Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Laughlin Desert Challenge '10
Hey guys, shot a short piece for Norman Motorsports at this year's SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. It was a grueling grudge match on Laughlin's notoriously rough circuit course, got some great action from the trophy trucks and Class 1 race cars. Check out the video and enjoy!
Jan-Feb '10 DP Reel
My favorite shots from my last few projects I shot back in January and February, they include a short film entitled Long Distance Drunk directed by Elliot Feld, an Under Armour spec commercial directed by Jon Michael-Burgess. I worked with Jon again on a music video shot in a secluded valley ranch within Mt. Shasta in northern California. Hope you enjoy the visuals, music is a song called Ce Jeu by Yelle. Video for promotion only.
DP Reel Jan-Feb '10 from Seth Naugle on Vimeo.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Red One w/ Cooke Speed Panchro Primes Test
This is a simple look test to see how some old circa 1975 Cooke Speed Panchros would perform when joined with the ultra-sharp 4K resolution of the Red One. The softening effect from the older glass is a natural aberration director Elliot Feld and I found to be especially pleasing to the eye, and also appropriate for the indie/real world short film we are shooting together. I'm posting this merely for reference.
Also, if you were wondering where the brilliant music track was coming from, i composed it using Soundtrack Pro loops and sound fx. I might stop shooting video and pursue. Who knows?
Norman Motorsports - SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge 2010
Just finished editing this piece for Norman Motorsports. Camera operators Gavin White, Wes Waters & myself when out to Laughlin, NV for the first of the five race SCORE desert racing series. This is a very difficult, rough and fast course only 6 mi in length, having racers trudge through 8 arduous laps before limping to a finish.
Unfortunately the Norman Motorsports car, which was not their standard no. 8 Trophy Truck, had two DNF's for the two days of racing, but then again only 8 out of 28 trophy trucks finished, which lends to the harshness of the course. The course is great for shooting, located in the Mojave crossing where the Colorado river runs through, there is a consistent view of mountains about 270 degrees around the track, making for many beautiful frames.
We had an awesome time and are anxiously awaiting the next race; something about shooting video very close to 850HP trucks racing by that is just too much fun. Check out the video for yourself.
Panasonic HVX200 vs Canon 7D
This is a hasty test piece I put together to directly compare the HVX200 with the new Canon 7D with its 1080/24p video recording capabilities. Shot on the 7D with 75-300mm F4.0/5.6 USM & 17-40mm F4 L USM lenses. All HVX footage shot at 720/24pN , variable frame rates, all 7D footage is shot at 1080/24p. Edited w/ final cut pro with no color correction applied. Some shots have a ND 6 or 9 Grad in.
HVXvs7D from Seth Naugle on Vimeo.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Ensenada to San Felipe 250
Just got back from a crazy trip to Baja on Sunday night. I travelled with Roger Norman and some members of his race team documenting their adventures during the Ensenada to San Felipe 250. We left Thursday morning, did some prerunning Friday, followed the race Saturday and left Sunday, it was wild. I was hanging out the window of the chase truck on poorly maintained Mexican highways going 80mph chasing the prerunner with my HVX mounted to the side of the car on a panhead; also riding in the prerunner with my tripod strapped literally on top of me operating through 100mph off road intensity. It was all in good fun though, and we gathered some really great footage. Check out the piece I cut together for Norman Motorsports.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Back Country Telemark Skiing in Tahoe
Photo: Kenny and I trek up the the last steep section of a mountain overlooking beautiful Lake Tahoe.
Skiing is way harder than I had anticipated. I tried it once when I was 6 and remember it being not too difficult. I'm a southern California kid, so the snow is a whole new environment for me. I had heard that telemark skiing is super hard from many people around here in Tahoe, but I was willing to give it a try.
I met Kenny while climbing at the gym, he is a strong climber and also happens to be a skillful telemark skier. We got to talking about skiing and I asked him if he could teach me some backcountry stuff and he agreed. Here is a link to his website:
Backcountry Tahoe is absolutely gorgeous. I was amazed that we were able to hike around out there. Even more impressive was the fact that we could walk up hills with skins attached to our skis. The whole time while we were going up I couldn't help the thought that we were going to have to ski all the way back down. Going down was way hard for me, my legs kept wanting to go in different directions and I got to practice my crashing in depth. The good thing is I made it down the mountain in one piece. Super thanks to Kenny for taking me out and being patient with me.
Check out the rest of the photos here:
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