A great opportunity was given to me to work on the X-Games and shoot in 3D with Polecam. I was new to this 3D stuff but was given excellent guidance from Pierre from Creat3 in LA who was the Stereographer.
I had several positions throughout the event but the most interesting was at the top of the Big Air event where riders plummeted down a near vertical ramp to an enormous jump at the bottom, some 80ft drop at least. The vertigo shots over the shoulders of the riders looking down the ramp was amazing in 3D. I had to remember though to always keep at least 8ft away from the subject for convergence reasons which was a little alien to my normal style with Polecam. I normally like to get in close and pull away for really dynamic shots with lots of head manipulation with Polecam to make the shots unique and stunning, so I really had to restrain my natural tendancies.
I'm glad to say that the Polecam was well received at the X-Games and I have now been booked for 2010 x games with 2 Polecams for ESPN's live and recorded coverage. Look out for it!
