http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1 A blog about wrestling pictures and stuff Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:35:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The below quote comes from an article written by Eric Alterman entitled "Money for Nothing" which appeared in the March 29, 2010 issue of The Nation magazine. The article talks about the broadcast networks cutting their news divisions. He relates a scene from the 1994 movie The Paper. ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2011/09/08/their-world/ I picked up my copy of this year's PWI 500 tonight and found not just 2 (as I was previously told) but four of my pictures included in it!  It makes me happy to see that my past work is still being put to good use.  Just a couple of ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2010/07/31/4-photos-in-the-pwi-500-2-even-have-my-name/ It has been almost six months now since my retirement announcement, and people are still asking "don't you miss it...will you come and shoot my show...will you sell me your camera...you retired?"  The answers are: yes...for the right kind of money...NO...uhh, yeah.  Another big question: "Are you coming to the Fanfestthis year?"  Sadly, ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2010/07/19/almost-6-months/ 31 January 2010  To the fans, wrestlers, promoters, friends of RSPDN and others,              Of course you’ve all noticed that I have been on an extended break.  The last show I shot was NWA Anarchy on 19 September 2009.  Since that time I have been doing a lot of thinking and I ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2010/01/31/turn-out-the-lights-the-partys-over/ Like the title says...I'm taking a break.  My last show was NWA Anarchy on 19 September.  I think I got some pretty good shots that night, but I could tell I was off my game- my timing wasn't as good and I just felt really really tired during the entire ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/10/29/in-which-blake-is-taking-a-break/ ...and their convenient cup holder! Yes, since you are seeing this it means I am working on the pictures from NWA Anarchy on 19 September.  Ringsidephots.net has moved into a new office (and new home) over the past couple of weeks, so the site has suffered a bit.  I'm going through ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/10/07/our-favorite-ga-fans/ Fanfest ‘09 is over and I’m finally getting around to blogging about the experience.ER and I arrived about 4pm on Thursday and went to work at 7. Well, I went to work. Q&A with Harley Race and Ric Flair. Afterwards I did a little over 100 photo ops with them ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/08/13/in-which-blake-does-a-quick-fanfest-review/ We got a mention in the update over at the Mid-Atlantic Grapplin' Greats blog: http://mid-atlanticgrapplingreats.blogspot.com/2009/08/few-fanfest-fotos-ill-cherish.html I'm getting settled back in from the 4 day weekend at the FanFest, be back soon with a review... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/08/10/read-a-faster-blogger/ Camera is still in the shop - no pictures for several days! We highly recommend the new book: "Ten Pounds of Gold" by our friend Dick Bourne and Dave Millican.  I've read my copy and it is a real treat for fans of the original NWA World's Heavyweight title belt.  I've ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/07/05/in-which-blake-made-the-book/ Went to HVW in Hendersonville last night...there I took pictures of a match that rates extremely high on my list...the first singles match between Kirby Mack and Adam Jaxon...semi main-event...ER was the corner man for Kirby, Mr Exodus in Adam's...nothing against Mr Exodus, but this match started out as just ... http://ringsidephotos.net/blog1/2009/06/21/in-which-blake-recounts-a-great-match/