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It wasn’t long before Rob had a bite. He reeled the line in probably for at least a minute (or at least it seemed that long). When the fish was pulled to shore, we quickly realized it wasn’t the one we were after, it was a Catfish.

The striper lives to see another day. Please check back from time to time, to follow Rob’s journey in catching the Striper. Until then head over to facebook and click like to see the rest of the shots from our evening…….. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.537301589655744.1073741831.314468401939065&type=3

It’s still hard to believe my little girl will be two in a little over a month from now. As she gets older, she is starting to show more interest in the holidays. Well this year she wanted to help put the eggs in the food coloring. It was a lot of fun and even though we had a no spill egg dying kit, Teaghan still managed to get the dye all over her.

Here are some of the eggs minus the ones Teaghan broke dropping them into the colored dye.

The Easter Bunny stopped by while Teaghan was asleep and dropped off some of her favorite things.

Th Easter Bunny was very good to Teaghan this year. She received light up ball balls, Sesame Street book for her Tag Jr, Thomas the Train figurine, Bubbles, outfits for summer and 5 dollars.

Seeing the expressions on Teaghan’s face brought back fond memories of when I was younger.

This is the aftermath…..

There is fun for the adults as well as the children. The children get to have their photo taken by me with a Roller Derby skater and the adults get photos with their children. The kids also can get their face painted or get a fake tattoo. There are activities like Hula Hoops and they can draw on the floor with sidewalk chalk. If you get thirsty or hungry their is a consesion stand for those needs as well.

The first Family Fun Day was such a success that South Jersey Derby Girls and Love City Roller Derby want to have a fun day on the first Sunday of every month. The next Family Fun Day will be on April 7th 2013. Make sure to  head over to http://www.sjderbygirls.com/ and sign up for their newsletter to stay informed.

Being in the center of the action was intense. There were skaters flying around on the track in front of me, refs skating behind me and at the same time I had to keep an eye out for skaters being knocked off the track. For me this was an adrenaline rush that I will want to recreate over and over again.

After capturing some of the action it was time to stick around the teams bench area and capture emotion from  the skaters.

I must say that shooting from inside the track was a very fun experience and I would love to do it again. Until then head over to Facebook , click the like button and check out the rest of my images from this bout.

MOE wanted me to arrive early to get some pre game shots. While walking around the arena I spotted a Derby Girl who had on these really cool looking skates. I asked her to pose as if she was hitting the breaks and the photo came out like this…..

From there, I walked around around some more and spotted a guy who’s face was painted red to match his tie. I had to go see what he was all about. Come to find out he was the announcer and a fellow Derby Racer himself.

While we were conversing it was mentioned that his lady friend had just walked in the door. I offered to take a photo of the two of them together.

Then, I was off to talk to the ref. I wanted to let him know of my purpose for being there and see if there were any rules for me to follow. I was free to photograph around the entire track, I just had to keep an eye out for Derby Racers going over the guard rail.

Before the races began I spotted another photographer getting his gear out. We quickly became acquainted and before I knew it we were swapping lenses. Jeremy had a few lenses that were on my list to rent and he just offered for me to try them out. Really nice dude!  I’m sure any photographer will tell you, if your shooting an event it is a lot funner if you have a buddy to shoot with.

Roller Derby is an intense sport with screaming fans. I suggest everyone go at least once to see for yourself. You will not be disappointed.

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