High Speed « 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 [...]

May 12, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Behind The Scenes, Completed Projects, Experimental, Family & Friends, Favorite Videos, High Speed
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The Phantom Experiment

First of all, please do not try anything you see in the video above at home. We took precautions while shooting the more dangerous Phantom experiments. We made sure people were at a safe distance, we had fire extinguishers and the camera was protected by Lexan blast shields. I was hired by Cox Communications in [...]

February 21, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Completed Projects, High Speed, My Work On TV, Sports TV, Trailers & Teasers
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2011 World Championship Ping Pong Trailer – Phantom Flex, Sony F800 and GoPro Cameras

You may have seen “Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex“, but this is what I was hired to shoot while in Las Vegas. Here is the official trailer shot for FOX Sports that will (hopefully) start a Ping Pong revolution! I will post air times for the global release on this [...]

February 11, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Behind The Scenes, Completed Projects, Downloads, Equipment Reviews, Experimental, Favorite Videos, Gear Testing, High Speed, Sports TV
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Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex

Violating the laws of nature. Playing God. Capturing stuff we are not supposed to see. Potentially opening up a wormhole in the fabric of time. These are a few of the things I think about while shooting with a Phantom High Speed Digital Cinema camera. The above video is a bunch of test footage I [...]

January 27, 2011
By Tom Guilmette
Behind The Scenes, Commercials, High Speed, My Work On TV
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University of Rhode Island “Senior Year” High Speed Spots

A few months ago, I shot with Fastec Imaging HiSPEC2 high speed cameras at the University of Rhode Island. I worked with the URI Mens Basketball team and Cox Sports to shoot a series of spots for the upcoming season. The spots featured the Seniors on the URI Rams basketball team and the short videos [...]

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 10, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Behind The Scenes, High Speed, Mountain Biking
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Aaron Chase 718 Frames per Second Dirt Jump Sequence – Fastec Imaging

I just got back from Highland Mountain Bike Park in Northfield, New Hampshire. The place is about five miles off exit 19 on RT 93 and it is less than 2 hours north of Boston. If you like to downhill mountain bike or BMX, this is the place to go. In fact, it reminded me [...]

August 6, 2010
By Tom Guilmette
Behind The Scenes, Commercials, High Speed
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Maverik Lacrosse “spoof” Commercial – Fastec Imaging

I had some fun with the Fastec Imaging HiSpec2 color hi speed camera shooting a “fake” lacrosse commercial. The commercial was a copy of the Paul Rabil 111 MPH spot that my buddy Dave sent me on YouTube. It looked as if the real commercial, shot by Maverik Films New York, was captured using a [...]