MasterCraft MariStar – Austin, TX

This was Bump Films first trip to Lake Austin for this years MariStar shoot

Mark Bame and Donny Croft, professional boat driver….

Shooting low angle of the MasterCraft 220 thru the portal.

I thought Texas in May was supposed to be warm!

Second angle with the HVX-200 from the photoboat.

Some of the new boats come in 70’s era sparkle metal flake.

MasterCraft X-Series – Orlando, FL

X-Series production stills from Bump Films 2008 shoot.

Every day starts on the dock before sunrise.

Morning glass in the X-Star.

Tracking stern shot thru one of the many canals on the Butler chain.

Rusty Malinoski from the Heli.

MasterCraft ProStar – Orlando Florida

Bump Films shoot for MasterCraft Boats.

Mark shooting in close quarters with an HVX-200 in a waterhousing

Sequence shot on the course. Its tight shooting with the skier passing by close to 60 mph!

History Channel – “The Axemen”, Vernonia, OR

Original Productions, (the production company that produces “Deadliest Catch”), is shooting a new show based on a similar format. This time they are covering the lives of career loggers in the Pacific Northwest. “The Axemen” will be a 13 part series airing this spring on The History Channel. Four camera teams are covering four different companies. I’m covering Stump Branch Logging, based out of Vernonia, OR. This site is a salvage logging job that Stump Branch is doing for the State of Oregon cleaning up a huge blow down area from our severe windstorm of 2006.Due to mountainside scrambling that each camera crew has to do, as well as danger to equipment, the show is shot in HDV with Sony Z1-U and V1-U cameras in 30p format. Six wireless channels of audio are being run to my camera via the units in my waist packThe “Yoader” is a combination yarder and loader that hauls logs up the hillside once the choke setter wraps the choker cable around each log. Once they are hauled up to the landing, a shovel loader uses huge clamping teeth to pick up the logs and place them in the staging area where they will be bucked, (de-branched) and cut into 40 foot lengthsLoggers start before sunrise every dayMorning mist from Roundtop Mountain<imgEJ and Ross capture a moment with Melvin and Michael of Stumpbranch Logging
Loggers affectionately call their work trucks “Crummies” as they are usually older 4 wheel drive pick ups they buy used for cheap. They get absolutely thrashed every day. Our crummy was a bit nicer, a new Ford F-150 on loan from Astoria

Malibu Pro Team Orlando

Malibu Boats produces a DVD each season that markets their new boats and pro team. An Arriflex Hi-Speed SR2 converted to Super 16mm was used to capture the action.

Malibu Pro Jeff Weatherall boosts a huge S-Bend

Barefoot in Orlando

This Arri SRII Hi-Speed had been hot rodded with tons of upgrades, a pleasure to shoot!

Southeast Shangri-La

MasterCraft X-Star Commercial, Orlando FL.

Bump Films teamed up with Alex Fostvedt and Mario Cater of Freeride Films to shoot the new MasterCraft X-Star commerical at Lake Wales, FL.

Freeride Films lastest Ninja Cam rig. This was rigged over a 800 ft. span across the lake.

Camera sled hooked up to the cables. A Panasonic HVX-200 was used to check the shot for the test run day. The commerical was shot in Super 16 with an Arri High Speed SRII.

Mark and Alex set up a shot with Mario behind controlling the sled speed.

Shane Bonifay doubles up for his afternoon set.

Florida sunset day one

Rusty Malinoski fractured his wrist the day before but decided to wrap his cast with one inch gaffers tape and ride anyway…

Florida sunset day two

Formula Drift at Infineon Raceway – Sonoma, CA 8/11

Infineon Raceway hosted one of the new car racing sports brought over from Japan called Drifting. Cars race in tandem side by side around the track in a 4 wheel drift.

Here is what happens when a drift car comes into the first corner too hot. Notice that I am shooting from scaffolding on the far right of the shot. The car lost control at about 60mph and plowed into the concrete “K” rail barrier. It pushed it almost three feet, (these way over a ton each!), into my scaffolding and raised the front legs off the ground before sliding me back a few feet. Too close for comfort.

The Pontiac Solstice Drift Car

Red Bull Ryan Sheckler Skate Movie 2/07

February saw my first trip to the Middle East with a job shooting the making of the new Ryan Sheckler skate film for Red Bull in Dubai. There is so much construction going on over there its just insane. There are half built skyscrapers everywhere!

Dubai skyscraper

Hotels post compass direction to Mecca in each room for daily prayers

Hoops nailing the shot

Mass of humanity…

EJ mixes with the locals

MasterCraft 2007

This is our 10th year working with Bump Films and MasterCraft in watersports and wakeboarding. Most of May was spent in Florida and Tennessee shooting their new ‘08 boatsV formation shot from the heli Shooting the new CSX from the heli High wing photo boat angle<

early season fluff at Mirror Lake