Fear the fighter
I think many photographers are seduced by the ‘power’ photography gives them. Behind the lenses they are ‘in control’: they can change the way things appear to the naked eye, creating an image that is in fact a product of their imagination and creativity. Sometimes we are lucky – we have the perfect light, the perfect landscape, the perfect subject in the perfect place posing for us. What if a photographer finds himself / herself in a situation that actually not much can be controlled? Last night I attended, for the first time in my life, a fighting championship. I didn’t know what exactly to expect, but I thought I should be able to take some nice pictures. It was actually much more difficult than I expected: low light, no flash allowed, obstacles (cage, fences, people), distance, smoke, everything. I tried my best to play with the settings and get few decent shots: very high ISO, small aperture (I thought is better since I had a lot of obstacles between me and the subjects). I wish I could have taken more fighting shots, but I had no idea how to deal with the fence in between 🙂
Claudia Curici Photography 