Sports Photography tips / MMA Photography

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Jeez sorry about the light in some of these talking parts guys, I've been wrestling (pun intended!) with the daylight coming in all day. Thank you all so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed! Let me know if you are into this kind of content, I'd love to produce more! And any questions on how to shoot sports stuff, let me know. Thanks 😁

[@austinherr]

I have my first MMA gym photoshoot tomorrow! Appreciate the video.

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Good luck Austin! Hope it goes well!

[@kellyvoorheis4058]

Thank you so much for posting your videos!!

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Thanks Kelly! Hope you enjoyed!

[@daniellivingstonephoto]

Somewhat unrelated to the video but I was going through your portfolio and I was wondering what kind of modifiers you use on your indoor/home shoots. I'm attempting to practice my indoor lighting at home but I only have a 34" beauty dish w diffusion to work with on a 600W light.

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Hey Daniel, thanks for checking out the video. It depends to what shoots you're referring to? If it is the recent stuff for Fiture (the smart mirror stuff) you can see a breakdown on the third slide on this port here - instagram.com/p/CdcrmBqNCfN/ Basically two lights, a powerful outdoors to mimic sunlight coming in and then a soft source on the talent. Hope that helps?

[@LucasAstonPhotography]

Hi rich, I am a 13 year old photographer currently taking pics for my local boxing gym. My question is how do you approach fighters to ask them for a shoot and if a fighter comes to me in the future, how much should you charge when I begin expanding my work? Also how do you get your name out to people and expand your name? (p.s Lovely vid was very helpful!)

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Hey Lucas, I love your enthusiasm mate, keep it up. I usually approach fighters by introducing myself and my work: “Hi *fighter*, my name is Rich, a sports from photographer from *hometown*. You can see my work here *website or IG*” Then I’d probably explain what I’d like to do: “I’m working on a project documenting fighters and I think if we work together we could create some awesome shots” And then explain how they benefit too: “I use these to build my portfolio and of course I’ll share them with you and you can feel free to share them wherever you like” etc etc etc - hope that helps. If a fighter approaches you and it’s something you want paid for then at some point you’d need to reply: “Hi X I’d love to shoot photos of you. I think your style *or whatever* is super exciting *etc*. For this I charge *your rate* and for that you get a full session of photography and *X amount* of images”. Hope that helps dude, keep up the good work 💪

[@LucasAstonPhotography]

@@RichMaciverPhoto thanks mate that was very helpful! Will make sure to ask! Have a good day!

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Anytime 😁

[@FreedOrDieTrying]

Thank you man ! Going through the Same experience lol

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Glad I could help

[@jwarnock8929]

I’ve been toiling whether for try out MMA or boxing photography and do wonder how photographers deal with shooting through the cage. What was your techniques?

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Hey! Definitely give it a shot if you can! There’s a few ways really. 1 - If you’re comfortable with your fighter you can go in the cage with them. 2 - If you’re outside of the cage, you can press the camera up against it. Often it’s so close and out of focus it’s barely noticeable, especially with a longer or zoom lens. 3 - you can shoot a little further back from the cage and make a feature of it. *a mixture of all three will make for a great series/story of images also. Hope that helps. Would love to see the results once you get your shoot done!!

[@jwarnock8929]

@@RichMaciverPhoto Ok, thanks for the response and tips! Much appreciated

[@jazzreilly]

Did you get paid for this work? It’s one thing I never know how to position or what to think when you ask someone about doing photos. Would appreciate your response!

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Hey Jasmine. I actually approached the athlete for this one so I didn’t ask for any payment for a couple of reasons: The subject, Dominique, is a really high level mixed martial artist so from a personal point of view him training was something I really wanted to photograph. Secondly I feel like this was a project that could further my portfolio, so really the shoot was for my benefit. In exchange, Dominique gets great photos for his socials and press etc, which I’m sure would help him out. So really the exchange is mutually beneficial. I would charge if I felt the shoot was more in favour for the athlete/subject, and that could even go both ways I suppose. Hope that helps??

[@jazzreilly]

@@RichMaciverPhoto ahh yes i love that idea where both benefit, i guess it doesn’t feel so awkward if you get what i mean? also, i hope you don’t mind but i’ve sent you a DM on insta!

[@IoRobot_98]

The video isn't even bad, simply, it's a vlog, not a photography tips video as the title says... pretty annoying to waste time like that.

[@RichMaciverPhoto]

Tips can be taken simply from observing. Thanks for watching 🤘🏼