Officially trained as a steadicam operator through Tiffen. Elite training by Garret Brown and Jerry Holway. Intensive workshops and training using the full range of Tiffen Steadicam rigs including Ultra 2, Ultra 2C, New Phantom, Archer 2 systems, Zephyr, Shadow and Tango. Certified in variety of high caliber camera systems. including Red1 , Red Epic , Red Scarlet, Canon and Sony, Arri Alexa. Adaptable to a multitude of project types including specialized applications .Experienced in operating from moving vehicles, boats, Steadiseg, and Rickshaw.. Sports, rally, racing, commercials. Member of both Steadicam Operator Asssociation and Steadicam Guild.
On Set of "The Breakers Live Performance", operating my Steadicam Rig.
Operating Steadicam on a feature , Art of Deception with Director of Photography Vishal Solanski
Operating Steadicam on a Doritos Superbowl Commercial
Steadicam Operating on "Into the Wind" Thesis Film in Malibu
Steadicam Operating on a Discover Card Spec Commercial
Steadicam Operating on a CSUN / CHAPMAN Thesis
Steadicam Operating on Style Finder App Commercial at Yanai Salon in Beverly Hills
Starring Reginald Drummer, Fashion Hairstylist
Steadicam Operating on Doc Hollywood and Ya Boy's "Palm Springs Beach House" Music Video
Shooting at Howie Mandels Mansion in Hidden Hills
Steadicam Operating on "Unbridled" Fashion and European Car Company in Carpintera, CA
Top Photo:
Here I am operating on my Steadicam Zephyr is the Sony F55 on a Fashion and European Car Company in sunny Carpintera. The shoot consisted of many fashion scenes and very unique car moving steadicam shots. From working around real life horses on the beach made for a unique shoot.
Bottom photo:
Here I am rigged by a saftey harness to opperate the steadicam arm. Here we have the Steadicam 3A Arm installed onto a gartfield mount with the Archer 2 in low mode set up to shoot the moving shots on the road. Here I am discussing shots with Director Ashley Avis as we are minutes from starting the road scenes.
Operating steadicam with horses on the beach.
All photos courtsey of Louis DeStefano Photography
Gold Rush Rally Steadicam Team
Las Vegas- Park City Utah-Denver Colorado
Roadstarr Motorsports in Los Angeles brought my crew and I on to cover the 2014 Gold Rush Rally from Las Vegas to Denver Colorado, stopping along the way in Park City Utah. The Gold Rush Rally starts in Las Vegas and goes all the way to New York City.
May 31st, 2014
Registration for Rally at Bellagio in Las Vegas
June 1st, 2014
Day 1: Las Vegas to Park City Utah
Picture above:
Steadicam A Operator Ryan McDonough takes the hot seat for a epic steadicam ride through Nevada Highway, our journey for that day started at MGM Resort Festival Grounds where all the super exotic sports cars met up at the Gold Rush Start Grid and car show with full police escort. We where escorted from the Festival Grounds through the busy streets of Las Vegas where we took of for the most epic start to our filming. Traveling at excess speeds we where able to capture the full rally at the start.
May 2nd, 2014
Day 2: Park City Utah to Denver Colorado
May 3rd, 2014
Four Seasons Hotel Denver to High Plains Raceway
The Steadicam truck on the race way pacing several of Exotic cars.
Shooting the Gold Rush Rally G550 Wagon in Utah Canyons
Steadicam Operating in the Utah Canyons near the Colorado River for Gold Rush Rally
Shooting on Day 1 of 3 at Chapman Dodge Film University Film
Sexdrive
Steadicam Operating on a Chapman Dodge Film School Webisode for Byte Size Television for "Sexdrive". Shot on the Sony Alta F5 Cinema Camera
Operating Steadicam on a live performance of The Cameltones