Combined Transmitter and Receiver- I use 3 (1 on the camera, the other 2 attached to the sb-800)

 

PC-1 Miniphone to PC Cable- These come with the remotes (attach them to the flash and remotes)

 

-now only hope that high schoolers don’t mess with the flashes.

This depends on the gym.  but I usually set the 800’s on manual power at 1/4- try a few test frames.

My big problem is to keep everything together when you pack up.  Put all the cords in the same place-I’m pretty bad when it comes to not keeping stuf in the same place.