Month: October 2008

halloween at cypress college is always interesting. the theater department sells off some of the costumes they no longer use for $3 – $5. i found this amazing red robe for $3. as you can see, we had some fun with it.

for halloween michael brydges, a communications instructor at cypress college who happens to be taking a few photo classes, brought some krispy kreme donuts in for the photo department staff. he even got me the special pumpkin one i thought was so cute. thanks michael!

Mike and Nong Nang’s wedding was a small and intimate affair. every wedding i go to is special in it’s own way. there were less than 20 guests and half were photographers! after a minor fiasco at the hair salon, mike and nong nang finally made it to their wedding half an hour late and…

while walking around target i saw these totally adorable halloween decor items from boo & co. one day i’ll have a place of my own and i’ll buy all this stuff to decorate my house! pumpkin bath mat, halloween themed wash cloths, and spider web place mats!

tonight mike did his motion demo for the class. stop action blurred motion panning and just for kicks, cory and i decided to stay in the studio and see what we could come up with for some lights he had using the bulb setting on the camera.

the kitchen remodel is coming along quite nicely. we have walls again! pretty soon randy will install the cabinets that we bought from ikea. thank you arian and manny for all the help you’ve given us with this project.

For markus’s birthday markus, claudia, randy, and i went out to dinner at tulsa rib company in orange. they pretty much have the only ribs i’ll eat. i’m sure there is better out there as my friends from texas all tell me, but i haven’t had them yet. i am always on the hunt for…

the cypress college photography department is like a family. as with a lot of families, we take time to celebrate each others’ birthdays. this time, it was jonathan’s birthday. we got him a chocolate silk pie with a batman candle then sang happy birthday to him. i’m sure he thought that was it, but there…

in order to get students to feel comfortable and open up, cliff abandoned the normally formal seating arrangement in the classroom for a more campfire circle feel. comfy chairs were brought in instead of desks (although some still chose to sit in desks) and an air mattress was even laid on the floor for whoever…

James Huston, author of many books including “Farewell to Manzanar” and “Snow Mountain Passage” gave a talk about his books and the stories behind writing the books at Cypress College today. Normally, this is not a talk I would attend, but my speech professor Dr. Donna Friess had us go as part of our class….