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I love Sequence Shots

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Created by ruffryder61 > 9 months ago, 13 Jan 2009
ruffryder61
QLD, 470 posts
13 Jan 2009 8:12AM
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Hola Photographers!

i am crazy about sequence photos..

We are looking for nice sequence shots that you have taken at your local spot!

Lets see what comes up..

Everything is possible- my personal preferences are fully inverted handle pass sequences!

We are just etting into kiting photography (not easy) and would love to learn a little more how to make good shots.

Any tips/tricks for sequence shots and a few nice examples would be highly appreciated!

Peace*

Marve

robwebb
NSW, 93 posts
13 Jan 2009 1:33PM
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Buy a camera with a frame fps (frames per second) rate of at least 6. Buy a lense that is long enough to reach the kiters your shooting. Something like a 70-200mm or a 100-400mm is a good starting point. Unless your shooting in good lighting youll need a lense with a fast aperture (f2.8) to get your shutter speed up to avoid motion blur in your images, and help with focusing. Set your camera to al servo mode so your camera continually re-focuses on your subject. It only takes one soft image from a whole sequence to ruin it. Learn the basics of photoshop so you can stitch your images together (youtube). When shooting avoid boring compositions such as the typical 'guy in the sky' shot. Have a point of reference in your image to give it scale so you know how big the trick is. Avoid standard issue 'point and shoot' style angles. Study good photography in kite magazines and see what the pro's are doing. Deconstruct how they've created their shots. Get creative and find an angle that the viewer wouldnt normally see, eg low to the water or up on a ladder. Sequences are overated. Use your creative juices.

ruffryder61
QLD, 470 posts
13 Jan 2009 7:05PM
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robwebb said...

Buy a camera with a frame fps (frames per second) rate of at least 6. Buy a lense that is long enough to reach the kiters your shooting. Something like a 70-200mm or a 100-400mm is a good starting point. Unless your shooting in good lighting youll need a lense with a fast aperture (f2.8) to get your shutter speed up to avoid motion blur in your images, and help with focusing. Set your camera to al servo mode so your camera continually re-focuses on your subject. It only takes one soft image from a whole sequence to ruin it. Learn the basics of photoshop so you can stitch your images together (youtube). When shooting avoid boring compositions such as the typical 'guy in the sky' shot. Have a point of reference in your image to give it scale so you know how big the trick is. Avoid standard issue 'point and shoot' style angles. Study good photography in kite magazines and see what the pro's are doing. Deconstruct how they've created their shots. Get creative and find an angle that the viewer wouldnt normally see, eg low to the water or up on a ladder. Sequences are overated. Use your creative juices.



thanx Rob, heaps of helpful info!

might post some sick pix up soonish...

hang loose

elemental
NSW, 165 posts
13 Jan 2009 8:34PM
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Dont forget the flash for those night shots there ruffy! dont know how well a night sequence would work and watch out for lens shadow

myusernam
QLD, 6154 posts
13 Jan 2009 8:41PM
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elemental said...

Dont forget the flash for those night shots there ruffy! dont know how well a night sequence would work and watch out for lens shadow



and pixelate the rude bits when nude night kiting!

elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
13 Jan 2009 9:28PM
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Pics from back in 05/06 when I took more photos than I kited. I think I had a fairly nice Cannon then, but nothing like what can be done these days.

If you can see them sweet.

gruezi
WA, 3464 posts
13 Jan 2009 8:59PM
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Nice one Lizzy

ruffryder61
QLD, 470 posts
14 Jan 2009 10:35AM
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awesome old school shots Eli!!!
looking good cheers

elizabethb said...







Pics from back in 05/06 when I took more photos than I kited. I think I had a fairly nice Cannon then, but nothing like what can be done these days.

If you can see them sweet.


sandgroper
WA, 368 posts
14 Jan 2009 10:05AM
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With any photo the SUBJECT matter comes first, then consider other technical aspects.

Its better to have a technically poor shot of an unusual scenario rather than wait another second and lose the subject matter entirely.

Bad quality shots can add a sense of immediacy to an image, and is often used in movies to portray documentary or action scenes.

Also, use close ups sparingly - its easy to digital zoom in (crop) later, but you cant digitally zoom out later.

sci
WA, 762 posts
14 Jan 2009 10:32AM
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Made this in 10 mins using images found on here.



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