Jason Maris Film & Photography Blog

Retouching: Gretchen Hilmers

Art Director:  Mike White

Creative Director:  Brad Hanna

Retouching: Gretchen Hilmers

Art Director:  John Gregory

Creative Director:  Jim Spruell

Associate Creative Director:  Mike Betts

Retouching: Gretchen Hilmers

It’s a mouthful, but I honestly don’t know how else to describe this young lady!  Taking cues from the sun drenched sounds of the Brazilian pop form known as Tropicália, 70′s psychedelic folk and the recent revival of all such sounds (Akron/Family, Juana Molina, Arto Lindsay, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Fleet Foxes, Coco Rosie), Adron puts it all into a seamless blender and hits puree.  Her songs float along with strong acoustic melodies and those infectious tropical rhythms that just make you want to do nothing but relax. It’s all in service to a beautiful voice that effortlessly captures the feel of fading sunlight and awakening forests deep in the summer.  Wonderful.  Visit her Facebook HERE.

A few weeks back, Adron and her band came in with a head full of concepts for her new album Organismo‘s imagery and I was happy to help her see it through!  We’ll also be embarking on a music video soon, so look for that!  If you’re in town, come by the record release party this Friday @ Smith’s Olde Bar! Retouched by the velvet hand of Brad Kaye! Click to Experience!

Here is another from the series of images I took for  ReMIND.org / The Bob Woodruff Foundation; at the Center For The Intrepid / Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.    Click to experience!

See previous entry HERE.

I recently took two trips for ReMIND.org / The Bob Woodruff Foundation; one to San Antonio, Texas and another to New York City, New York.  My purpose was to document some of our service members who are now reintegrating their lives stateside. It was an incredible experience to spend time with everyone and maintain such meaningful conversation!  Thanks to everyone, especially those who served and continue to serve. This is this first series consisting of portraits, with more to come soon.  Click to experience!

Here’s a picture from the archive newly retouched.  Click to experience.

Here are a few pictures I took of Kenneth Keener who played the ‘second deputy’ in the 1972 John Boorman film Deliverance.  Kenneth was not only a huge help in tracking down the elusive Billy Redden (the unforgettable Lonnie aka ‘banjo boy’) but also a fantastic storyteller and all around great guy!  Click to experience!

Here’s the set that I did of blues rock / jamathon journeymen Widespread Panic for Eric Capossela (who also created the stained glass-eque font) and Atlanta Magazine.  Retouching by Bradley Kaye.  Real nice, down to Earth dudes. On the newsstands now!

This is Lear Bunda.  He works as a show editor for Adult Swim’s backwoods-y, moonshine death trip sensation Squidbillies.  He makes short films and skits in the same manner that some would to a crossword puzzle – to relax.  The guy exudes positivity and I’m excited to be the DP on his upcoming debut feature film, The Space Coast.  It’s a movie about a loner high school kid who wants desperately to be an astronaut, among other things.  That’s all I can say for now!  To get in on the action, drop by the Space Coast project page at Indie Go-Go!  Support Independent Filmmaking!