"If you can shoot sports, you can shoot anything"

OTTAWA, ONT.: MARCH 08, 2012 -- A missed free-throw means the entire Algonquin Thunder women's basketball team must sprint two lengths of the court, during practice at the Algonquin College gymnasium in Ottawa on March 8, 2012.Someone smart once said that if you can shoot sports, you can shoot anything. True enough, but yeah, not for everyone. I do happen to think that sports shooters have some of the hardest photo work out there, and that basketball has always been one of the hardest sports I've ever had to cover.

OTTAWA, ONT.: MARCH 08, 2012 -- Sandre Bascoe of the Algonquin Thunder shoots hoops during practice at the Algonquin College gymnasium in Ottawa on March 8, 2012.I was asked to shoot the Algonquin Thunder's practice last week, focusing specifically on two top players, as seen together in the photo below. Here's the story. As of 12:25 p.m. today, no photo was posted with it online (I'm told it ran in the print edition). 

OTTAWA, ONT.: MARCH 08, 2012 -- Sandre Bascoe (right) and Abeer Farhat of the Algonquin Thunder, after their practice at the Algonquin College gymnasium in Ottawa on March 8, 2012. Bascoe was the top player in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association women's basketball league and MVP in the provincial finals, while Farhat is a two-time all-star this season as well as a captain in her first year.Good luck to both, and the entire team, in Lethbridge at the OCAA championships.