My second time back to the lovely Barber’s racetrack outside of Birmingham, Alabama. We were graced with much better weather this year for the finals! Flew into Atlanta and rented a car and drove out there with my camera buddy Chris S. Had to race back to Atlanta to make the last flight out Sunday […]
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Just back from excellent week in Los Angeles shooting at the L.A. Forum. I used my new heavy duty Steadicam rig. We were flying the new sony P1 cameras with full RF kit.
Read More »Super happy to be working locally with 1 mile commute!!!! 2 day event, although sadly they were doubles after daytime work in Boston… such is the busy season.
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I was the projectionist responsible for setting up 5 separate screens in the gorgeous Boston Opera House. We had a converged ultra short throw ‘snorkel’ lens setup that one of my great projectionist friends says is extremely hard to converge with clean resolution. It all came out great. The clients were all very happy. I […]
Read More »More machining / mods for my custom built Steadicam balance / mounting plate, the overall crucial gold anodized aluminum heavy duty part was repurposed by me from an expensive aftermarket front suspension Lower Control Arm (LCA) from a Honda Civic. They are sold out and can’t find buy from the manufacturer anymore. That custom bracket […]
Read More »Just got my new Steadicam rig running for a massive eSports event at the Albany NY convention center. I got two friends hired to work with me as well so it was a really fun shoot. Flying RF Sony cameras at least 20 lbs of camera and transmitter weight. I got a new Atomos Samurai […]
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Was at the massive auto junkyard pulling a rear passenger caliper for my failed Accord one, and I spotted this gorgeous heavy duty suspension part out the side of a wrecked, stacked car. I tried to remove it to get it for this purpose, but the accident / damage had made removal with normal hand […]
Read More »2 days of camera inside the beautiful Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta, GA. The architecture of this place is off the hook. Just spectacular views walking around hotel and exploring. Nice easy shoot with good crew.
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Got to shoot the U.S. Open of Tennis! Was fantastic shoot. I was camera #6 on court 10. And two days I was running camera 2 half the time and 6 the other half. Super fast action, shooting the close up replay cameras, this stuff is faster than racing cars! It was super hot this […]
Read More »Shot two days all weekend at the Sonoma raceway for MotoAmerica motorcycle racing series. I got to ride my motorcycle there each day from Oakland. It was pretty hot there. I had a corner with a nice descending right hand sweeper, a complicated turn, I expected more crashes than actually happened.
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My second trip to Limerock, CT raceway. Great racing action. I absolutely love the KTM car – it’s a heavily race modified XBow with massive spoilers, splitter, tail and wraparound panels. Super low, super wide, cornering (if not power) monster. I want one!!
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The really great event PAX East, came to Boston again. 2nd or 3rd year working the event. Main stage camera operator for entire week event. 70,000+ attendees… this show is HUGE! Really great attendees and spirit. One of my favorite corporate video gigs each year. This was the final event final day: The Omegathon. They […]
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Just worked as the lead Video Engineer V1 for a week at SaddleBrook golf resort north of Tampa Florida. I was operating the Barco E2 video switcher and 3 projection screens. We had a fun concert shoot on the final evening and a few interesting speakers.
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Very hot week at Laguna Seca raceway in Monterrey, California. Super fast beautiful cars. The best part of the event. I honed in live on the developing and massive crash of Bryan Ortiz in the Miata class. It was one of the heaviest wrecks in years at Laguna Seca. I posted the live play by […]
Read More »Four days in Alabama, and my hotel room was massive and beautiful. I must have gotten the nicest room in the place. We started out a a very dumpy hotel and were moved to beautiful new place the next day. I got a rental Jeep at the Atlanta airport and drove out to Birmingham taking […]
Read More »Just got back from filming MotoAmerica in New Jersey this time. I’m back flying out to Alabama tomorrow for the next one. Here’s pics from New Jersey: This was really scary. We all didn’t know how bad this was. Caroline Olsen had a severe crash right under my tower. Motionless face down. Full speed, no […]
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My first time shooting the MotoAmerica series. It was awesome! Of course, the kid with broken ankle gets the assignment up the tower. Turn 1. Tower turn one:
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2017 was the year of my broken ankle and the year we wheeled around Arizona. 8 day trip all around the state and various passes. Grand Canyon. We ended the trip with a final shoot in Utah and the incredibly beautiful dunes area of Sand Hollow in the south of the state. Flew back out […]
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I shot a new psychological thriller called “Habitual” over the past two years. It centers around an actual abandoned Massachusetts insane asylum. Also official known as “the Insane Hospital”. It was abandoned in the 80s or 90s and fell into complete disrepair. I got us the official permission to shoot exteriors and some interiors through […]
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This was a pretty fantastic trip. Racing around the mountains for over a week. We started outside Death Valley, CA to the south. Highlights: Death Valley June Lake Tioga Pass Yosemite Rubicon Trail – 2 days on this one with overnight camping trailside Fordyce Trail Lake Tahoe Great tour of California, many places I’ve been […]
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Finally got a chance to use my O’Connor 50D tripod on an important shoot and it delivered big time! I got asked to work with a friend’s Sony F55 camera on a slider platform. I rented a slider from the neighbors next door – to later find out it was a lightweight DSLR rig and […]
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Flew out to St. Louis, Missouri for the start of Drag Week. Day 1: Gatweway, Madison, IL: camera setup down the strip elevated in scissor lift: Day 3: Great Lakes Dragaway, Union Grove, Wisconsin: Apparently an overhead drone shot of the strip. I’m shooting at the upper left area in a scissor lift type of […]
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Filming this week the epic Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach ending with a live broadcast on Sunday. This shoot was an absolute dream. Normal length days, amazing cars!!!! I am a car freak, I have always wanted to go to the legendary one and only Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since a car crazy teen. I […]
Read More »This year I purchased a factory refurbished Nikon D5200. I was impressed with the video write ups coming in on the camera… According to reviewers, it was trumping the high end Nikon cameras, and the renowned Canon 5D Mark II and Mark III cameras. I shot my first video with it using a Nikon kit […]
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