Penn Manor Boys Basketball
2025 Team Picture and Media Days
Welcome to Team Picture Days with Creative Sports Photography
Hey there, Comets! I can't begin to describe how excited I am to be back supporting you this season, and I'm grateful to be with you. Welcome to the 2025-26 team picture and media days!
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I started Creative Sports Photography to raise the performance level of team picture and media day. The athletes in your family put in so much work, commitment, and sacrifice to swim, and you should expect the same level of excellence from your team photographer.​
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This will be a mix of team pictures and media day services, which I'll explain further on this webpage. For now, know that the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade squads will have team picture day while the Varsity and Junior Varsity will have media day services.
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I put this webpage together for you as a hub for information, schedules, and answers to questions.
You'll also find below a sign up form. When your image collection is ready to view, an email will go out to everyone who signed up with the link and password.
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Feel free to reach out any time if you have additional questions. You can reach out at 717-669-2026 or dave@creativesportsphotography.com.
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I'm excited to get started!
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Sincerely,
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Dave​​
How Team Pictures and Media Day Works
Penn Manor Boys Basketball, in collaboration between Creative Sports Photography and the booster club, have developed an exciting weekend to deliver elite-level images for all the Comets teams.
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The 7th, 8th, and 9th grade teams will experience team picture day on Saturday, November 22 (see the schedule below). CSP will create multiple headshot portraits of each player, plus a team picture, so that parents have a variety of choices. CSP will then provide parents the option to purchase prints and digital products in a password-protected, online gallery.
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The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams will then experience Media Day on Sunday, November 23 (see the schedule below).
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Media Day begins with team group pictures, and then, each player will receive one headshot portrait.
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Once the headshot portraits are complete, then the fun begins. Each player will get 1-3 creative individual poses. Bring props (hats, flags, instruments, go crazy). Point at the camera. Flex. Scream. Give a game face. The possibilities are endless.
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Once every player has had an opportunity to make individual portraits, we'll then shift to creative group portraits - friends, siblings, and so on. Group images last until our scheduled time ends (usually about 90 minutes).
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After the media day photo session, the images will be culled and edited, then uploaded to a password-protected gallery. Here's the good news - the digital image files have already been paid for, which means you can download them at no additional cost.
Team Picture and Media Day Schedules
Saturday, November 22
Penn Manor High School, Auxiliary Gymnasium
100 Cottage Avenue East, Millersville
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9th Grade Team Pictures
10 a.m.
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8th Grade Team Pictures
11 a.m.
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7th Grade Team Pictures
12 p.m.
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Sunday, November 23
Penn Manor High School, Auxiliary Gymnasium
100 Cottage Avenue East, Millersville
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Varsity
3 p.m.
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Junior Varsity
4:30 p.m.
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Meet Your Photographer
Dave Pidgeon is a seasoned photographer and professional storyteller who has worked in media production for more than two decades.
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Dave's expertise in on-location lighting and high-end portraiture, in combination with his own experiences as a player, coach, and father, led him to start Creative Sports Photography in 2021.
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Creative Sports Photography's signature style and athlete portrait experiences are highly sought after by athletes and photographers alike. He's worked with athletes in multiple states across all levels, and he's taught his lighting and portrait methods to photographers from across the country.
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More importantly, though, he's dedicated to making athlete portrait sessions relaxed, enjoyable, and focused first and foremost on respecting the athlete.
Team Picture/Media Day Sample Images
Team Picture Day FAQs
DO PARENTS HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING UPFRONT FOR PHOTOS?​
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Nope! For most images, I simply do not believe in making parents pay for prints before they ever see the images. To do the opposite, in my opinion, is just not good business practice or customer service.
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For team picture day (7th, 8th, and 9th grade teams), parents will have the option to buy prints and digital downloads once the image collections are finished and uploaded to a password-protected online gallery.
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For Media Day (Varsity and Junior Varsity) the digital files for all the final, professionally edited images will be available to everyone to download at no additional cost. Media Day services are paid in full upfront, often by a booster club or coach. Print products can be purchased separately.​​
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DO YOU OFFER PRINTS AND DIGITAL PACKAGES?
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Oh yeah. CSP utilizes one of the nation's top print labs to provide high quality print products and gifts, and while there are ala carte options, I also offer print and digital packages. The entire product and price list is below by clicking here.​
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WHAT IF MY PLAYER MISSES TEAM PICTURE/MEDIA DAY? WILL THERE BE MAKEUPS?
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Unfortunately, due to sickness or injury or vacations and so on, a swimmer might miss media day. Creative Sports Photography will do everything in its power to accommodate your player on another day if practical.
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HOW LONG AFTER TEAM PICTURE DAY WILL WE SEE THE PHOTOS?
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Usually, culling and editing team picture day can take 1-3 weeks. This can be impacted by the volume of work, and there are certain seasons (Spring and late Fall) when turnaround times can be impacted. My goal, though, is to have them to you for ordering within three weeks, and I want to make sure I communicate with the entire club to provide updates on progress.
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That being said, Penn Manor has indicated a heightened urgency for images to get turned around. Expect to see them shortly after the photo session.
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HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE TO ORDER THE PHOTOS?
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As each team's final, edited image collection is finished, CSP publishes them to a central, online, password-protected gallery where all the team pictures are stored. Everyone will have at least four weeks to order prints and gifts.
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Prints and Digital Products
For too long, if we wanted prints of the athletes in our families, we had to buy uninspired photos.
Not any more.
CSP not only provides elite team picture day experiences but also high quality print and digital products meant to be seen prominently and to endure for decades to come.
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*Prices current as of July 2025
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Ala Carte​
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Digital Downloads
​​One Printable Digital Download - $75
Package of Three Printable Digital Downloads - $115
Package of Five Printable Digital Downloads - $185
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Prints
Set of four wallet-size - $13
5x7" - $14
10x13" - $24
16x20" - $64
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Gifts
15 oz. coffee mug with your favorite image - $24
Hinged Memory Mate - $42
Framed Magnet - $16
Vibrant Metal Two-Sided Christmas Ornament - $25
Single Image Statuette - $47
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Print Packages
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Bold - ($54)
One set of 4 wallet-size prints, three 5x7"s, and one magnet frame
Dynamic - ($75)
Two sets of 4 wallet-size prints, four 5x7"s, one 10x13", one magnet frame, and one complementary digital download
Elite - ($95)
Two sets of 4 wallet-size prints, four 5x7"s, one 16x20", one magnet frame, and one complementary digital download