That Willow Smith song: Photographer: Karla

This is a start of a series of photographs that I'll be doing on men with long hair. I like the idea of dressing these guys up in nice clothing and having them head bang. It's fun not really knowing exactly what I was going to come up with. I think the next step is to take them out on actual locations rather than the studio. I think it would be cool to see them in fancy rooms in nice clothing just head banging away. We'll see how it goes though, I found this hotel I really wanted to shoot at and was told it would cost me 5,000 to shoot there and that was their "student rate". Give me a break.

Portrait: Photographer: Karla

Just a simple black and white portrait I took over the summer. I took the summer term off and was really wanting to shoot. So I put the casting up for a model, had her wear this dress and snapped some photos. We wound up walking around the queen mary in long beach. You'd think that I would have chosen a photo with all the boat stuff in the background but I like this one the most. Maybe just because its simple and pretty :)

Fashion: Photographer: Karla

For this shoot I wanted to kind of mimic the lighting style of the no hate campaigns. So I checked a ringflash (which i never shoot with) out from the equipment room and my friend came by to model for me. All in all it was pretty fun but I don't see myself shooting like this all the time.

Coach product shot: Photographer: Karla

This photo comes from a project I started a few terms ago and have yet to finish. I took photos of the head scarf, scanned in a cut out of the silhouette, and composited them together. Honestly, I have no artistic ability in cutting things out so the project was pretty difficult. Next time I think I'll try and get an illustrator to draw them for me :P

Left to My Own Devices - John Casey Harris Week 13

I was at the Coffee Bean near Sunset Plaza with my friend Steven; we were out to draw dinosaurs and hopefully see Laura Dern (because, why not).

I started sketching a tyrannosaurus, when I added a rider and from there I added a triceratops. I started sketching a second rider when Steven commented that it sort of looked like Angela Lansbury. STROKE OF GENIUS. Literally rolling on the floor, foaming at the mouth, dreaming of the possibilities. Angela Lansbury + Dinosaurs?!? Somewhere, Einstein's ghost was racking his brain with the mathematics of this truly momentous occasion.

A few flicks of the pen and my second rider was officially Angela, but we got to musing and trying to create a story... could we one up Angela Lansbury? A tough order to be sure, but we came up with one better... but that's something I'll have to save for later... because its still a dream rattling around inside our heads and not yet ready for prying eyes :)

Its just a pen and ink sketch, but conceptually its one of my favorite things I've done this term.

Let him eat cake! : Photographer: Karla

This shoot was simple, had a lot of fun doing it actually. The little boy was so cute and was no stranger to being in front of the camera so it made my job so much easier. His mom wasn't too thrilled about the icing on his fingers but she let him do it anyway. The funny part is that he kept wanting to smash his face into the cake...which could have been fun except that the cake was a prop ;) so having styrofoam in his face wouldn't have been a great idea.

Haunted Mansion - A Work in Progress - John Casey Harris

This is a work in progress for a class I'm taking this term; its supposed to be a haunted mansion (obviously). Its no where near finished yet, but I like the way its going so far.

Just Some Doodles - John Casey Harris

These are a pair of quick sketches I did in the corner of a page of notes a few terms ago, but I loved them. The first was inspired by Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl, while the second was just a musing on a 1930's bombshell.




"I am after all, ME."



"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."

Week#12 Robert S. Evans III

For these images I had the opportunity to work with a food stylist. However, I could not resist using a mannequin hand in the first shot. I had a lot of fun on this shoot got to mix my own style of shooting food with a more traditional look to it.

Just a Few Pages From My Sketchbook by John Casey Harris

Here are just a few quick sketches out of my sketchbook! There's some slight Mucca influence.

Week 13: Photographer: Karla

These are just a few fashion photos I took on campus. I brought the wardrobe and the rest is pretty self explanatory :P I took them during the fashion class and this was probably my favorite shoot from the whole term.

week#11 Robert S. Evans III

OK. I really love this place mate and glass, so i decided to shoot this slice of pumpkin pie on it. Not sure if I feel these images was as successful as my last to post, but I do enjoy the light and color in them.

week#10 Robert S Evans III

Here I go again mixing up the point of view on how I shoot food. This time I choose a bear claw pastry and hot coco. Shot this with natural light. I am very happy with the color and how these two images came out. The second shot of the bear claw was a variation I tried and is my favorite out of the two images

week#9 Robert S. Evans III

I gave more traditional look to shooting food, just to see if I could make food look good. I feel that I managed to pull this off. Showed this to a couple of people and they seem to enjoy these images a lot. I think I will try a few more like these and see where it takes me. However I will not put my normal point of view on food a side to long.

More Balloons! by John Casey Harris

A quick study, similar to the Mary Blair studies, of a boy in a yellow rabbit ear hoodie and his balloon (With a phantom Mini Cooper in the back)!

Musings on Mary Blair - John Casey Harris

These are some sketches and marker studies in an attempt to emulate the style and color of artist Mary Blair. Blair was a color stylist for most of the classic Disney films of the early 1950's, as well as one of the main designers on the It's a Small World attraction for the 1964 World's Fair.

These studies were made for a final piece depicting a drive-thru Tea House and play ground

O hai dinasur! - Casey Harris - Week 13

Remember "Where's the Wand," a piece I posted several weeks ago? Here are some small thumbnails of the same t-rex character in different scenarios. first he's found a balloon, then celebration Thanksgiving! Nom nom nom!

Holiday gift making workshop with Cha-Rie

The first 4 images are student work from my most recent holiday gift making workshop.  The photographs are carelessly taken. As you can see, reflective surfaces are difficult to photograph.  I provide bits and pieces so that everyone can produce a masterpiece in 4 hours. One student made around 20 gifts for her $75, a real bargain.  These classes are great for me because I love making things, but hate to sell.  Stuff build up.  Students find treasures and incorporate into their work. Glass is great for recycling, because if you don't like it, melt it.

The last 3 images are from a materials class we taught for Catherine MacLean. There were 18 students. The project is "enveloping form".  We made molds so that each student can fill the form in their own way.  We made a sample with a copper etched dragonfly, a dichroic stringer, and green glass powder. Clear glass frit filled the spaces around and in between.  The air bubbles form naturally, accentuating the 3 dimensions.  It's a great paper weight.  I want to make a large array of them for a public art project.

Kyoko Hamada

This is a dream assistant position. Kyoko Hamada has photographed every major artist, and has the wackiest sense of humor. Check out her work here.

New World: HTML 5

 Lost World's Fairs
Go here to see 3 amazingly beautiful sites: El Dorado, Atlantis and The Moon


What's new in HTML?
1. charset. unlimited fonts and readable by search engines
2. drag and drop
3. no need to embed video players (ie Flash)
4. loads up super fast


And its just damn beautiful.

http://lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis/