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Category: Ramblings

Roller Derby Photography – what and where to shoot

By McAleavy Posted on 19th May, 2016 Posted in Photography, Ramblings Tagged with photography, roller derby, techniques

Previously I’ve posted Roller Derby photography articles about colour, equipment and camera settings, as those are subjects close to my heart and easy for a huge camera geek like me to write about, but I really should address the mechanics …

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Flash Controller

By McAleavy Posted on 9th Mar, 2016 Posted in Photography, Ramblings Tagged with equipment, flash, odin, photography, phottix

Well, Phottix have finally released the Odin 2 flash controller with a more sensible button layout, a wheel controller and support for up to 5 flash channels when using the new receivers. With my old Odin 1 receivers I can …

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Roller Derby Camera Settings

By McAleavy Posted on 15th Nov, 2015 Posted in Photography, Ramblings Tagged with photography, roller derby, techniques

When I started shooting Roller Derby I was a studio photographer with studio equipment and experience. I almost never shot moving subjects and rarely shot without a tripod. The next couple of years were spent climbing a steep sports learning …

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Roller Derby Colour

By McAleavy Posted on 21st Feb, 2015 Posted in Photography, Ramblings Tagged with colour, editing, flash, Lightroom, photography, roller derby

Back when I started using flash to shoot Roller Derby (in an attempt to get sharper blocker shots for GRG bout programme covers) I had huge colour balance problems. A quick colour 101 for non-photographers. Colour is said to have …

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Roller Derby Photography

By McAleavy Posted on 16th Feb, 2015 Posted in Photography, Ramblings

Last year, while I was in Dallas shooting the World Cup, there was some talk of writing something about Roller Derby photography. At that point I didn’t really have the time, but now that I’m loitering around airports a lot …

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Travel Tip

By McAleavy Posted on 29th Nov, 2014 Posted in Ramblings

A technology tip for those planning a trip to somewhere far away and unfamiliar. Grab some offline map data on WiFi before you go, and you’ll be able to use that map when you have data turned off on your …

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Adderby Family

By McAleavy Posted on 7th Oct, 2013 Posted in Bouts, Photography, Ramblings

Every year at Halloween, Glasgow Roller Derby play Rainy City Roller Girls. This year the fine people at GRD decided that a suitably spooky Halloween photo was needed for the bout poster, so after much plotting and scheming it was decided that the …

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Packing for Toronto

By McAleavy Posted on 29th Nov, 2011 Posted in Ramblings Tagged with photography, roller derby, team scotland, toronto, world cup

On Thursday morning I leave for Toronto to shoot the first Roller Derby World Cup with Team Scotland. Weight is an issue, so I have to travel light. Yea, right. It’s not just camera and film any more. These days …

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Pivots of the Caribbean

By McAleavy Posted on 19th Nov, 2011 Posted in Ramblings Tagged with Dundee Roller Girls, Fair City Rollers, Fear Maidens, roller derby, Silvery Tayzers

Next Saturday, 26/11/11, I’ll be travelling to Dundee to photograph the Silvery Tayzers playing the Fair City Rollers Fear Maidens. This will be my last shoot before I leave for Toronto to shoot Team Scotland playing in the first roller derby world cup. DaveMc

GRG Home Teams Final

By McAleavy Posted on 6th Nov, 2011 Posted in Ramblings Tagged with bad omens, death stars, glasgow roller girls, grg, roller derby

The last game of the Glasgow Roller Girls 2011 season, the Home Teams Final between the Death Stars and the Bad Omens is next weekend at the Glasgow Caledonian ARC. I’ll be there to photograph the bout and eat cake. …

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