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Snowboarding has always been about creativity, from Robot Food to Kidsnow to Blank Paper Studios, these have all evolved snowboarding into what it is now. Zimtstern is a Swiss based outwear and apparel company that supports some of the most influential events and riders. Their newest video shows something new, fresh, and creative. Filmed with beauty this video fall nothing short of awesome. This masterpiece was created by Marco Lutz. Watch the video and try to figure out how they created this!

Photographs of Leaves.

Now did you figure it out? Well for people like me they did make a behind the scenes video that is very interesting and shows how the movie was created. Check that out below!

{all photos by Roger Baumer, courtesy of http://www.zimtstern.com/}

Art has rapidly changed over the last few years and went from hand crafted art to all digital to machined pieces. Ambiguous has brought a new idea with a traveling art show where everyone is limited to the same amount of space and size but you have to choose your medium to create and express your art. The Ping Pong show had no real rules or guidelines other than you get a ping pong paddle and do your thing. This show has traveled all through the US from Brooklyn, NY to Denver, CO and now to Salt Lake City, UT.

The show was at the newest shop in SLC, Fresh! There were many paddles that came and more locals added to move on to the next Ping Pong Show.

As a photographer a wooden surface isn’t something you would think to be a very artistic medium in photography but with a little old school processing knowledge it was very exciting. My chosen process was Cyanotypes with a deep blue color to bring the series together the images fall from forgotten rolls of film that deserve more appreciation.

My roommate Brett Allen, was also included in the show, he was in charge of building and painting the ping pong table for the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a free Ambiguous kit. In addition to the table he had just enough time to create one paddle.

To see more of my forgotten film CLICK HERE

I have been more than busy all summer working 6 - 7 days a week just preparing for my last year (ish) of school. Then finally I will have my Degree in Fine Arts (Photography). This summer has gone by to fast. We have settled into our new abode and now are practicing up on our pool game. Shelby White (Wanken) and I have been working hard on the new website and are only waiting on a few more things to fall into place before the new portfolio totally launches. While I was in Montana helping my family I did shoot 3 rolls of film! But for now your going to have to settle with some photographs I shot in Montana in Digi.

The Fourth of July, the one time of year when everyone pulls out the RV and heads for the hills and we did the same minus the RV part. We obviously knew we had to through a bash, so we kindly left Salt Lake valley and traveled north! We found our way to Mike’s house watched fireworks, had a little bit to much fun, woke up and went to the lake / reservoir. With everything green in the desert and hotter than ever we started to swim around and jump off some cliffs. Afterwards we had to test out the new and improved rope swing followed by a BBQ back in Salt Lake. And all of this added up to make the best 4th of July weekend I have ever had! Here is some evidence.