I'm Back from China

I just got back from my China trip. Blogger was blocked in the mainland. Now it's catching up time in my first few weeks back in the States.

I will start off with a video I made of my journey to Hong Kong. Enjoy!

Flying to Hong Kong from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

My first video posted online! More to come.... and photos too!

iPhone Pic

Photo ©2010 by Martin B. Cherry

Jason lives near the dry seafood markets in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. When traveling the "Ding dings"or tram, you can tell you've made it to this part of town by the smell.

Hong Kong! (gong)

photo © 2010 by Martin B. Cherry.

I made it to Hong Kong Wednesday. I flew from Nashville to Hong Kong via Atlanta and Seoul. I was a long, tiring flight with my allergies acting up. I landed here safely and Jason has been a great host.

Here is a picture to start, but I have been taking tons! Also, I have been shooting video!

Video of the Week: Last Minutes With Oden

If you want to cry, watch (watch anyways):

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Cool

Kanye West posted this video on his blog awhile ago. I really like this video and song. It's a lot of fun and visually hypnotizing. Kanye was was so impressed by this video, he commissioned the director, Javier Longobardo, to direct the video "Street Lights".

Local Honey

Some of my photographs will be featured at Fall fashion show at Local Honey, a local retail store. I photographed for designers Jamie and The Jones.

Photo ©2010 Martin B. Cherry.

It was last second shoot. I was called to this shoot b/c the photographer bailed out last minute. The model, and my friend, thought of me and called me to do a very impromptu shoot.

It was a lot fun and hope to do this more in the future.

More pics on my flickr

Video of the Week: shinya kimura

Directed by Henrik Hanson

Thanks Kris for posting this on facebook

Texas again

Earlier this summer, I flew down to Austin to see Nessa and Josh. We did a wedding together and traveled to Corpus Christi.

I also took some photos of her:

All images ©2010 Martin B. Cherry.

Madison Bluegrass

I stumbled upon a bluegrass festival not too far where I live earlier this summer. Instead of paying admission, they let me take photos for them. Here are a few of the images:

It was fun! I hope I can cover this event next year.

Images ©2010 Martin B. Cherry

Tokihiro Sato

Today at the Frist Center, I saw work from fantastic photographer/ sculptor, Tokihiro Sato. These images were created within the camera. He flashed lights into the camera during hours-long exposure, creating a Shinto-eque look.

(image by Tokihiro Sato from www.efimera.org)

Video of the week: Rude Boy

This came out a few months ago, but i really like this video.

directed by Melina Matsoukas

IM BACK!

photo by Martin B. Cherry ©2010

sorry for the delay. I have actually been busy with photo gigs and traveling. Here is a pic from one of my travels and a link to more photos on me flickr.