Best kit advice

These tools will help you keep up with fleeting moments of action

6 Use fast lenses to blur backgrounds

Fast lenses are an action essential. They boast wider apertures, which makes it easier to isolate subjects with shallower depths of field, and gather more light, so you can maintain faster shutter speeds in lower lighting conditions.

7 Use super-fast burst speeds to capture the moment

Some of the latest flagship cameras can help reduce your chances of missing split-second moments of greatness thanks to eye-watering burst speeds, allowing you to shoot dozens of high-resolution images.