Texas DP Heads To Utah For Golf Channel
One of my favorite aspects of being a cameraman is traveling. Thanks to GTT I’ve managed to get closer and closer to visiting all 50 states. With my trip to Utah in the books, I only have nine states to go. I was so excited to make the trip to Park City, UT for Golf Channel. I […]
Read MoreTexas Video Camera Crew with Matthew McConaughey and David Feherty
Texas Video Camera Crew with Feherty I love my job because I can say I spent half the day with Mathew McConaughey on his birthday. Let me back up. I spent two days working at the Spanish Oaks Golf Club outside Austin, Texas for the Golf Channel. I was working on another episode of Golf […]
Read MoreTexas Crews Learn The “Texas Two Step” With Dr. Oz
Dallas DP, Nate Galluppi, and I (Roger Woodruff) met up in Houston recently for a Dr. Oz shoot. The day-time TV doctor and real life surgeon was in Texas to spread the word on a life-saving method known as the “Texas Two Step.” While it may sound like I’m talking about a common dance […]
Read MoreTexas Crews Team Up For FS1 Special With Katie Nolan – Part 3
Continued from Part 2… Day three started with Roggg covering a press conference featuring John Cena. Nate, Austin and I set up for an interview behind the Four Seasons, right off the Colorado River. Most of our set up time was spent willing the rain away and sure enough, the clouds broke as Katie Nolan […]
Read MoreTexas Crews Team Up For FS1 Special With Katie Nolan – Part 2
Continued from Part 1… Day two started in Four Seasons room 242. We had three cameras turned on Katie Nolan and Jake Johnson (who proclaimed he’s “that guy from New Girl!”) as they shared breakfast burritos. The scene started with Katie in the dark and turning on a lamp — I had the job of […]
Read MoreTexas Crews Team Up For FS1 Special With Katie Nolan – Part 1
One of the cool things about SXSW is walking around and not knowing who you’ll run into. There are people from all over the globe. For two weeks in March, it feels like the world flocks to Austin, TX. With all these folks around you’re bound to stumble upon mingling celebrities. Working with FS1 and […]
Read MoreTexas DP Swings Down To Houston For Marketing Firm Shoot
The other day I was in Houston for a quick corporate shoot. It’s the sort of day where you spend more time driving than shooting. The client needed one interview shot in front of a white backdrop. No problem. We can do that. I shot the interview on a Canon C300 Mark 1 with an 85mm f1.2. I used a […]
Read MoreCrews Spend A Super Slimed Super Bowl Week With Nickelodeon
Working the week leading up to the Super Bowl is always cool. But, it’s even cooler when the client is Nickelodeon. Why? SLIME! That’s why. Yes, I’m talking about the green, gooey stuff that used to drop on contestants of various game shows on the kid-friendly network. I grew up watching that stuff. It was […]
Read MoreTexas DP Shoots For Feherty Outside Houston
I love working on The Feherty Show. It’s always a lot of fun because David Feherty is one of the funniest and nicest human beings you’ll ever meet. I was rockin’ a Sony F55 with the Canon 17-120mm. I’ve worked on this show so many times that setup has become second nature. I put together […]
Read MoreTexas DP Heads To Poland For eSports Feature
2016 was a huge year for me both professionally and personally. I wrapped DP’ing HGTV‘s Fixer Upper after three seasons, shot a number of pilots and sizzle reels, worked on WWE‘s Wrestlemania 32, and married the woman of my dreams. It was an awesome year, to say the least. On top of all that I was fortunate […]
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