When I think sequence, I think Daily Bread's section of how to do X trick like a pro. There was Louie Zamora doing an alley oop topsoul that I found funny because he never explained how to do it, just that he went up, he manned up, and did it. haha. Or A couple years later, Brian Shima did a 720 from ramp to gap that Daily Bread described as 'Motorcross' style. I had that thing taped to my wall for ages. Each shot was side by side, in rows and columns.
These days, sequences are photo-merged into a single photo. The only recent single image-sequence photo I have liked was of Don Bambrick in a recent One Issue of him doing a line in Texas.
I've stayed away from sequences since I bought my Canon 30D a year and some ago. But a few weeks ago I was out with Anthony Gallegos, Jeremy Soderberg, Ranier, some of my friends, some of their friends, and Lonnie Gallegos shooting in Lincoln Heights for the new Fade Nation video. I lucked out and shot some great shots. Some skate, some candids. Unfortunatley I kept having issues with my Canon 580ex. Ugh. Always that flash! (and now I think one of my pocket wizards is going..)
When it came to the early evening, the last spot was a long staircase that Haffey does disaster Backside Royale. Looks easy, in person it is a BEAST. Ranier decides he is going to go fakie, gap the 1st short set and gap the main set fakie 540. That's where I thought okay, I need to try sequence shooting because his spins are just too good to pass up. I pumped up the iso to 1600, set my focusing on AI focus, 1/125 second, and f/3.5 (?). I already knew it was going to be a black and white shot. What I found out was my camera's buffer is 9 photos when shooting in raw. That puppy fires! It's unbeliebable how quick it snaps photos. Anywho, I'm rather happy with the results, which means I'll be trying my hand at sequences again very soon!
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