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  • Abstract of warm sunrise light and cool shadows mix and blend across sand dunes.
    Photo of lightning over the ocean that illustrates the raw power of nature
    Photo that illustrates howe the earth's rotation affects the night sky
    The bright lights of the Ahwahnee Hotel shine bright enough to be mistaken for a wildfire in a drought-stricken valley.
    Photo that shows the Big Sur coastline above the fog line.
    Dolphin underwater smiling at camera with light beams all around the light blue water.
    A pig with a black head swims in tropical ocean water.
    Aerial photo of tropical islands with big puffy clouds above.
    Surreal fantasy character inside a cannabis bud.
    Dog walking by cannabis garden.
    Cannabis plant positioned at the base of the Milky Way.
    Great markeing photo for religious retreats to Big Sur.
  • Great markeing photo for Big Sur tourism.
    Backlit silhouette of a farmer in a vineyard at night that looks like the Scheid Vineyards logo.
    Vineyard worker on an ATC racing through the vineyard rows.
    Friends having a crab feast at the beach at sunset.
    Shows how a common subject can become abstract by radically changing the perspective.
    Statue of Ganesha below black oak trees at night with a vortex of stars overhead.
    Photo showing the Neowise Comet that will not return for more than 7,000 years.
    Aerial photo after sunset of the City of Marina and all its city lights with the Fort Ord Dunes, Monterey Bay and Monterey Peninsula in the background.
    Close up photo of colorful green and red buds that will grow into clusters of Chardonnay grapes.
    Genetically designed cherries on exhibit in IFG’s demonstration orchard where buyers from around the world come to view, taste and shop.
    Aerial drone photo looking directly down at surf, rocky shore, turquoise sea, and kelp forest.
    A waterfall spills into a pond lit up from below the water at night.
  • Multiple exposure of a surfer bathed in sunset light racing across a crashing wave.
    Streaks of red, green and white light softly illuminate a vineyard at night.
    Artichokes grow just behind the sand dunes of the Monterey Bay where the marine layer diffuses the sunlight to povide a greenhouse effect.
    A localized rain storm sweeps across the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kauai.
    Silky white water rushing off of orange and red rocks with a light blue wave in the background.
    Aerial photo of a solitary man walking along the water’s edge at sunset on the Monterey Bay.
    Dusk light glows off the ocean and rocks and wet sand.
    Male anole doing his mating dance by expanding his throat and bobbing his head up and down rapidly. Z Photo Game Card™ No. 149
    Red canyons walls dressed with bright green foliage with a long white waterfall and river, blue sky, and fluffy clouds.
    A lone surfer exits the ocean across lava rocks with king tides washing in and out just after sunset.
    A single person walks alone on an expansive beach at sunset.
    The Milky Way Galaxy above the Big Sur coastline with a waterfall spilling into a turquoise cove.
  • Dolphins crisscross just below the ocean surface with sunlight shimmering off their gray bodies.
    Green anole lizard poses for a portrait on a tropical leaf.
    Wine grapes are best harvested at night when the tempertures are cool so the fruit isn't damaged by the daytime heat.
    Dusk light glows off the ocean and rocks and wet sand.
    Red rock formation with night sky and Milky Way behind it.
    Long exposure of car lights trace the path of a highway through a vineyard landscape at dusk.
    Golden sunset light illuminates a submerged sand dollar with a red and white barnacle on it.
    Anoles mating.
    Silhouette of a shipwreck on a Monterey Bay beach just past sunset.
    Bright oranges, yellows and greens from trees in autumn reflecting off a lake.
    Twin waterfalls frame a white barked tree in a plush tropical setting.
  • Alien lights spinning around the natural Pinnacles landscape.
    Green and yellow trees along a valley floor climbing up a peak into clouds with a wintery forest scene above.
    Squirrel surrounded by colorful rocks that match his fur.
    Cluster of green Chardonnay grapes dripping wet.
    Silhouette of power lines and birds swarming around and sitting on them at sunset.
    Tire tree swing.
    Border collie runs around sheep.
    Photo that illustrates howe the earth's rotation affects the night sky
    Oak tree obscured by fog.
    Long exposure of car lights going around a roundabout with a library in the background.
    Painterly looking photo of wine grapes with the effect of being sucked into a vineyard.
  • Bright orange sunset viewed from a mountain top in Big Sur
    2 backlit pints of amber ale on a wooden bar.
    Fragile coral in the shape of a tree placed over a red seaweed background over sand stone.
    Close up of wine dripping down the side of a winer glass in front of colored lights.
    Crab legs and claw pointed up in the air.
    Photo of a sailboat inside a wine glass at sunset.
    Hikers entering a redwood forest.
    A fish lies in crushed ice on a wooden deck.
    Grinning otter floating in blue-green water covering his eyes.
    Massive snow-capped mountain peaks leading down into a plush green valley with 2 people very small in the lower corner.
    Road leading through a green valley and mountain pass to a snow-covered mountain peak.
    Abstract aerial photo of green and purple mountains.
  • Painters with canvases and easels are spread out on a hillside with a red mountain behind them.
    Huskies wearing sunglasses.
    The Powell Street Trolley glides through the streets of San Francisco on a sunny autumn afternoon.
    An antique touring car from the 1920s speeds through Union Square with a painterly treatment.
    Shadowy figures are engulfed in colorful light.
    Kegs lined up to be filled with lights reflected off their metallic surface.
    Cows drinking from a trough at sunset with the Pacific Ocean and Pt. Sur Lighthouse in the background.
    Colorfully lit surf rushes up the beach at twilight with a colorful sky over Monterey and silhouetted sand dunes.
    Showing a spectrum of color, pint glasses of craft beer line the bar.
    Blonde grizzly bear mother with a cub on a field of green grass.
    Two geese standing in a fall-colored vineyard

