Action Sports « Tom Guilmette – Director of Photography

June 29, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, Behind The Scenes, Completed Projects, Favorite Videos, High Speed, Mountain Biking
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Claymore Challenge Freestyle Mountain Biking Shot with Phantom Flex

This past weekend, I got my hands on the Phantom Flex again to shoot an insane competition up in Northfield, New Hampshire. Every summer, professional freestyle mountain bikers from all over the world meet up to hit the Slope Style course at Highland Bike Park. These guys are willing to try anything and I decided [...]

January 5, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, DSLR, Mountain Biking, Sony F800, Trailers & Teasers
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Alex Couture & Nick Richer DH/XC

As many of you may know, I am working on a bike film featuring local athletes from around New England. The film is called “Missing Link“. My partner on the project is Nick Keating and we will be ramping up production this spring and summer. A few months ago, I shot some footage for the [...]

October 4, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, Favorite Videos, High Speed, Mountain Biking, Trailers & Teasers
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Second Teaser – More “Missing Link” Phantom High Speed Footage

I have been working with my new favorite camera system, the Vision Research Phantom HD GOLD. The camera shoots amazingly crisp high speed footage and I am using it to capture mountain bike riders around New England. Nick and I are working on a film that we hope to release sometime next year that will [...]

September 21, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, High Speed, Mountain Biking, Trailers & Teasers, Website Related
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The “Missing Link” Teaser and Official Film Website Launch

Nick Keating and I have been busy shooting New England athletes for a new film we are working on called “The Missing Link”. We have released more sick Phantom high speed footy in the above teaser. Check it out and let us know what you think! The music is by XX. The film was inspired [...]

August 31, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, Behind The Scenes, Downloads, Equipment Reviews, Favorite Videos, High Speed, Mountain Biking, Tutorials, Video Blogs
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The Phantom HD GOLD High Speed Camera – Video Blog & Download Footage

UPDATE: 1/7/11 I have a Phantom v640 .cine raw file at the bottom of this blog for download. This file was shot on a Phantom that was not working properly until a firmware patch was applied. You will notice a large “plume” in the center of the frame. This file is for demonstration and testing [...]

August 22, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Action Sports, Mountain Biking, Trailers & Teasers
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“The Missing Link” Trailer – New England Mountain Biking Film

I am working on a mountain biking film shot mostly in New Hampshire using high speed cameras. I was inspired by the guys at “Life Cycles” and their artistic style they bring to biking films. I have been granted the opportunity to use Fastec Imaging HiSpec high speed cameras and a Phantom HD GOLD to [...]

September 16, 2009
By Tom Guilmette
35mm Lens Adapter, Action Sports, Completed Projects
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Alex Couture – Downhill Mountain Biker

Downhill Mountain Bike Film featuring Alex Couture shot at Attitash Mountain in Bartlett, New Hampshire (September 2009). Alex is a Giant Bicycles/Michelin Tires rider and he rips on a 2009 Giant Glory DH mountain bike. Shot on a Sony PMW-EX1 with Letus Ultimate, Canon 5dmk2, and a Panasonic Lumix ZS3. I used all Nikon prime [...]

August 12, 2009
By Tom Guilmette
35mm Lens Adapter, Action Sports, Completed Projects, Documentary
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Attitash Mountain Biking

This is a short film I shot and edited for Attitash Mountain in Bartlett, New Hampshire. The idea was to create a film for attitash.com to let other mountain bikers (or people who want to try the sport) know that Attitash has some great lift service downhill mountain biking. I shot this three days ago [...]

September 15, 2008
By Tom Guilmette
35mm Lens Adapter, Action Sports, Completed Projects, Documentary
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SOBE Energy Downhill Series

I shot this during race weekend at Attitash Mountain Resort in Bartlett, New Hampshire. I shot all the footage with a Sony EX1 and the Letus Extreme 35mm lens adapter. This video was shot to help promote the racing series and Attitash mountain as a destination for downhill riders from around New England. TRT: 4:40 [...]