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Roll Britannia

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

The London Roller Girls hosted the European championship tournament this past weekend with 12 teams (10 UK, 2 German) descending on Earls Court for a bit of a brawl.  Obviously we (being myself, Mitesh & Neal) were there to take some shots.

The venue was huge compared to what we’re used to, so there was lots of room to move about and the lighting was much more even.  Also, since there were so many matches to watch there was plenty of time to fool around with camera settings and get everything just right.  All of that resulted in what I feel are some of the best Roller Derby shots I’ve taken so far.

Here’s a couple of my favourites.

In addition to the usual “rest are in the gallery“, I’ve gone ahead and set up a Flickr account so that I can post a few more shots that I think derby fans (or the skaters themselves) may be interested in seeing.  Stuff that I wouldn’t normally post to my gallery in other words.  Anyways, those photos are located here.

Double Trouble

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Another great night out provided by the lovely London Rollergirls.  This time it was a double header event with the London teams hosting competitors from Leeds & Birmingham.

The final scores weren’t all that pretty for the visiting teams, but it was an entertaining evening none the less.  A couple of shots from the night, and more in the gallery!

Skiing in Italy

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Robert, Victoria, Min and I left work early Thursday evening to hop on board the Stansted Express (complete with self supplied champagne and mini-cakes) to catch our Ryanair flight to Turin.  From there, it was a sleepy transfer to Valle d’Aosta and the Pila ski resort.  We had some amazing spring skiing on Friday.  Sunny, empty slopes and plenty of runs to keep us all entertained (even if Min & I did get a bit lost at one point).  Day two…well, we got a lot of fresh snow on day two!  The visibility was sub-par however, but at least it kept the runs empty.

As always, the rest of the snap shots are in the gallery.

Clockwork Carnage

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

After last years Mutiny on the Mountie event, we all knew we’d have to go back to watch another roller derby event.  As the league is progressing, they’ve now divided up the girls into a few teams and at Clockwork Carnage it was the Ultraviolent Femmes vs. the Steam Rollers.

In addition to crew that came along last year, a few of my photographer friends from POTN came along for the unique (and challenging) experience of shooting a roller derby.  There are quite a few of their shots here, as well as on the Roller Girls forum here.

Incidentally, I don’t know who does the flyers for their matches, but they’re all awesome!

Here are a few of my shots from the day, and the rest are in the gallery.

Club Fencing

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Just a few shots from fencing last night.  I think I’m getting pickier (is that a word?) as to which shots are keepers so the culling process is fairly extreme.  Just three decent ones this time round.