Month: March 2009

every now and then you come across something amazing and realize it needs to be shared. this is one of those moments. playing for change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. the playing for change community is a group of artist and inspired people who…

even while waiting around to talk to an instructor, we like to have fun with photos. it wasn’t long until craig finally got to talk to cliff.

every now and then jerry burchfield likes to do something to keep things interesting. i have no idea how long he spent doing this, but he wrote “i will make no more boring art” all over the white board and left it there for the next instructor and class to enjoy. cliff and the photo…

earlier today somebody (who shall remain nameless) decided they wanted to pose some models on our product table. it was not a good idea. i was in the stock room when i heard a loud crack, followed by a crash, then a small child wailing. I looked at ron and greg who were near me…

today is my birthday. i’m now 31. funny, i don’t feel old. i had planned to do nothing today except stay in bed and watch the entire lord of the rings trilogy, but alas my plans would be foiled by a wake up call from my sister. she wanted to take me out to dim…

several years ago my friend Michael Long brought in a cake called “better than sex cake”. it isn’t really better than sex, but it comes damn close. tomorrow is my birthday and krista has offered to bake this special cake for me for my birthday. krista bakes cakes and other treats for us all the…

while prepping for the cypress college photography department photo shoot craig, vergil, and i got hungry went out to eat at a little mexican place down the street from greg fulton’s studio in santa ana. near the restaurant is a liquor store called nadys liquor. it was there that we discovered he’brew – the chosen…

tonight, cliff had one of his famous in class exercises. the assignment was called “in the mood” in which the students in his photo 203 class needed to shoot an image in which lighting created a certain mood. the class was split into two groups, one worked in the studio to create a stressed studio…

Cypress college now has it's own bat signal. Wow that's bright!

This morning I slipped in the shower and hit my head pretty hard. I think I’m okay. I feel a bit dizzy and my head still hurts, but so far, so good. When I came home randy’s mom had bought those non slip flower thingies and stuck them all over our bath tub for me….