This POV GoPro video shows what it’s like to shoot an MMA fight outside the octagon
Jan 29, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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When you think of sports photography, mixed martial arts (MMA) probably isn’t the first sport that comes across your mind. But don’t think for a second it’s not as — if not more — action packed as any other sporting event out there.
To give us a peek inside the world of MMA photography, photographer Sam Fagan has shared a POV GoPro video showing what it’s like to shoot alongside the octagon for a series of fights.
The video shows a series of Full Contact Fighting Federation (FCFF) fights at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The competitors aren’t exactly Ronda Rousey or Conor McGregor, but they’re definitely exciting.
As you might pick up in the video, shooting through the fence into an octagon is no easy task. Not only are you working with very little light more often than not, you also have a chain-link fence to work around, as well as a ref, who seems to always be in the way.
Fagan has posted a full album of the images on his Facebook Fan Page.
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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