Last GWN of the year; stll blogging here.

JQ & Ethan
Greetings all,
The Nov 14th GWN show is done and I got caught shooting photos through the ring; lmao the ever so loved Danger Boy told all the new guys to look for me. I have until Feb next year to get in shape for candid photos again.
I'm still busy sorting through photos and video to make the 10 show video even though I am past that now. I finished putting the photos up at Facebook and finally got up a 2 year old video I did for Time Bomb.



Laughing again here because it took so long. I guess this indicates how long it takes for me to update things at this blog and there's my website still needing updating as well. I happen to have it so I can put it up here right away now that I've got it handy...so funny!

I am also working on the Christmas card photo and from the last GWN show I got my chiropractor card photo. I see him in Dec right in time to get it to him. This was the photo I picked to use on the card...kind of fitting for a chiropractor. This particular match made me wish my chiropractor could see it so he could tell me his thoughts on Danger Boy's spine!

Unfortunately I don't have any holiday year poetry going yet. I like to write a seasonal poem about the year for me and include it with cards. I hope to get them going soon. I also would like to add them here. I could do one for the year on Twitter too if I get the chance; definitely one for wrestling. I don't spend much time sitting in front the computer online; I suppose because I spend most of it on photos and writing...oh right the Macy Series. Well unfortunately my time is up here so I'll have to write about it next time.
Desiree

Quick Tweets!

Everyone Hello,

I keep meaning to do this, but now it's time! Check out my buddies on Twitter. @BeNsOnIX @TonyMuitoFeliz they do videos on YouTube that are absolutely hilarious. Of course I egg on @BeNsOnIX (Dave) by giving him crazy antics to do. I asked him why Tony always gets him in these videos like this sundae one...



...and finally he got him back with porridge!



I hope you think it's as crazy and funny as I do because I still enjoy watching these you tube vids they do.

I will defiantly get the links and post more of their antics here when I can, but you must check them out at You Tube because there's more. @BeNsOnIX can give you any new links, Dave is friendly and funny as well as kind. Tony isn't on twitter as much, but he is also very nice. My pals from the UK are the coolest I've met on Twitter.

I will dedicate a blog to any other kind Tweet Peeps I come across.

Enjoy
Desiree

A turn of events

Wow,

My mom took ill this month and I have been super busy.

I was busy burning GWN DVD's of all the shows and hoping to get a 10 show video going with all the material, but things got hectic quick.

I have the Apocalypse Wrestling DVD ready, but the Halloween show was cancelled! Not that I have time now or am able to do anything for the holdiay.

The GWN show in Nov was changed to a earlier date and I am getting my sister to cover for me at home so I can go out of town for the show.

Things have settled down, but I am still busy, I doubt I will have any Halloween photos...lol not that I get time to post any here.

Still tweeting @DesireeDoucette hope to get up another blog about it

Desiree

Fall Brawl

Hey everyone

The Sept GWN card is done and I still have photos to post here for you.

Inside the cage or outside the cage the action was wild and it was pretty crazy all around with fans screaming. It was a huge ending with Igor doing as he said and sitting in the ring to get his head shaved.


Yes I was in the middle of the cage capturing the action where part of Igor's head got shaved, but then had to get ALL of it shaved off. Well you can see he didn't like that and the ref Dave got a little threatening. It was only a bit scarry for me because they closed that cage door after I got inside to take the photos...I didn't feel like trying to climb out of there with my camera if things got too hairy! Threatening or not I did keep clicking away and took some video with my camera too and in all I got a lot of good action in the ring.




I also had Danger Boy, Big Mic Blackwell and Don O'Shea along with the ring announcer and ref there so it wasn't that scarry. I think it was worth it because I never would've gotten the last photo and it's one of my favorites.

Thanks for a great show and inviting me to come in and get these photos, it was a great card and I am pleased with the results of the photos. So many air photos and action shots.


Don't know what I am doing for Halloween but if I take photos I will eventually get them up here. I have been contemplating what I'll be doing and I do have a lot of cool effect equipment to get a really good costume together since I did that grim reaper one. It's the one time of year where it PAYS to be UGLY!

Nov is the last GWN card of the year and another Love For Ethan card. Hope to get back here and post some more.

I wish I had more time to post!
Desiree

August GWN show

Hi all,

Just a quick note that I enjoyed the GWN show and these Love For Ethan charity cards are just the greatest accomplishments in wrestling history.

Ethan is a trooper that comes out to the card and meets all the wrestlers.

It never ceases to amaze me that every time I go to one of these wrestling events that there is some kind of charity going on. There are some really nice wrestlers that will personally take the time to come out and meet the children and make the effort.

Danger Boy is one of the kindest and it isn't any surprise that photographing isn't just a job for me when it comes to Danger Boy because I truly enjoy getting as many photos as I can of him meeting and greeting all the fans. I think he's one of the best I've encountered in a long time that goes out of his way to sign autographs and take photos as well as try to fill every request.

I know that there are many well known people in the world that do the same thing, but they should ALL take a lesson from Danger Boy and be as graceful, patient and courteous to all the people who come up to them for autographs. I know that sometimes there are a few strange stalkers or crazy people that will come out and do things, but for every photograph I've taken of a smiling fan and Danger Boy, I think it's worth doing a excellent job. Way to go Danger Boy.

I will continue to voice and show my support to those wrestlers dedicated like Danger Boy and others. I will also likely be getting more photos of them than others because of their gracious acts of kindness outside the ring...so other wrestlers let this be a hint to you.


Onto another subject I an still writing, but I am thinking of doing a special GWN 10th card video with all my material in the near 2 years I have been with them. So between the photos and writing I have been as busy as ever.

