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Being a "Combat Sports Photographer" first and foremost, I've extensively covered: Boxing Kickboxing MMA Muay Thai Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/submission grappling Professional Wrestling Seminars Training/sparring/workouts Belt Tests Traditional Martial Arts with less regularity I've...

I don't know what the going rates are there, but once upon a time I was averaging £80-125 in sales per event, and have had £200-300, as much as £450 pay days. Unfortunately those days are over thanks to "photographers" that are handing away work, and selling CD's for £13.

The sad fact is that most promoters are cheap people. I was covering any and all Combat Sports available to me in my area- I had covered 40 events in the past 12 months. Some of those were hired gigs, but I mostly shot on spec. Part of the problem with shooting on spec is there's no guarantee...

Combat Sports (boxing, kickboxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling). Not only does one have to have extremely accurate timing to capture it properly, but also the ability to work under adverse lighting conditions. Generally speaking the pay is very poor (and sometimes...

No, don't use a flash- it's distracting and potentially dangerous to the fighters. A wide aperture lens- which you have- is a good start. Don't be afraid to crank up that ISO- you can fix a grainy shot, but you can't fix blur. You're not going to get stellar shots your first few times out...

Buy or hire a 24-70L, shoot everything in RAW, and bring 32 gigs worth of cards with you. I personally don't do any of those things (though many of the "big time" photographers do), but if this is your one shot to get it right, you're going to need all the latitude you can get. Also, get...

My particular copy of the 28-75 was very soft wide open, which was unfortunately where I needed to use it. It would sharpen considerably when I stopped down to f/4, but that's not why I bought it. I ended up selling my copy and replacing it with the Tamron 17-50, which I'm quite happy with. But...

I'd also consider the Tamron 17-50. It's every bit as sharp as the 24-70L at overlaping focal lengths, and I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US it's less than half the price (mind you I'm refering to the non-IS version).