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Liam VanderPloeg

Switzer Digital

Liam VanderPloeg

Switzer Digital

Switzer Digital

Narrative & Commercials

Narrative & Commercials

Levi's Summer '25

Selections from Who Owns the World, Paraguay 2023

Corporate Conundrum Spec Ad

Two For One Short Film

Oasis Party Peeper Spec Ad

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Music Videos

Music Videos

Too Many Nights Music Video

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BadBad Music Video

Dance Again Music Video

Get Up and Dance Music Video

Tulips Music Video

Gavin McLeod Live at HOC

Whitehorse Concert Film 2022

Christmas at Cedarview 2020

Iskwe Concert Film 2021

Ian Fragomeni Drum Solo for Soultone Cymbals

"I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.
I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster."

Take some time to be grateful that there are charged electrons flowing through our lights, diesel fuel autoigniting in our generators, and gravity to keep all of

"Is my eye big? Good, good, that means progress" - The Family Guy

Just out here lighting

@robmentov @meto_______

"Born to camp, forced to work" - Ancient proverb or something.

In the battle of insects vs cinema, @arthursjames emerges victorious.

dp @arthursjames
gaf @liamvanderploeg
best @christ0pherwhite
spark @trephilms
spark Alex Dziewialto

"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." Marcus Terentius Varro

CG23 Holiday Campaign BTS Shots. Pleased to have lit this alongside my favorite crew in the world.

Big thanks to @hammerheadlights for coming out in force to l

“Friend is someone to share the last cookie with.” — Cookie Monster, Sesame Street

Photos by friends, with friends, of friends.

@bychrist0pherwhite @robmentov @alexnunes.ca @caitlyntatee @jeffmaher6 @avigallevona @wijsho @vikdasg

"The three auspicious subjects of the first dream of the year: Mount Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant" Hatsuyume

Wanted to post something, so you get this.
Chillin with @robmentov, @alexnunes.ca and @mettro_

"Yeah, uh-huh, screamin', "That's nothin'"
When I pulled off the lot, that's stuntin'
Reppin' my town, when you see me you know everything
Black and white
Black and white
Black and white
Black and white"
-The Wiz

BTS from @theoas

"If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one" Mother Teresa

"I'm Hungwy" Dolly, 2023

More Gaffin work. Dope ass feature with some dope ass people.

DP @jeffmaher6
Gaffer @liamvanderploeg
Best Elec @bychrist0pherwh

"Cause we all just wanna be 15 cars,
And live in 15 cars, driving 15 cars
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar" BoyWithBack ft. NickelUke

reposting because the bad cropping was keeping me awake at night.

Super thrilled to have gaffed this coo

"I'm not a (sound) boy, I am a (sound) man." -Spongebob SquarePants

Soundboi music video with the homies dp @jonglendon kg @thebeastmilk

3 frames rigged on pulleys. 6x6 softbox with skypanels, 8x8 & 12x12 frame covered in 24 low watt

"If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work."
Isaac Mizrahi

"Night Lovell is my favourite song to listen to while watching a fashion show"

new lighting work

Good time with good

"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher." - Oprah Winfrey

One last post for one Hell of a Summer ©. This one goes out to my crazy team of grips and electrics who made this show happen. It's no small feat t

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett

The first photo I'm particularly proud of. What was supposed to be a simple shot turned into a SFX and Ligh

"They became ronin, masterless samurai, disgraced by another man's treachery" - A quote about @djipro Ronin 2 I think.

2 weeks down of Brute Force 6 -ing and Gaffing, among other things in the wild of Perth, Ontario.

#gaffer

"Your life is like gimbal. To stabilize footage you have to push the button hard as your hardwork." - Abhay Kant

I hope that quote isn't to life changing. Lets focus back at the task at hand.

Operating my Ronin 2 on a bunch of @switzerdi

"As a Hustler (Baby), you've got to be smarter than everybody. You have to outsmart the police, you have to outsmart the people in competition with you, you have to outsmart all the opposition."

-Yo Gotti, in reference to @michelletreacyo

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