#saturday So cool to always be learning about us and our history in LA. If you don’t know about Nick Gabaldón he was California's first documented surfer who was African-American and Mexican-American. 🙌🏽🏄🏾♂️🤩 If I didn’t have to work today-this would be cool to check out. 🤙🏾Happy Nick Gabaldón Day! #saturday #surfing #surfer #nickgabaldon #Black #Mexican #Blaxican #africanamerican #mexicanamerican #latino #latinx #losangeles #Repost @healthebay ・・・ Nick Gabaldón Day takes place on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Celebrate this special day honoring Nick Gabaldón (1927-1951), a pioneering surfer of African American and Mexican American descent. Hope you can join us + @blacksurferscollective @smconservancy @color_the_water @surfbusfoundation and @healthebayaquarium. Special thanks to our event sponsors @northropgrumman and @stussy. 🏄🏿♂️ Link in bio for our event details. (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9HYihpP6RxXWui5FixOsSWvEKPu7d40Od6-Q0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I’m excited to share the most recent addition to my series, Plastic “Waves”- a visual commentary on the effects of human behavior on our oceans and seas. Created using recycled garbage bags, the next slide is a BTS video that compressed the 12 days it took to sculpt the model into 28 seconds of time-lapse footage. The process starts with a recycled chip-board base, supported by wood bracing. The next layer is pillow batting that provides visual volume to the overall sculpture. Then a layer of aluminum screen is applied, giving tooth for the next layer- recycled paper pulp mixed with a binder. Once that layer dries, recycled black garbage bags are laminated to the surfaces and a translucent version is used to create the foam and spray effects. Until I get it under the right light, I have very little idea of how it really looks. It’s for that reason I end up photographing it four or five times, each affording me the opportunity to make improvements. The model’s relatively small size, 36x48 inches, is masked primarily by a deep depth of field that can only be obtained by using a technique called focus stacking- combining multiple images taken at different focus distances in post production. A byproduct of that technique is the opportunity to use desired sections of individual captures and combine them together to get the maximum effect So, in the end, this image is made up of small sections from many different images. #plasticfree #climatechange #healthebay @surfrider @_sidecarww_ #doingwhatican (at Dockweiler State Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2IW9Rs1Fw/?igshid=jt1o8okkrf2l
"Hey Everybody, I'm Eric Balfour and the proceeds of my Cameo will be going to help raise money for some of my favorite charities like Surfrider Foundation, Sea Shepherd Conservations, Oceana.
So by booking a Cameo with me you are helping to protect our oceans.
So please book a Happy Birthday message, A Happy Anniversary message or a Happy Bar Mitswa message ... actually i don't know if that's a thing but ... we can certainly make it one.
So ... thank you so much and i can't wait to send you a message!"
An incredible view of the surface of a kelp forest off the coast in Palos Verdes. No words can describe the peace and tranquility of looking down into 65 feet tall kelp slowly swaying with the currents in deep clear blue waters. #mpawatch #LAwaterkeeper #kelpforest #smpieraquarium #healthebay #mpa #marineprotectedarea #giantkelp #palosverdes #california #ca #la #underwaterparksday (at Abalone Cove Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsRjdscBcM4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=er0rylwnf9ed
Feeling a little blue? We'll cheer you up when we open our photo studio to the public! Click the profile link and give us an email address for early access 🤫😁 . . . . . #thescenariostudio #scenario #scenariophoto #blue #healthebay #underwaterphotography #studiophotography #visualart #photoboothfun #photooftheday #photobooth #thingstodo #thingstodoinla (at The Scenario Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0R8iaFjPKY/?igshid=1693cd06rro1f
#saturday So cool to always be learning about us and our history in LA. If you don’t know about Nick Gabaldón he was California's first documented surfer who was African-American and Mexican-American. 🙌🏽🏄🏾♂️🤩 If I didn’t have to work today-this would be cool to check out. 🤙🏾Happy Nick Gabaldón Day! #saturday #surfing #surfer #nickgabaldon #Black #Mexican #Blaxican #africanamerican #mexicanamerican #latino #latinx #losangeles #Repost @healthebay ・・・ Nick Gabaldón Day takes place on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Celebrate this special day honoring Nick Gabaldón (1927-1951), a pioneering surfer of African American and Mexican American descent. Hope you can join us + @blacksurferscollective @smconservancy @color_the_water @surfbusfoundation and @healthebayaquarium. Special thanks to our event sponsors @northropgrumman and @stussy. 🏄🏿♂️ Link in bio for our event details. (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9HYihpP6RxXWui5FixOsSWvEKPu7d40Od6-Q0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Yeah, collected 3.5 lbs of trash and 15 cigarette butts for our team! And found a dead rat! #healthebay (at Dockweiler State Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkwMaXHu8H/?igshid=1h6fs1dq86i9r
Swimming through #humpday like this California Moray eel 🐉😜 #smpieraquarium #morayeel #marineanimals #Aquarium #localspecies #healthebay (at Santa Monica Pier) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvruDjBYaO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1637cg3hk150d