I will update with a few photos when I can.

Desiree

Busy is fine if you get time to blog.

Hi all,
Let's see, I have been writing Macy Series #7 Return Home and still taking wrestling photos.
It's coming to nearly 2 years with the wrestling group GWN and there have been some changes. Some wrestlers have been around a long time and no longer are active, but are now managers like Igor.


Although we always like some wrestlers to keep active in the wrestling world we also must expect them to slow down and eventually retire. Fortunately they stay in the business either promoting, managing, training etc. Some get tired of it completely and walk away.

I can't tell you how many have gone since I started in wrestling, but it happens and some times there are choices of walking away for good. Those are the wrestlers I've known that just stay out of it completely without ever coming back...not even in a few years to do a manager gig or even a quick appearance.

We'll miss them, but the ones that can't ever come back we remember the most.
So although I am busy I am taking a moment to leave a blog to those that won't return to the wrestling world.


Thanks for the memories.
Desiree

Talent in the making.

Here it is another long while before I have been here and although I have not been working, I have been very busy helping various people do things. That's another blog though, this one is long due in coming.

I'm talking about someone I've known for a long while now, but never taken the time to mention which is quite long over due.

Rip Impact




The very first time I met him was at a wrestling card at the Studio in Hamilton. Along with a few other wrestlers, he was one of the first to come up and introduce himself to me. I was also quickly added over on Facebook even though I hadn't any photos of him wrestling up that I deemed anywhere near as worthy as the one to the left.

I enjoyed every match he wrestled including the one on that first card, and all his other matches that I've seen. Check the video above for some clips of his match. Let me tell you, the fast moving, quick wrestling, matches are the absolute biggest challenge to photograph or video. They go way too fast for most to keep up you really need a huge knowledge of wrestling holds and moves to anticipate what is coming next. For the record, I've never been told what's choreographed in any wrestling event I've attended, it's all experience on holds and moves and ringside savvy that's gotten me these photos and videos.



You'll have noticed in the photos tape across his arm with the words "Owen" written on them. The date taken was May 24th 2009, if anyone remembers Owen Hart they will get the connection. In fact it takes a lot of wrestling knowledge to know that Rip Impact wrestled a lot like the late Owen Hart complete with the "Sharpshooter" that Bret Hart used before Owen took it and used it nearer to the end of his life.




That's precisely what Rip Impact did in his match which was essentially a tribute to Owen in all aspects that I could see. It ended up that he lost the final match on that day, but that's wrestling for you. Yet another long blog I could get into about what not to do as a promoter as I've watched many try and fail, or try and succeed.

Staying on topic though, I not only wanted to mention Rip Impact for the wrestling skills, but also the dedication to the wrestling world that I find can be rare with wrestlers. Over the years that I've seen him around in the independent wrestling world I've observed all his help to each of the cards in various manners. Whether it's helping to take apart a ring, or ensure something was running right, Rip was always on hand there doing something.

It's that kind of dedication that I truly love to see in the wrestling world and this is long time in coming for Rip Impact because I could clearly see that from the start he was one of those wrestlers that deserved a lot of recognition in the wrestling world.



It should also be mentioned that somewhere throughout the matches I've taken photos of him at that he also found a way around towards my camera to get some good photos such as the one to the left. Maybe he knows just how difficult it is to shoot a fast moving wrestler in the ring and was giving me a photo opportunity like I was a paparazzi in Hollywood, but personally I know he's a nice guy and would simply stand there just so I could get the photo.

Not many wrestlers will acknowledge the camera when I'm busy around the ring taking photos and I don't know if they realize that sometimes angles just don't line up so nicely to get a great photo opportunity. In fact during one entrance I was recently filming of a lady wrestler, she turned and her hair swung across her face rendering the photo absolutely useless. A true wrestler that knows the photographers are right there taking photos would make that one moment count rather than turn around suddenly to look back at someone. Wait for the photo, then turn to look at whatever has caught your attention.

Several of Rip's entrances I've caught, but the last one he came in way too fast for me to catch him. The lighting was also dark; you can tell by the video at the top of this blog as this is the wrestling card I am referring to.



I am pleased with several of his photos from that card though. It all went down so fast I don't know if I was chasing him getting the photos or he simply stopped for the ones I got. (See photo to the left for an example) Regardless, it takes a lot of ring presence to get where people are and what they are doing. You're covering a huge area of space with a big immovable ring in the middle of it looking for the best vantage points to shoot photos from.

I believe that wrestling photographers are pretty much a wrestler's best friend in the wrestling world because we capture the permanent images that will remain in the world forever and it's something that generations of fans will treasure. It's a piece of wrestling history etched in time for youngsters to look at. When you get a good wrestler like Rip at ringside it makes you want to capture all that moment for everyone to keep looking at years from now.

Think back a moment to the wrestler you remembered the most that was just before your time. The one that you wished you could have seen that match. You'll have heard about how they were with fans and people at ringside and think 'he was great'.

The photographers and video camera people that trailed those guys around are the ones you're thanking for being able to see what it was like back then. If not for them, there would only be a memory.

Now we're here in the present where friends, family and fans of Rip Impact are looking at these images and video thinking about how great the match was and how good a wrestler he is. Years from now those memories are still alive and well because I was able to get those moments. How could I possibly not give the long due credit here to Rip Impact that he truly deserves.




A winner that match, a lot of applause. It's all there in the photos to keep treasured for eternity. In my world where lighting and flares are constantly problems, it makes these kinds of photos very worthwhile to take.

Truly appreciated, Rip Impact.
Thanks
Desiree