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Redbull Drifting World Championship through the eyes of Joshua Herron
One of the coolest things about art is how differently people interpret the same scene. Josh Herron and I were shooting from the same locations for most of the event. If you watch my teaser compared to Josh’s you will notice some similarities, but the...

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YoutTube finally has updated their player to fit 16×9 widescreen aspect content natively. The YouTube page is now 960 pixels wide. Read all about it in this very brief You Tube blog post. And check out Dax’s report on YouTube versus the competition for some cool insight into YouTube’s usage compared to other video sites. 

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Wrecked Magazine does the Redbull Drifting Championship
I’ve been busy. Thanks to Joey and Jason @ Wrecked Magazine for giving me the opportunity to shoot/edit thie piece for them at the Red Bull World Drifting Championships. Music is by Alkaline Trio “Burn”. I think its appropriate considering the weekend was under the smoke filled skies of...

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Sexiest Cars @ 2008 LA Auto Show

This past week, I got to shoot/edit some videos for the 2008 LA Auto Show. The content is for the crew over at Streetfire.net. Here are the first three videos(of the six I did) – Sexiest Cars of the LA Auto Show.

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Freestyle Ice Skating from Red Panda Creative on Vimeo.

Back in October, I made a trip back to Ohio to visit. My friend Chris Stein and I made a visit to our old stomping ground – the North Olmsted Recreation Center. We both worked their through high school and had a blast doing it. For this...

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To end cap 2008, I’m going on a massive and random road trip. Flying to Atlanta (Yo ATL people, I’ll be there December 2nd & 3rd *driftMechaniks) then driving across the country back to Los Angeles. The exciting part is that we are going to be covering the car in cameras and recording the entire...

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For New Years 2008, Red Bull had planned a massive stunt as part of the Red Bull Experiment. Professional driver and stunt man Rhys Millen was going to back flip a trophy truck. During testing and practice before December 31st Rhys over shot the landing pit and fractured 5 vertebrae. Since recovering Rhys has gone on...

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2010 Mustang Debut with Vaughn Gittin Jr. 
Santa Monica Airport was the set of the 2010 Ford Mustang television and press debut. 2008 Irwindale Formula Drift champion and D1 World Champion driver Vaughn Gittin Jr drifted the new 2010 Ford Mustang in front of a live television audience and members of the press. Vaughn gave media...

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Remind Me from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp, released their full-length debut album Melody AM in 2001. Melody AM, is one of those incredible albums that can be listened to straight through. Every track is solid. There is no pressing next or skipping ahead. Their downtempo electronic songs are beautiful and have been utilized by...

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RBWDC Rhys Millen Interview from Will Roegge on Vimeo.

Congratulations to Rhys Millen on winning the Red Bull World Drifting Championship. For the RBWDC I was shooting for Wrecked Magazine. After the finals, Daijiro Yoshihara battling Rhys Millen, we caught up with Rhys at the podium and snagged this great interview.
I was able to insert some of...

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Red Bull World Championship Teaser
This past weekend was the Red Bull Word Drifting Championships. I had the opportunity to do some work for Wrecked Magazine and was stoked to be able to shoot his historic event. Motor sports events held in Southern California bring out the media. Local news, the print magazines, websites, blogs, and...

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Ports of Long Beach. Terminal Island. Cranes unload packed cargo ships. No, you aren’t trying to enter the US in a shipping container. You are feet from cars entering drift at 103 miles per hour. Its the inaugural Red Bull Word Drifting Championships.

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