{"id":35088,"date":"2018-10-05T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=35088"},"modified":"2018-10-05T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:30:59","slug":"texas-dp-roger-woodruff-on-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2018\/texas-dp-roger-woodruff-on-nascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DP Roger Woodruff on NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/er0viwfHgrs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talent isn\u2019t the only quality a <a href=\"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/staff-crews\/waco-texas-director-of-photography-production-video-camera-crew\/\">DP<\/a> needs to have when working a NASCAR race, <\/span><b><i>passion\u2019s<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a must to truly encompass the atmosphere and spirit of this sport in the footage you hand over to the client. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been attending NASCAR races since I was a kid. These drivers are athletes! They train hard both mentally and physically. \u00a0They have families and lives outside of racing. Those are the moments I love to capture. Those are the stories I want to tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35115 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085541\/IMG_3947-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3947\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085541\/IMG_3947-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085541\/IMG_3947-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085541\/IMG_3947-700x394.jpg 700w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085541\/IMG_3947-539x303.jpg 539w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m no stranger to NASCAR or the tracks they race on. \u00a0In fact I&#8217;ve been to every track except Kansas, Las Vegas, and Homestead. \u00a0I love this sport and I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to experience things only fans could dream of. \u00a0I&#8217;ve captured Kurt Busch throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game, Carl Edwards giving a personal tour of his private jet, and even spend the day in NYC with Brad Keselowski. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35117 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085554\/IMG_3949-400x187.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3949\" width=\"602\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085554\/IMG_3949-400x187.jpg 400w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085554\/IMG_3949-1024x478.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085554\/IMG_3949-700x327.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I cut my teeth while on the road with Fox Sports and Turner as Skip Clark&#8217;s DP apprentice. \u00a0I ran audio, learned the track layouts, and found that I was right at home. After my time with Skip I went on to be a cameraman based in Nashville, before moving to Texas. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple years ago I got a great opportunity to DP TNT&#8217;s &#8220;All Access&#8221; features for their NASCAR Summer Series. \u00a0You can read about my experience <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2013\/dallas-charleston-crews-hit-the-road-for-tnts-nascar-summer-series\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For six weeks I was on the road. \u00a0Each week I followed around a different NASCAR driver. \u00a0I literally bounced around the county. These guys have busy lives. \u00a0Even when they aren&#8217;t at the track. I followed Denny Hamlin to the Fedex headquarters. \u00a0I rode in a Ford Rapter with Brad Keselowski at the Ford test track outside Detroit. I even spent the day at Cedar Point with Juan Pablo Montoya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35116 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4166\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166-400x225.jpg 400w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166-700x394.jpg 700w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166-539x303.jpg 539w, http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets.gototeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05085544\/IMG_4166.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m definitely in my element when I&#8217;m telling one of NASCAR&#8217;s stories. \u00a0At the end of the day the gear doesn&#8217;t really matter when it comes to telling a story. \u00a0Passion matters. Being driven matters. Having the right attitude matters. If you want a DP that has all of this and can also shoot and light the hell out of anything, then you just found <a href=\"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/staff-crews\/waco-texas-director-of-photography-production-video-camera-crew\/\">the right guy. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talent isn\u2019t the only quality a DP needs to have when working a NASCAR race, passion\u2019s a must to truly encompass the atmosphere and spirit of this sport in the footage you hand over to the client. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been attending NASCAR races since I was a kid. These drivers are athletes! 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