Director: Andy Laputka Director of Photography: Will Roegge To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang – Vaughn Gittin Jr drifts through the generations!
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GT Academy – Season Four
Happy to have been a camera operator on the 4th season of GT Academy USA. Directed by Jeff Zwart. Shot on location in New York City and Silverstone, England.
Drift Mechaniks – 10 Year Anniversary
Went out to Atlanta Motor Speedway in May to hang out with my friends – the Drift Mechaniks and Team Rowdy as they celebrated their 10 year anniversary. Utilized the RED Epic, DJI s1000 with 5D M3 gimbal, and the Panasonic GH4 to capture 4k video in car and on-car.
The Porsche from the Winter of 53 – Director’s Cut
Jeff Zwart loves to race and drive Porsche automobiles. We had been plotting for all of the winter of 2013-2014 to do this film and the original version that I imagined was something like this video. However with the success of the Porsche Gmund video we did for Porsche Panorama magazine and Porsche YouTube –Continue reading “The Porsche from the Winter of 53 – Director’s Cut”
Charlie Vergo’s – Rendezvous
Director of Photography – EATS! BBQ Series. Earlier this year, I worked as Director of Photography on several episodes of the Made Man series – EATS! The most inspiring BBQ establishment we visited was in Memphis, Tennessee – Charlie Vergo’s Rendezvous. I shot this episode with Canon Cine Primes and the Canon C300. I utilizedContinue reading “Charlie Vergo’s – Rendezvous”
Updated Camera Car Reel
Over the past few years I’ve been fortunate to log some serious days behind the control desk in a camera car! It takes a team of people to make those smooth car to car commercials happen – precision drivers, camera operators, stabilized camera head technicians, and crane operators – to get a camera to runContinue reading “Updated Camera Car Reel”
Tanner Foust – VW GRC Super Beetle
From Storyboard to Screen – with Tanner Foust’s new GRC machine. Back in June 2014, I was approached by Tanner Foust and his team to create a short promotional video with his new Volkwwagen Beetle GRC rally car. The window to shoot the car would be tight – Andretti racing had just finished building theContinue reading “Tanner Foust – VW GRC Super Beetle”
Keep Drifting Fun – Final Bout
Spent the last weekend in August in Shawano, Wisconsin filming the two day drift event – Final Bout. It was an awesome gathering of the most stylish drift teams in North America. With teams traveling from places as far west as California, as far east as Massachusetts, and as far north as Alberta, Canada.
A New Mountain to Climb – BBI Autosport at Pikes Peak
This year we produced two pieces at the PPIHC. The second and longer documentary video follows BBI Autosport as they prepare Jeff Zwart’s 997 GT3 Cup Turbo – Hill Climb Special for the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. BBI Autosport is based in Huntington Beach, California they specialize in Porsche and exotic car performanceContinue reading “A New Mountain to Climb – BBI Autosport at Pikes Peak”
Made Man – EATS! BBQ Tour
Director of Photography – EATS! BBQ Tour While cars and racing action usually make up most of my year’s work – I took on a fun project traveling to 6 of the nation’s best BBQ joints with a production called Eats! The show focuses on a variety of restaurants and their back stories. For theseContinue reading “Made Man – EATS! BBQ Tour”