# Basketball - Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson & Courtney McCracken Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken.md Podcast: [Photography is Nothing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177) Published: 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/photography-is-nothing/episodes/Basketball---Photography-is-Nothing-with-Zach-Dobson--Courtney-McCracken-e3gq22v Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/fd036364/podcast/play/117294623/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-22%2F420522325-44100-2-b49d1b71993e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/photography-is-nothing-7391177/episodes/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken Duration seconds: 2685 ## Resource Episode 28 - Zach & Courtney take a look through Zach’s archive of basketball photography from around the state of Indiana. Indiana is of course the best state in the country for basketball. In this episode, Zach & Courtney talk about their own experiences with the sport as well as go in-depth on Zach’s photos and his approach to photographing basketball. “Photography is nothing–it's life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson Index 0:00 - Zach & Courtney each played one season of basketball 0:56 - Getting the NBA Finals patch on the Pacers jersey 3:44 - In 49 states it’s just basketball, but this is Indiana 4:51 - The largest high school gyms in the country are in Indiana 6:54 - What it was like in the 90’s 9:58 - Zach’s basketball photography 10:19 - Practicing free throws 11:19 - Player intros in black & white 14:19 - Photographing basketball above the rim 16:50 - The crowd jeers during free throws 18:58 - Why take photos from low angles 20:01 - Zach is in the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame 21:39 - Inspiration from a photo of Babe Ruth 22:47 - Photographing basketball behind the scenes 24:57 - Why photographing with a wide lens is better 26:03 - Photographers photographing photographers 27:02 - Photographing the scale of the games 28:29 - Basketball is THE entertainment in small towns 30:38 - Trey Lyles before he played in the NBA 31:26 - Zach’s favorite cheerleader photo 32:32 - Courtney says the physical closeness of sports is important for boys 34:21 - A detail photo from a small town gym 34:50 - A look of confusion from the head coach 35:50 - The Wigwam in Anderson, Indiana 37:11 - The Indianapolis Indians are approved by the Miami tribe 39:24 - Photographing for the Indiana Pacers 41:25 - Basketball is the good part of Indiana… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/photography-is-nothing-7391177/episodes/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/photography-is-nothing-7391177/basketball-photography-is-nothing-with-zach-dobson-courtney-mccracken.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.