So a few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of working behind the scenes during one of Set Apart Photography‘s photo shoots with up and coming musician Trevor Forsman. The “theme” of the shoot was a provocative look into the different temptations we are faced with while searching for our own identity. Trevor’s new album “Identify Me” will be out in early 2012. Take a look at our BTS video and let us know what you think!
At about 6:55pm on July 5th, I got a phone call from my buddy Dano who was panting, trying to find his breath while wind howled across the other line. He was scrambling to a get to a high vantage point on South Mountain to get a shot of the oncoming dust storm, also called a “haboob,” that he had predicted about 2 hours earlier. The excitement and nervousness in his tone made me rush to find my camera and jump into the my truck as fast as humanly possible. Knowing I was short on time before the cell hit the valley, I rushed to the nearest little hill I knew of, Sun Ray park in Ahwatukee. It was only minutes after I began shooting that I was totally engulfed by the monstrous dust cloud and found myself in the middle an apocalyptic whirlwind, the likes of which I have never experienced (even in my 14 years living in Arizona). Here is the timelapse shot I was able to capture along with some pretty intense cell phone footage during the moment of impact. It took me about 15 minutes to carefully walk down the side of the mountain and find my truck (which was only parked a couple hundred yards away) relying on my cell phone as a flashlight.
Here’s a photo of the toll it took on my camera, even though I immediately got it into my camera bag after the shot. After a little bit of cleaning up, it’s still working beautifully.
The Aftermath
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Feb 092011
Check out our video from Barrett Jackson with Discount Tire and see what some folks had to say about the event. Shot on the Canon 5D.
I just had a fun week working with Brad White (Square Pictures) and crew out at the Russo and Steele auto auction. I was managing the footage offload from our four Panasonic HPX2000s. We shot over four terabytes of footage over the four days (8TB backed up) and I used some of the down time to take a couple cool GoPro timelapses, which I’ll post here soon. On Thursday, my “day off”, I went over and shot at Barret Jackson for Discount Tire for a couple of hours on Keith’s Canon 5D. For quick interviews, you can’t beat the 5D, but I’m still not in love with DSLRs for my live event run-and-gun style of shooting. Nevertheless it was fun and some of the cars were just incredible (as to be expected). When I find out what network and time our reality segment from Russo and Steele is going to air, I will make another post or update this one.
I’ve got some editing to wind down January and I’m gearing up for a busy February with a new corporate client. Should be fun though.
Dec 132010
Check out this fun little edit of GoPro clips from the Gymkhana GRID event.
We will be heading out to Irwindale Speedway in California December 4th for the Gymkhana GRID Invitational with Discount Tire! Once again, I will primarily be in charge of getting POV shots with our tried and true GoPro HD cameras. My goal is to come up with some new and creative angles out on the course and on/in car that maybe haven’t been tried yet. Pretty stoked!
Nov 022010
Discount Tire invited us back out to Las Vegas Motor Speedway again this year for their annual Pit Crew Challenge and ride and drive event. Once again, I’ll be joining Keith Flickinger and team on the shoot. I’ll be primarily in charge of POV, armed with several GoPro HD’s and mounting accessories. We’ll also be getting shots with the Canon 7D, HVX200, and HPX300. Unfortunately, I won’t be doing the edit this year due to time constraints with my schedule and trying to finish up school. I hope to post up some clips when I find the time though.
See you in Vegas baby!
For some of last year’s footage check out our Dec. 2009 archive.
Oct 152010
As many of you know, I’ve been working part-time for ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, doing in-house videography, photography, and editing for their marketing and public affairs office. This is mainly because I needed steady but flexible work while finishing my last couple semesters of classes. Most of the projects I’ve been working on haven’t really been relevant to Krazywake but I thought I’d share a couple just to let you know I’m still alive and kicking.
Sep 182010
This week has been absolutely crazy busy between school, shoots for work, and now a Red Bull athlete appearance on campus. Thomas Ohler, a trials mountain bike athlete from Austria graced us with his presence this week. Unfortunately, I was too busy to really take on a major shoot and edit for the activation but a special thanks to ASU film student Brian Masucci for providing some footage and compiling a little edit for us. Check it out!
Some phone pics of Brian and I working together on the edit in one of the labs at ASU. I think I’m working on a different project at the same time.
Jul 112010
We’re headed to Lake Tahoe to celebrate Discount Tire’s 50th Anniversary and capture all the action. I’ll be in charge of POV GoPro as well as pickup shots on the HVX200 and Canon 7D. I will post some clips if I get a chance.
In the meantime, here are some behind-the-scenes pics.