Jason F Maurer

Well this year some of the family swung on down to good ole Savannah, so being the epic host that I am we had a good southern thanksgiving! Fried turkey, courtesy of my dear friend chef Jeremy…

We also made a ham, another turkey and a butt load of sides.

Not to mention Deserts… check the glutten free cookies from my grandma!!! They were actually quite good.

I think the drive took its toll on my Dad or maybe it was the turkey… hehe…

Here are some more tight shots from their visit – especially love the smiling Jack photo and Morgans Delete button..

Three peas in a pod

Push it, I dare ya!

Rigging

bell

Looking good for 75

Ah youth...

One foot in...

Doorway

Wondering

Forgive

Somber angel

Smiling Jack

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Today’s screening at the savannah film festival was a success. Seeing it up on the big screen and hearing the reactions of the crowd was priceless.

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Went down to the Jewish food festival today with my friends Diana, Nana and Jannelle. It was awesome!!!

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Last nights opening reception was at the amazing SCAD museum of art. Wonderful space. Great music and an amazing VJ show by my good friend Kelly McClung.

Not to mention we got a pedi cab there driven by a guy in a Max costume from where the wild things are. We arrived in style!

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So excited for this years festival! I’m not gonna lie-when I saw this I grinned from ear to ear.

Hope to see some of you at the screenings on Monday and Friday.

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Ripening will be screening at the Savannah Film Festival on Monday Oct 31st and Friday Nov 4th at 2:30pm. check the link for details…

http://filmfest.scad.edu/event/the-ripening/

I’m very excited and honored to be part of this years line up! Come out and show your support to all the great film makers!!!

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Really great piece. Excellent use of discourse to re-enforce the theme. Obviously inspired by Lotte Reiniger….

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Amy Shackleton shows off her painting process. A very unique and out of the box style which I hope inspires you all to think more about how and what your mediums can do!!!

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I found this today while researching creative methods – it is by far the best slide presentation I’ve found yet on the process. Really wonderful and a must read!

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A small series of macro shots of a moth hanging of of my dad’s front door. It was just less than an inch long.

Her shadow drifts cooly away

Red moth

Ghost moth

Rave moth

Hang on for dear life

White moth

The light calls to her

Angel rising

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These are from way back in January 2011. My friend Lori took me to this amazing park with cypress swamps and hiking trails. The light was wonderful and we stumbled upon a farmers field and an old tractor. It was heavenly. I need to take a trip back there.

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Well peeps – here are three shots from my next short film. These are bout 90% there in terms of what I’m looking for in the completed look. I’m extra special excited as this is the first time I’ve seen it all together and I got to say I’m pretty pleased – what do you all think?

Ripening Sample FYI – its HD rez and its bout a 13 meg movie

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So I’ve had an unusual week. One of amazing surprises, generosity and kindness. It all started and ended with dinner…

My friend Aly went to dinner at Elizabeth on 37th street for her birthday and over the course of dinner met the owner, found out that they were having monks from Tibet creating a mandala and got invited to watch the process. She in turn invited me and with the permission of the monks and Gary and Greg (the owners of Elizabeth on 37th) I was able to shoot the mandala and the monks.

It was a unique and very rare opportunity and one that I grasped whole heartedly. Watching them work on this amazing piece of spiritual art shook me to my core. Their infinite patience, and calm. Their dedication to their craft and their beliefs spoke volumes more than any of these pictures ever can or will.

The process of shooting it was slightly hair raising as I was constantly afraid I’d breathe too hard and disturb the sand or slip and drop my camera onto the mandala. I quickly put the visions of accidently destroying it out of my mind and lost myself in the shoot. When I came up for air I was humming with energy. I left shaking and giddy. The energy in the room was palpable.

Again the generosity of others came forth-Gary and Greg invited Aly and I back for the closing ceremonies dinner – an invite only benefit to raise money for the Monks monastery in Northern India. Wanting to find some way too help them and give back, Aly and I took our photos and constructed a full color program for the evenings benefit. Working late into the night the day before and just making the deadline to get it printed we managed to pull it off. Then in an amazing turn of events my printer offered to do it for free in support of the cause. Everything was coming together.

The benefit dinner arrived and it went off smashingly. The monks chanted their prayers, and dissolved the mandala, sweeping the colorful sand all together into a large pile of gray. It was magical. It was intense. It was pure. I will never forget them. I am extremely thankful for the experience and for what it has taught me.

We must not forget that there is still struggle going on in the world. We must remember Tibet.

If you would like to help out or donate to the cause you can find out how at the monks website – www.drepung.org

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Well you notice a running trend in my family in these pictures… Happy holidays to all. Now its on to the egg nog and the rum. Peace

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Went to Wormsloe plantation the other week and I’ve just finally gotten the images cleaned up. Did a lot of macro work that day, really enjoyed playing with the depth of field. Here are my favorites from the day.

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The Edge

It’s a small world.

But it’s a long way when you fall

off its Edge.

A drop so deep,

so vast as to torture even

the stoutest diver.

We all must take the plunge -

someday.

We crawl up to the edge,

as we peer over…

trembling as our friends leap

giggling in joy out into the

void

full knowing there might not

be a ground.

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Her

Spring visions, Apricot kisses-

coffee stained conversations

about art, love, sex and

dreams.

All shatter the illusion of age,

maturity and breath of

knowledge.

You’ve never met her,

yet you know her…

She stands next to you

and you quiver,

Lost in her presence.

She smiles and the rain clings

to life for a beat longer -

delaying it’s untimely

destruction on the pavement

beneath her -

All for one more chance at the

sound of her

laughter.

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