Taylor Dickey

CAA Part 101 Drone Certificate | MSNZ Bronze Media Accreditation

Hey Guys, Taylor here from LATP MEDIA. Here's a little bit about me and what got me started on this journey!

When Did My Filming Career Start?

Ever since a young age, I've loved filming with a camera and getting cool pictures! In 2019, when I was 10 years old, my family and I went on a trip to Australia for a couple of weeks. The day we landed, I purchased my first ever GoPoro going through duty free, the GoPro Hero 6 Black! This thing was a gem! However, gems don't float in the water... That's right, within a week of my having my first-ever camera, I had already lost it after it came off my head at a water park and found its way to the bottom of the ocean. This was quite a hard pill to swallow at 10 years old, however, the next day I went out, and thankfully, due to travel insurance, I got a brand new upgrade to the Hero 7 Black. At the time, this was the best action camera on the market, so I was absolutely stoked! This was by far the best purchase I had ever made. It was with me for a good 4 years until I sold it in August 2023 so I could upgrade to the GoPro Hero 11 Black, which, at the time, was the best GoPro on the Market. To this day, I use the Hero 11 Black at every motorsport event!

How Did LATP MEDIA Kick Off?

LATP MEDIA was created in December 2023 after Lachlan and I attended the Mitre 10 Mega Summer Series Round 1 at Manfeild! Now, you may be wondering, "How did you come up with the name?" When Lachlan and I started, we were just doing photos, so we named our Instagram account 'Lachlan and Taylor Photography'. After a couple of months, I brought up the idea of shortening the name as it was too long. We both agreed and took the first letter from each word in our account name and came up with LATP MEDIA. That was just the beginning for us. Going forward three months, to February 2024, Lachlan and I went to a race event where our family was racing. My Uncle, Daniel Gordon, was racing in Lachlan's Grandfather's Holden HT Monaro (Owned by the late Gary McKelvie). This event, with Dan racing the Monaro, was the first event where we started filming! We filmed all of Dan's races using the three gorpos we had at the time, and we had 3 different angles all merged into 1 video! These videos got noticed by a lot of people because, at the time, no one was doing that sort of thing.

During the race event, Dan introduced us to Phil Noble, who ran the media for Touring Car Masters NZ. Dan was racing with TCMNZ over that weekend, so they got interested in what we were doing. Fast forward another year, and Lachlan and I were now working for TCMNZ to produce full on-board race videos across their social media pages. We grew a lot over the year we have had with TCMNZ, as we started to include more services to our name with Driver Interviews, Race Results, and the biggest addition was our Drone Services, which got underway at the end of 2025!

During our journey as LATP MEDIA, we have collaborated with more than 70 drivers to produce motorsport content for them! We have also worked with half a dozen race groups to bring the spotlight to them over the internet!

Over the past 2 years of working for LATP MEDIA, I have been lucky enough to meet so many people who have helped out along the way, including some bigger names like Liam Lawson, Arvid Lindblad, and Will Brown. For the future, it will be awesome to see how far we really can go and see who we can meet!

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