A Master Of Craft...

Mallachy Kearns is as famous of a bodhran maker in the world as there is . There traditional Irish drum is most commonly used in Irish music but has been used and adapted in many other types of music over the years.

While on a motion shoot with Mallachy in Roundstone, in the west of Ireland, I snapped a few stills of the instrument maker as he stretched goat skin over a new drum. It was really interesting to learn about the process, one that has not changed a whole lot even with the advent of new technology. He has become so well known in his drum making, that a letter from President Obama was delivered while we were shooting, thanking him or the drum that the Republic of Ireland sent him as a gift, made by none other than Mallachy. I can't wait to hear some of the President's Irish songs that will be coming out soon...

Annie's Key...

It is with great excitement that the short motion piece Annie's Key is ready for it's debut. A concept I came up with while on a train out of Norway a few weeks ago, my goal was to show the process that a pianist goes through, complete with struggles and joy, while learning a new, challenging piece of music. This was a collaboration of talent, location, musician, DP & editing that came together in the end to produce a great piece of motion.

More motion is under way and there will be sneak peaks as they become available. Stills and motion continue to work as one and projects are seeing the potential of the two more and more....

Brining The Game To Life...

A quick motion edit from the 2012 Bauer MSHL event...
Thanks to RJD2 for the music.
And many thanks to Stevie Kane of One Light Collective for the help on the edit...
Enjoy!

When Words Won't Suffice...

I have always been amazed at the power music has over us. No culture is free from it. We all relate to it in different ways, it is an expressive medium unlike anything else we have.

A recent motion shoot explored this a bit. Working with a young pianist, we shot in the Lower Town area of down town St. Paul in a really neat space. That's all I'll share for now...
We're underway with the editing process and hope to be able to share soon.

A motion project next month will take us to the blue grass state of Kentucky. Until then, a few projects are under way being estimated and some cool spring shoots are starting to come up much like the flowers outside...