Recently I have been spending a lot of my time working on two projects which are quite different from one another. The more recent is more of a job than a project but it has been enjoyable nonetheless. A few months ago I was asked by a friend if I would be interested in working with her as an instructor and choreographer for a cologuard at a local high school here. I did cologuard in both high school and college and also was a part of a drum and bugle corps for a little while. So, even though it had been over two years since I was actively involved with a colorguard, I jumped at the chance to do something
different for a change. I also would be taking over as the only instructor once school started since my friend was traveling to Germany to study abroad. It is very enjoyable to make up flag work and then see it come to life on a field.
So, we are now a few weeks into the semester and although we have had minor set backs such as injuries and of course Hurricane Gustav, I am very proud of the girls progress, though they still have a long way to go. So, instead of shooting prep football on Friday nights, I am now in the stands with the colorguard and band during most of the game with the exception of before halftime when I take them down to the field level to warm up.
In the picture above the girls were warming up for their first performance for parents. I bring my camera to the games to get pictures of the girls but I don't get much of a chance to shoot since I am usually answering last minute questions, reminding the girls of things to do (like count!), and helping calm their nerves before performances.
In this photo the girls were warming up in the hallway before the band marched to the stadium. They were goofing off of course. They do a little bit of dance in their performances so they were poking fun at a dance sequence I have them do in rehearsal.
The other project I have been working on is a portrait series of the newly formed roller derby league here in Baton Rouge. They call themselves the Red Stick Roller Derby. I have done portraits in the past but never a series like this. It was originally for a photo class I was taking in the art department at LSU. I ended up doing action shots and video as w
ell in hopes of putting a little video together that kind of introduced the team. Anyway, I had a lot of fun with the portraits and I was at so many of their practices that they came up with a derby name for me "Shutter Up". For the portraits I decided to do both head shots which I combined into one image and then a full body portrait of each person in their roller derby attire but either in their work setting or at where they work.
Above is several head shots I did of the women. It is kind of a team personality portrait. And the photos below are two of my favorite photos from the group of portraits. In the first, her derby name is "Abita Hoedown" and she is a bartender/waitress at the restaurant in the photo which is a more formal Italian restaurant. The second photo is of "Zoom Tang" and she is a horticulturist.
If anyone want to see all the roller derby portraits go to:
- Crystal LoGiudice
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