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Houston Roller Derby - Ring Of Fire
Closed Published by Jay Lee August 11th, 2008 on The Bald HereticI was looking forward to this month’s roller derby match as I knew it would be a good chance to put the new lens through it’s paces. Shooting sports in low light presents a unique set of optical challenges and I figured the new toy would be up to the task, and it was. I […]
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Houston Roller Derby - Governor’s Cup
Closed Published by Jay Lee September 18th, 2007 on The Bald HereticI’ve decided the candid shots are better than the actions shots for me.
I can capture action but it’s just not that compelling to me.
Besides, there’s several photographers there who seem to specialize in the action shots.
The new lens came through in a big way:
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Bowie Ibarra (aka Julio E. Glasses), Color Announcer for the Houston Rollery Derby
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I was struck by how the roller derby rink was reflecting in his sunglasses. Click to see the full sized image and you’ll see what I mean….
Houston Roller Derby photography - Round 2
Closed Published by Jay Lee June 23rd, 2007 on The Bald HereticI was kind of astonished with the results of the 28-75mm 2.8 Tamron
Some of the action shots came out pretty well.
I still like the non-action candids better, but it’s good to flex the camera muscles in both arenas.
The rest are in my Flickr gallery for a limited time.
This past Sunday I was back at Verizon Wireless Theater, camera in hand, to shoot some roller derby.
As I mentioned previously, I wanted to try out the 28-75mm 2.8 to see what results I could get. I had quite a bit of luck, as it turns out. I am still processing the images, so […]
I have uploaded the rest of the derby pics into my Flickr account. You can see them here.
The Houston Roller Derby has been generating quite a lot of buzz lately. Seems that you can’t turn around in this city without bumping into someone who is either a roller derby girl or one of the myriad volunteers, hanger’s on or ever growing minions of rabid roller derby fans.
I work with a roller derby […]