Issue #12 workhorse John Haynes just sent us a new PHOTO JOURNAL, and we’ve got it ready to share. Yes, he shot a whole lot of the new issue. Yes, John also shot the Haffey 540 sequence we’re using as the site header right now, and no, he didn’t get hit by a fast-moving blader or car in the process of getting this shot. Read how it all went down. — ONE

I hate when people do tricks requiring them to be pulled by a car. I ride a bike everywhere I go, and though I mooch plenty of those with cars, the idea of going faster than your body can propel itself freaks me out a little. This trick is a perfect example of going too fast. Jeff Dahamen found a perfect bump to pretty steep back royale revert up this rail, but staying clear of the trajectory of the speeding pull car and Jeff were more difficult than I would have thought. I ended up shooting at a longer focal length than I normally do, I have a 70-200 zoom that I use for most of my long shots, but I seldom shoot longer than 100mm. This was at 150, givinig me more compression than I care for, but I really hate getting hit by cars.

Dodging traffic was not my only problem on this shot. I put a c-stand with a light boomed over the slant of the hill at the top for my key light. I put a sandbag on the stand but it still managed to fall (luckily in to bushes). I ended up having the light coming from an angle further back than I had anticipated. My other light was high camera right, which really popped the fallen leaves. — John Haynes