Montanye Arts Publishing
Montanye Arts
Author/Photographer Jeffrey (Jeff) Montanye is creating new ideas in photography. Jeff has grafted his photography experience and love for mazes together to create Maze Zing intriquing puzzles from photographs. Growing up, Jeff always had his mind on building something new. Montanye Arts is home of his photo and book ideas. Visit here often as more will become available in the near future.
Jeff Montanye owns a computer shop in Bullville, New York (Assistacomp) where he creates personal memory books from old photo albums, loose photographs, negatives and slides. He runs an eBay drop off store at this location where his digital photography experience helps in listing items to sell. He also teaches photography related classes at Orange Ulster BOCES. Jeff has an education and work background in electrical engineering and computer networking. His other interests include inventing games and toys as well as hiking and biking. He has hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Pennsylvania, a total of 1,100 miles. Amongst all his jobs and hobbies, his favorite is reading books to children.
About the Books
The photographs in Maze Zing were taken with a high quality digital camera in my studio. The mazes were set up for the picture and then taken apart immediately after. Most of the objects in the mazes were purchased through Internet auctions and from local stores. I am looking forward to hunting through yard sales for items as I continue to create more intriguing mazes. I got the idea for creating the mazes one Saturday while reading books with my little cousins, Kayleigh and Taryn. We exhausted our collection of picture puzzle books and began searching the house for items to make our own picture puzzles. I have enjoyed photography since my mother bought me my first camera when I was in high school. After digital cameras became popular, I began taking photographs and experimenting with computer software. Using my digital equipment, I spent a Saturday building and photographing four picture puzzles to entertain Kayleigh and Taryn. I didn’t want to recreate what someone else had already done, so I began experimenting with my own styles. The four pictures I created kept the kids amused for a while but I quickly learned that my work would never be finished. They wanted more and more. Thus, Maze Zing was born.
Expect much more from Montanye Arts Publishing as Jeff continues his work with new ideas. Prospective maze books this year include "Maze Zing Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt Mazes" and "Maze Zing Puzzles, Third Dimension Mazes", in which readers don a pair of red and blue 3D glasses to solve the mazes. Also soon to be released are two illustrated books: "WARNING! Do Not Eat This Book" and "There Are No Monsters in this Book".You can purchase "There Are No Monsters in this Book" on Lulu.com
