Fishnets and feistiness.

I like to head to jobs with a bit of foresight and planning if possible. It makes it easier to hit the ground running if you have an idea about composition, possible lighting set-up - heck, having an idea about the final outcome helps.

But sometimes, when I head to a job - it's all about flexibility. Thinking on your feet. Adapting to the situation to achieve the final objective. Or, as another PJ I used to work with used to admit, it's about keeping a deadpan expression in front of the subject while buggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbuggerbugger ricochets around the inside of your head.

Recently I was tasked to photograph a number of roller derby - um, gladiators? Warriors? Contestants?
Luckily enough it was like taking the pieces of a jigsaw out of the box, throwing up into the air, and having the finished solution land on the table in front of you. Framed.

So - below are some of the photos...

Members of the South West Sydney Rockets

'Dolly Death'

'Lady Gag-Her'

'Madam Dirty-Boots'

'Lethal Ling'

'De-Nominator'

'Ann O'War'

'Natomic Bomb'

'Dita Von Bruiser'

All images copyright of and courtesy of Cumberland Courier Newspapers.

TECH:  There's a small soft box on a SB-900 (1/1, 24mm) high and camera right.  There's a naked SB-800 (1/4, 35mm) to the rear and to the left of the subjects.  The camera was a Nikon D3, with a 24-70 f2.8, set at 200ISO, 1/100sec at f10.  The day was overcast and I had had muesli and pineapple slices for breakfast, with a glass of blackcurrent juice.