Taylor Gentry Films

Belize with Eddie Bauer

2012-01-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

Here are some snaps from the road/sky/river, in Belize. I took a trip there in November for Eddie Bauer, shooting video material that will support the spring 2012 catalog which was being photographed there. Was an epic trip by air, land & sea. Enjoy! and watch out for the spring 2012 launch from Eddie Bauer.

cheers!

Prudential Sunrise - TV spot

2011-07-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

In May, I was enlisted to shoot a couple shots for a commercial that felt pretty special. The concept was to have several skeleton crews, each with their own DP, align across the country and capture the same sunrise, on the same morning, as it moves from the East coast to the West. Because of my Iowa cred, I was assigned to Davenport, IA, which was a real treat. Davenport is where my mother lives and it is across the Mississippi River from my home town of Moline, IL. The longer I am away from the midwest, the more beautiful the place becomes to my eyes. The midwest offers a truly unique and picturesque landscape. On location, each camera fed an HD video signal via HDMI into a device called a Taradek. The Taradek beamed the video signal to a local wireless hot-spot that was set up by our Taradek tech, The Director in New York City was able to watch each camera's feed from across the country in real time over the internet; Directing each crew as the sun rose in each respective time zone.

The spot is airing now and seems to be viewable on youtube. Click the link below and check it out. Try and spot the Iowa farmer driving the truck.

Watch the video at youtube:
http://youtu.be/BqHUb8dkj-o

2011 Prime Time Emmy Nominations

2011-07-18T18:50:00.000-07:00

Last year I had the pleasure of contributing as Additional Cameraman to two films that were nominated for 2011 Prime Time Emmy Awards. Jaws - The Inside Story, and John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge. Both programs were produced for the Biography Channel.

Bruce Lee Lives - Fuel TV

2011-07-12T12:13:00.000-07:00

Over the past few months I have had the great pleasure of shooting a documentary mini-series paying tribute to Bruce Lee. It has been a rad show to work on. We interviewed some really amazing athletes, performers, and artis's. Premier is tomorrow, July 13th at 10pm eastern time.

your face

2011-04-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

a friend of mine put together this amazing shoot in LA earlier this month. We shot the 5D and 7D...it just goes to show what can be done with those cameras with the right touch,

http://www.taylorgentry.com/dp/your_face.html

Border Hounds

2011-02-19T05:16:00.000-08:00

Monday will be the premier of Border Hounds, a film I shot for National Geographic Wild as part of their Blue Collar Dogs series. Last August I spent most of the month chasing around some truly incredible K9's in El Paso and the surrounding area.

Border Hounds

Feb 21st

9pm

City Dark World Premier at SXSW

2011-02-09T19:26:00.000-08:00

My good friend and film-making pal Ian Cheney has finished his Brainchild: The City Dark. It's a magnificent documentary film about the night sky. I am very proud to be credited as DP. Ian and I went on some amazing visual adventures together shooting this one. I must admit however, that some of the most stunning imagery in the film is the time lapse photography of the night sky, done by Ian himself. The City Dark will have its world premier at SXSW next month. Check out one of the screenings if your at the fest this year.

http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_FS11060

Wild West shoot

2011-01-26T18:02:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of shooting some epic scenery in the southwest last week for a PBS American Experience. Got some killer time-lapse and managed to snap some medium format slides with the Yashica.

Taiwan

2010-12-21T07:06:00.000-08:00

Last week I made a trip to Taiwan with my friends, Ian and Curt at Wicked Delicate Films to help them with a new documentary. Here are a couple slides I took while roaming the streets there.

new holga flicks

2010-12-16T18:32:00.000-08:00

I have been busy with the holga lately. Above is a shot of Lake Erie taken while I was upstate shooting a new show for Animal Planet. Below is a portrait I took of my friend Coby.

more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/54818107@N08/sets/72157625144346574/with/5264471712/

A Life In the Theatre - Promo

2010-09-19T11:04:00.000-07:00

A frame grab from the RED camera

1st AC Tom Fitzgerald keeping everything in focus.

Last month I shot two TV promos for a new Broadway play by David Mamet, starring Patrick Steward and T.R. Night.
The spots were shot on the RED One with the new Mysterium-X image sensor.

watch the videos at my reel

Driftless Nominated for Emmy

2010-07-16T09:17:00.001-07:00

Driftless is a 30 min documentary about life in Rural Iowa. I shot the film for friend and colleague, Danny Wilcox-Frazier. It was a true labor of love and is an honor to see it nominated for an Emmy this year.

If you haven't yet seen the film, you can watch it free online at Mediastorm
http://www.mediastorm.com/publication/driftless-stories-from-iowa

Doha

2010-07-13T08:10:00.000-07:00

Last week I did some shooting in Doha, Qatar. A nation nestled between the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. Qatar is a fascinating country. It has one of the highest GDP in the world and is developing at an blazing rate. July and August are very hot and humid there which made for one of the most challenging shooting environments I have encountered yet. On our second day I was informed that it was 120˚F in the shade.

Discovery Channel

2010-06-04T07:20:00.001-07:00

show reel

2010-04-08T12:22:00.001-07:00

Taylor Gentry DP show-reel April 2010 from Taylor Gentry on Vimeo.

Verizon Wireless Shoot

2010-03-29T10:43:00.000-07:00

Shooting with the RED Digital Cinema camera on set for Verizon Wireless.

Dangerous Drives - Speed TV

2010-03-03T10:40:00.000-08:00

images © Taylor Gentry 2010

In January I wrapped a series for Speed Television titled, Dangerous Drives. Beginning in June of 2009, I shot 7 of the 13 episodes over the last 8 months. Each episode follows a day in the life of a trade or occupation who's daily activity involve gnarly driving. While shooting this series I found myself riding on the back of a BMW K1200 at 110 mph, chasing tornadoes in a Chevy Cobalt, and riding passenger in a modified Jeep Rubicon, deep into the Outback of Southeastern Utah.

The show is currently airing now on Speed TV, Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time. Lookout for upcoming premiers of the follow episodes:

March 10th - Log Hauling
March 17th - Urban Rescue
March 24th - Extreme off road