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Last Friday and Saturday I had the fortunate opportunity to photograph the Newtown girls and the Immaculate boys winning their state championships at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

Now I like peak action shots but I think what told the story better was the non-game action shots, meaning the moments that didn’t involve the ball in the frame.

I especially thought the emotion in their celebrations really added more to the story in their wins.

The Immaculate reaction to their win seemed a little more subdued compared to the Newtown win, possibly because the Newtown game was decided in the final seconds, which made it all the more sweet for them.

After their win, Immaculate celebrated with the fans as they have done in the past. Though, this time because of security at the casino the fans did not make a mad dash onto the court after the win. Instead, the players came to their fans which I thought showed a real connection between the two and was a unique thing about their championship win.

I can’t wait to cover next year’s games.

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On Tuesday, I spent my whole day, photographically, with basketball in one form or another.

The first half of my day consisted of driving around looking for people enjoying a sunny, relatively warm winter afternoon. I found a group of young men playing basketball at a quiet Parloa Park in Bethel.

The other half of my day was spent at Pomperaug High School photographing a group of girls playing basketball in front of a group of a few hundred fans.

On one hand, the two environments couldn’t be more different. The park was quiet, 45 degrees and the play was relatively unorganized. The girls high school game was loud, 72 degrees and highly choreographed.

Yet, on the other hand, when I slowed it down and looked at a player in the park leaping in the air for a shot paired with two girls competing for the loose ball I saw a certain graceful quality shared by the two.

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Danbury’s match against Trumbull was my first wrestling match I have covered in a few years. Though, growing up in Iowa I was surrounded by wrestling. Some consider University of Iowa and Iowa State University powerhouse schools for wrestling. Some might call it a religion in the midwest. I covered the state championships in Iowa and photographed it on and off around the country since. But at Danbury I was thrown for a loop when I arrived. The gymnasium I found myself in looked more like a theater. The room was dark except for a lone light in the middle of the gym. I knew right away that this was going to be a challenge to get a publishable image. I knew I had to wait for the wrestlers to maneuver into the light.

Before long, I stopped waiting for the wrestlers to maneuver into the light and I used the light to create a mood and to make abstract photographs that satisified my curiosity with the light.