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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 11549" data-attributes="member: 1061">Nice shots, ZiN!&nbsp; I shoot MMA action too and you've done some great work here.&nbsp; I usually don't like off-kilter shots, but they work very well in this kind of setting.&nbsp; Kudos for using some creativity!Mr. Bautsch is right.&nbsp; You need an external flash.&nbsp; The lighting in these gyms and at MMA events sucks.&nbsp; It can be difficult because you don't want to blast a fighter in the face with a dose of flash just as he's about to be punched in the face.&nbsp; The last thing he needs is to be blinded.&nbsp; I've talked with several fighters, and they want those types of shots.&nbsp; The advice they gave me was don't shoot when their eyes are looking right at your lens, otherwise it's fine.Don't be afraid to get right in the action, these guys love it.&nbsp; The trick with MMA photography is that you have to make the viewer feel what's going on in your photo.&nbsp; Get the faces, show the emotion and pain.&nbsp; Also, I'd like to know if you have Photoshop...there's a technique for grunging up your photos a bit that gives them a hard-edged look.&nbsp; Check these out from a Sambo training class I did:[ATTACH]1161[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1162[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 11549, member: 1061"] Nice shots, ZiN! I shoot MMA action too and you've done some great work here. I usually don't like off-kilter shots, but they work very well in this kind of setting. Kudos for using some creativity! Mr. Bautsch is right. You need an external flash. The lighting in these gyms and at MMA events [B]sucks[/B]. It can be difficult because you don't want to blast a fighter in the face with a dose of flash just as he's about to be punched in the face. The last thing he needs is to be blinded. I've talked with several fighters, and they [B]want[/B] those types of shots. The advice they gave me was don't shoot when their eyes are looking right at your lens, otherwise it's fine. Don't be afraid to get right in the action, these guys love it. The trick with MMA photography is that you have to make the viewer [B]feel[/B] what's going on in your photo. Get the faces, show the emotion and pain. Also, I'd like to know if you have Photoshop...there's a technique for grunging up your photos a bit that gives them a hard-edged look. Check these out from a Sambo training class I did: [ATTACH]1161._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1162._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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