Barbados

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Barbados- Bathsheba Beach

For Thanksgiving Melis and I went to Barbados.  Here are some pics from Bathsheba Beach at sunset.

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Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook at Sunset

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Last week I went up to the top of the Baldwin Hills Overlook to take some panos.

Best of Culver City Invite

A few weeks ago I entered a photomontage of downtown Culver City for "The Best of Culver City" photo contest.   They used my montage for the invite for the reception.  I wish I would have won but I am glad they used it and invited me to the reception with the other winners.

Yosemite Montage 2

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Surfboard Montages!

This summer I spent a lot of my time working on my surfboard montage project. My goal was to put "beachy" photomontages on broken or beat up surfboards and seal them with either plexiglass and/or resin. After a few weeks of testing and experimenting with lots of glues, resins, and various other plastics I found something that worked. I settled on using two types of resin and fiberglass. The montages are made of 40 to 70 4x6's I pieced together.

I am super stoked on these boards, and now I am trying to get the top 3 displayed at shops or galleries. If you have any suggestions please let me know.  If you are interested in a custom montage of your favorite surf spot or beach please email me at: vontetzel@gmail.com

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Cardiff

Del Mar

Playa Del Rey

Encinitas (just north of moonlight)

*** Special thanks to Mikey H for donating his old longboard and to Patagonia Cardiff by the Sea who donated 2 boards from their recycle board box. The last board was a retired board of mine.

Cardiff Sunset

Cardiff Pano

Yosemite Montage

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Bay Bridge Montage

The Bay Bridge under construction

 40''x28''

Yosemite 4.0

Here is the last of my Yosemite photographs from my backpacking trip.  I should have one or two montages to put together a little later on.

Toulumne River at Sunset

Glen Aulin Falls

Rock and River

Toulumne River near Glen Aulin

Yosemite 3.0

Susnet over Glen Aulin

Sunset over the Toulumne River

Toulumne River

More Yosemite High Country

Young Lake Pano

Toulumne Blurrrrrrr

Glen Aulin Sunset

Yosemite!

Last weekend I went backpacking in Yosemite.  For the next week or so I will be posting some of my photographs.  Enjoy!

 Young Lakes, Yosemite

Falls near Glen Aulin, Yosemite

Glen Aulin, Yosemite

Glen Aulin, Yosemite

Glen Aulin, Yosemite

Urban Landscape Montage

Here is an urban landscape I pieced together in photoshop.  This image consists of about 110 photos.  I shot this using a 50mm lens.  I kept my camera on a tripod, shooting at the same perspective.  I had the white balance set at "auto" and at aperture priority (f-22) to make sure I get different exposures.

You can piece them in "photomerge" or by hand.  I prefer by hand because it gives you more control.  Yeah, it takes longer but I think you can get a better result.  

I just got back from Yosemite, where I did a 4 day backpacking/photo trip.  Pictures will be posted shortly.

Photo Montages

The past few weeks I've been practicing shooting photo montages for a bigger project I have planned in August.  The collages are inspired by some of David Hockney's work.  Have a look!

Kirk Douglas Theatre - Culver City, CA--  29'' x 25'' about 30 photos

Downtown Culver City,  CA - 60'' x 29'' about 110 photos

Playa Del Rey Beach, CA - about 100 photos

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook - Culver City

This is a 330 degree panoramic from the top of the Overlook.  Click on the picture to enlarge it.