New Gig: The Palmian Chord Ryddle

Here's a great gig that landed in my lap.  I had the opportunity to photograph and film promo of the concerto of The Palmian Chord Ryddle by influencial, innovative composer Terry Riley.  Performed by accomplished electric violinist Tracy Silverman.  It was my honor to work with these guys.  Tracy and his manager Mitchell Korn drove me up to Indianapolis to meet Terry and shoot the promo photos and video there at the performing art center.

Here's the video (first draft):



The Palmian Chord Ryddle from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.


Again, many thanks to Mitchell, Tracy and Terry.

Update:  The video above has been re-edited with a few tweaks to the text.

all content ©2012 Martin B. Cherry

Video of the Week: Yoga By Equinox

Yoga theme continues.

Thanks Lacey for showing me this!

Video of the Week

Directed and Shot by Dylan Wiehahn

Another New Video!

Well New-ish.  I shot this with Nessa Kessinger back in 2009 in Austin, Texas.  She edited and posted her version soon after the shoot.  You can see it here.  I've been wanting to do my mix, but never got around to it until now.  Here it is finally;  Enjoy!


Nessa from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

New Video!

I shot this with my friend Jason in Guangzhou, China.  It was this massive fishing dock behind our hotel.  it was bustling all night and day.  It's a bunch of raw clips edited together; pretty simple edit.

Enjoy.

Warning:  It may make you queazy!



Guangzhou Fishing Dock from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

Video of the Week: NASA

This is the second time NASA made it for VotW.  It's kinda unfair since they can shoot where no other photographer can shoot.  Enjoy!  Watch in HD, full-screen if you can.




Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Photographer of the Month: Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark is street photographer who inspired my photography in college.  Her revealing, uncropped images were an inspiration for me as a photojournalist.  I never liked cropping my images too much.  I shoot for what I wanted in the camera rather in the computer.

I believe in today's world of iPhones and camera-phones, everyone does some form of street photography now.  Usually for humor, cuteness, updates of their own life or news, but Mark's photograph's are deeper than that.  They are reminiscent of paintings of realsim in the 1850's.  Like she explains in the video, it reveals truth.  Mary Hellen Mark is the modern day realism artist.




(via New Yorker Magazine)

Video of the Week: CAMERAS

The anachronisms in this video are amazing.  Directed by Jens Hertzum.

Video of the Week: Bentley Ad

Richard Morris shows how he composited several images for a Bentley promo photo.  Watch, learn, enjoy!





(source, jalopnik.com)

Video of the Week: Break-Up Service

Wonderful short directed by Kosai Senkine for Adidas.

Video of the Week: CASSINI MISSION

Video captured by NASA. Enjoy!




CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.

Video of the Week: Splitscreen

Splitscreen by JW Griffiths.  Shot completely on an Nokia N8 phone.  Which is weird.  If only my nokia was as good as a phone as the N8 shoot movies.









Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

The Man who Invented the Digital Camera

Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson from David Friedman on Vimeo.

(Gizmod0)

New Video! Contra Dancing

New video project completed. I wanted to do a more journalistic style video; using ambient audio and music.

I shot this with my friend's sony HD handicam. Videography or video journalism has been a style I have been wanting to explore. I really enjoyed doing this. I cant wait to explore this more often. Next time, I'll use a DSLR ( more control, better color correction and overall quality) and have more quotes. I realize the challenge of finding good quotes, it's the foundation of a story.

I'll post more videos from china in it's same theme to music, but i will also post some raw videos from the trip and other mini vids using ambient audio.

Contra Dance in Nashville from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

Happy 2011

New Video!!!

Hong Kong from Martin Cherry on Vimeo.

Clips of my stay in Hong Kong. Sites include, Kowloon and Central Hong Kong, Big Buddha of Lantau Island, Victoria's Peak and Man Mo Temple.




Camera: Canon 7D with 35mm 1.4

Music: "Talamak" by Toro y Moi

photo still ©2011 Martin B. Cherry

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.

Ok Go Follow-up

Remember my Video of the Week two weeks ago. It's just a couple of posts below. Click here to see the video.

Here is the making of that video.

This was just as entertaining and funny as the video. The director is Tim Nackashi and his inspiration was American painter/ photographer Thomas Eakins.

Ok Go's new album will be released next month.

Nessa first vid

My good friend and photographer Nessa K. made her first HD video using a Nikon D90.

Check her photography on the first hyperlink. She started an up and coming wedding photography business in Austin, TX. If you like her wedding stuff, her art is 10 times better.