Z Photo Game®

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Each 3×5″ photo in the game can be ordered as a limited edition print. Just click on a photo thumbnail, select your size, and place your order.

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Enter the competitive arena of fine art photography! Will your photos make the cut or end up in the thrift store bin?

Z Photo Game® is a card-based board game that engages higher-order thinking and storytelling skills using a deck of 209 beautifully printed color photographs. It’s easy to play with a quick start out of the box.

Imagine that you and your friends are fine art photographers competing for gallery space and recognition, and exhibit curators struggling to host a popular and meaningful art show. Square 1 is high school Intro to Photography and your goal is to earn the most points and become the next Ansel Adams with your portfolio of photos.

The game theme follows the careers of 3 to 8 fine art photographers as they curate and display photos in exhibits. Each Photographer (player) is dealt 9 cards face down; this is their portfolio. Players around the table take turns being The Curator. The Curator creates and announces a theme for their exhibit. Each Photographer submits 1 photo from their portfolio to The Curator, who mixes up the photos and places them face up. The players then try to guess which photo came from The Curator. Points may be earned by The Curator for drawing votes for their photo, as well as the Photographers who guess correctly. Photographers also earn points if other Photographers guess their card as being The Curator’s. Once all the players serve as the Curator for 1 photo, then play advances to 2- and then 3-card submissions; these are called diptychs and triptychs in the art world.

Much like poker, successful players begin to read the patterns of play by the other players, making it easier to guess whose card is whose. Fine artists must also research the work and interests of exhibit curators so they can submit photos with the highest chance of being selected and stand out from their competition. Will your exhibits draw popular attention and earn you points? Will the other photographers select your photos as being the best to illustrate various themes? Finish first and be the next Ansel Adams!

A player who volunteers to be The Critic keeps score on a large photography-themed 16×20” scoreboard with real 35mm film canisters. The players also use a matching 35mm canister as their voting token.

For 3 to 8 players, ages 10 and up. Game play usually lasts 1 to 2 hours, depending on the number of players. The game dynamic shifts dramatically from 3 players to 8 players. Optional rules are included for extending game play, adding sequencing to the 2- and 3-card play, and more.

LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF 100

In addition to being a fun and engaging board game, Z Photo Game® is also a work of art using an original method to present and exhibit my portfolio(s) of photography. Each box label is signed and numbered X of 100 with the lower numbers typically holding more collector value. Numbers will be assigned in the order they are received.

There are only a handful of the Limited First Edition games still available. ORDER NOW!