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cypress college patrons of the arts is a nonprofit community based organization, and committee of the cypress college foundation dedicated to providing scholarships to talented students in the fields of art, dance, journalism, music, photography, and theater. each year the patrons hold several fund raisers; one of which is the “race for the arts.” the…

back in july i went to the orange county fair with randy, chris, and andy. i even blogged about it. there you’ll see the fair through my eyes. here, is another take on it. this is what chris sees and what other people have to put up with when they are out with me.

i think this elephant paints better than i do.

Congratulations to Pinky and Alvin on the birth of their first child! while Pinky and Alvin where in the hospital, there was a flurry of e-mails sent back and forth between the family starting on sept. 26 at 4:37pm and ending on sept. 27 at 10:20am. this is how it went: tisha1013: According to Kris……

last night, the family went to see Walking with Dinosaurs at the Staples Center. it’s rare we get to do things together, so this was very special for me. i had a blast. i’m not sure who was more giddy, me or the kids. we got tickets in the nose bleed section, (3rd row from…

tonight mike asked me to take a group of his students out to shoot some pictures for a depth of field demo. unfortunately, i decided to take the students outside where there was very little light, which led us to use some rather long shutter speeds. we decided to have some fun with it. okay,…

this semester, i’m taking speech class with Dr. Donna L. Friess. normally i hate public speaking, but i think Dr. Friess has done a fine job with getting us comfortable with each other and speaking in front of each other. I had my first speech today. my speech was on how to shoot a portrait….

7:00pm – Rob Johnson’s Photographic Possibilities Class when the students go into the main darkroom to process film together, we call this “group soup”. i have no idea where this came from, it’s been called this since long before i got to the department. say hi to the camera class!

we like to have fun at the cypress college photography department. the staff and students are like a big extended family to me. a typical day at the photo department goes like this. 10:00am – Greg Bumatay’s Wedding Photography Class chris has found himself a couple new pets: clone and patch (i’m not sure which…