Steamer Janes vs Organic Panic (18 April 2015).

some photo highlights!














roller derby mayhem!


mayhem!
















Ultimately, Cora didn't quite stay in-bounds after Shamrock's block


 



 














the full flickr set is here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157651701684438

Redwood Rebels vs Organic Panic 14 March 2015

some photo highlights.

I placed remotes at turns 3 and 4 and also a new one at turn 2 above the audience... I think I need to dial it up to 1/4 power next time.



































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prints at zenfolio: http://nocklebeast.zenfolio.com/redwood_rebels_vs_organic_panic_20150314

Santa Cruz Homecoming

Santa Cruz is skating at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium again, and they have three teams: 

The Steamer Janes.



The Redwood Rebels.

 

And The Organic Panic.



The last time I shot at the Civic was in October 2012, and I was just trying out shooting with a remote flash and balancing it with an on-camera flash.



Santa Cruz vs SoCal, 27 October 2012.

I have two remote flashes super-clamped to little platforms on each side of the main stage, and then I can use a bit of on-camera flash if I wander to far away from them. 



The venue is a bit smaller than the KP Arena.  Teams and coaches sit in the middle and ref-lanes used by the audience between jams to get another beer or find their way to the bathrooms.

Here's some photo highlights of the three mini bouts introducing the new home teams.





































Another night of good derby comes to an end.





The full flickr site is here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157650557536058/.
And prints are at zenfolio here:  http://nocklebeast.zenfolio.com/scdg_homecoming

the olden days, Santa Cruz Roller Girls

A long time ago, Santa Cruz skated under the name of Santa Cruz Roller Girls.  They skated at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and had THREE home teams, The Beach Flat Betties, The Fistfull Dollies, and The Lost Girls.

I believe there remain five skaters from those 2008 teams skating.  Two of them skating elsewhere.




This was my rookie year.  I believe I used the "A" setting on the shutter speed dial and then attempted to estimate how many f-stops darker the background was to set the "EV" setting.



I've pretty much abandoned the "A" setting for roller derby, shooting manual exposure and manual flash power when using flash.



It appears that focusing (with the center focus patch) had a higher priority than framing

 

 

 And I wasn't into cropping so much back then either.