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Damned Impressive

I was changing around some of the graphic elements of the website today (new background and logo), and I noticed a few pictures over there in the right hand column that pulls the roller derby pictures Flickr feed. I jumped over to see them embiggened, and I was impressed.
There are a veritable ton of roller
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About Roller Girl Photographer

Edna Vendetta Roller Girl Photographer was created by Ed Selby as a repository for links to great roller derby photographers, highlights of exciting roller derby photos, and information from the experts and experienced roller derby photographers on how to take the best photos possible of the exciting sport of roller derby. All photos used with permission from the photographers who took them. Questions, comments, critiques, and praise can be emailed to Roller Girl Photographer.

Featured Articles

Nikon Loves Roller Derby

I know Canon seems to have the lock on action & sports photography. I saw all of those beige lenses on the sidelines during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s why it did my Nikon heart good to see this come across on my Twitter feed this morning.
Nikon D300S Presents: Glamour Jammer by Sandro
I don’t know
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Roller Derby Sex Appeal Roller Derby Sex Appeal

If modern roller derby was a bunch of guys, I don’t think it would be quite as popular as it is, and I must confess that it was the attractiveness of the first derby girl I saw that got me interested.
Roller girl photographer “Sharksurfer” has done a great job with the ladies of the Harbor
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Axle Adams – Derby News Network Readers’ Poll Photographer Of the Year

Major props to Jules “Axle Adams” Doyle for winning the Derby News Network 2009 Readers’ Poll for Best Roller Derby Photographer!
The competition was fierce, but Axle’s incredible insight to roller derby made him this year’s winner.
Don’t worry, Phil, we’ll get him in ‘10!

Roller Derby Photography

Nikon Loves Roller Derby

I know Canon seems to have the lock on action & sports photography. I saw all of those beige lenses on the sidelines during the 2010 Winter Olympics. That’s why it did my Nikon heart good to see this come across on my Twitter feed this morning.
Nikon D300S Presents: Glamour Jammer by Sandro
I don’t know
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Roller Derby Girls

World Of Wheel – Roller Derby Wheels World Of Wheel – Roller Derby Wheels

In January I attended the World Of Wheels in Atlanta. It is a celebration of all things wheeled – from classic cars, to funky junkers, to motorcycles, to trucks, and yes, even to roller derby girls.
Our Atlanta Roller Girls were there doing exhibition bouts, posing for pictures, and talking to (hopefully) new fans. The exhibition
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Roller Derby Fans

OMG Rollergirl

If you’ve never seen this roller derby super fan, you really should take a few minutes to go through her YouTube reviews of the Nashville Roller Girls bouts. OMG Rollergirl is the very definition of “precocious”.

Roller Derby Action

Naptown Roller Girls vs. Burning River Roller Girls

Good stuff from Marc Lebryk Photography. See more on his Flickr stream.

Roller Derby News

Derby News Network Best of 2009 Reader’s Poll

2009 was the best year for roller derby since 2008. We saw some truly epic bouts, new faces, massive leaps forward in athleticism and strategy, and a bigger-than-ever tournament season that brought 40 teams to the table in 5 cities — a pretty impressive display of how far the sport has come since the very
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Around Roller Derby

First Official Post

I figured a test post of some roller derby photos was in order.