Cage fight photo opportunity
On visiting a local sports center, I picked up a leaflet for a cage fighting event that would be held there.I contacted the organisers of the event and explained that I was a photography student and would like to photograph the event. The initially agreed over the phone.
I purchased some rather expensive tickets for the event and turned upon the night with all my equipment, I took along a two digital SLR's fitted with a 70-200 F2.8 and a 17-55 F2.8 and a Nikon SB900 flash gun.
Once at the venue I met with the organiser who had since had a change of heart about me taking pictures and explained I could now only take the shots for the spectator area. I was quite disappointed as I had planned on not only trying to get some close shots of the fighters but also crowd shots and there reactions from the cage itself.
I managed to get a few pictures but not of sufficient quality because of the distance from the cage and the very low lighting in the auditorium. All in all I was very disappointed with the whole evening I had planned and anticipated some great shots but unfortunately the organisers reneged on what they had agreed and proved to be an expensive waste of money. there are a few photos I am happy with which I have posted below.
