Photography

The UC Riverside California Museum of Photography describes itself as an “intellectual meeting ground” for the university and the general public. The museum puts photography at the forefront through various exhibitions, a multitude of collections and various publications of which it is a part. As media change, the museum has also dedicated itself to examining the changing face of photography, its role in the media and the relationship it holds with its traditional role of expression and how that role has shifted to contemporary practice.

It’s one thing to admire our beautiful community, but don’t you sometimes just want to record it so you can share it? You could always snap away with your camera phone, but it’d be a lot cooler if you knew what you were doing. Well, Ralph Velasco, who leads photo walking tours here and elsewhere, has you covered.   Tell us about your tours and background. I teach travel photography in a classroom setting throughout Southern California, and my students said that although they enjoyed the classes very much, they wanted to actually get out and shoot with me, as well, so I resurrected the idea of taking people out on walking tours to photograph in great locations, which I started developing back in Chicago, where I’m originally from.

Young Chang A gauze bandage on a child's soft skin and the happy face drawn in black ink that smiles out from it. A stethoscope on an untoughened chest -- the feel of cold metal that comes rushing back from days when you, too, were young. When the hospital seemed a scary place to be. The miracle of heart surgery, the everyday-ness of matters involving life and death. Walter Urie saw art in these hospital moments -- in the doctors who wake up every morning to save people's lives, in the children who grow to be adults after fearing they wouldn't.

Walking through her house, which is a mixture of modern and vintage, pretty and eclectic, Karin Crook points out her photographs that line the walls. A steel staircase in Madrid, the Pointe Vecchio bridge in Florence, or the view out a window in Dublin are just a few of the subjects of Crook’s art. Remembering, really seeing the world, is part of what draws her to photography. Sitting with her eyes closed in class one day in middle school, a teacher asked the students if they could remember the color of the walls.

Lolita Harper The innocent wisdom of children, born into one the most adulterated lifestyles in the world, shines through in the film "Born into Brothels." The documentary follows the children of prostitutes, pimps and drug dealers in the red-light district of Calcutta, India, as they learn to look at their dismal lives through the lens of a camera. Through photography classes, taught by professional photographer and co-producer Zana Briski, the children share their stories of poverty, shame and hope -- exhibiting wisdom far beyond their years.

The Daily Pilot asked publications students at TeWinkle Middle School, "What made you want to be a journalist?" "I just think it's really interesting to write about stuff." Andrew Garcia, 12 Costa Mesa "I think it's cool, because if you get really good at it, you get to meet famous people." Dave Cornelius, 12 Costa Mesa "You get to walk around and interview people, and it wastes class time." Zach Firth, 13 Costa Mesa "I like writing."

"I guess I've always been kind of a cinephile. Even when I was younger, I always thought of things in frames and shots." NICK MEDRUD, 19 La Mirada "I would definitely say photography, because I've been doing photography for about nine years." RACHAEL SHANE, 22 Costa Mesa "I wanted to be an actor first, so I figured the more I knew about behind the scenes, the better actor I would be." THOMAS KELLOGG, 21 Irvine "I want to be a director, and watching Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith movies are my biggest inspiration."

Jack Edington Boyd (Jeb) lost his fight with cancer and left this world on December 9, 2011. Born in Santa Ana, CA on April 17, 1948, Jack first attended Newport Harbor High School before serving a tour in the army during the Vietnam War. After attending Orange Coast College as a student and receiving his AA degree, he returned as an instructor of photography, and later ran his own architectural photography business. From one passion to another, Jack fell in love with the ocean, becoming a captain of passenger vessels and later certified in the operation of military prototype hovercraft.

What would a look back at the last century be without the photographic images that captured it? Well, we wouldn't want you to know that answer, so our Director of Photography, Marc Martin, has put together a scrapbook of images and memories dating back to the 1900s all the way to the present as part of a special Daily Pilot Century in Photos edition. The special edition, starting on Page B1, is a glimpse at all that we used to be and all that we are now, with shots of early Newport Beach and Costa Mesa and unforgettable moments that are etched in time.

Jack Edington Boyd (Jeb) lost his fight with cancer and left this world on December 9, 2011. Born in Santa Ana, CA on April 17, 1948, Jack first attended Newport Harbor High School before serving a tour in the army during the Vietnam War. After attending Orange Coast College as a student and receiving his AA degree, he returned as an instructor of photography, and later ran his own architectural photography business. From one passion to another, Jack fell in love with the ocean, becoming a captain of passenger vessels and later certified in the operation of military prototype hovercraft.

Local resident and professional photographer Kate Houlihan will sign copies of her new photo essay book, "Finding Newport Beach," from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Where's the Party in Costa Mesa. The book is for sale at the store, 270 E. 17th St. #12A. Houlihan, a stock and portrait photographer, mother of two and equestrian, has lived in Newport Beach for 15 years. She started "Finding Newport Beach" as a project focusing on the local surf scene but ended up expanding the subject matter.

COSTA MESA - Like many musical prodigies, she reached a point where it was no longer just about the music. For Haeyoon Miller, the Julliard-trained violinist who died when a tree crushed her car last week, it was when "everyone else was just another competitor, not just a true friend," her older sister Erika Ahn said at a Costa Mesa memorial service Thursday evening. Plenty of friends came to mourn the loss of Miller, 29, whose death made people imagine how they could have easily been under that eucalyptus tree.

A local residential real estate broker is offering Newport Harbor High School students interested in the media a chance to earn money for college. Bixby Residential, of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, is offering three seniors the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship in print journalism, photography and video/film. Students can submit entries in one of the three categories and may submit more than one piece of work per category. Submissions may be put online at http://www.

Walking through her house, which is a mixture of modern and vintage, pretty and eclectic, Karin Crook points out her photographs that line the walls. A steel staircase in Madrid, the Pointe Vecchio bridge in Florence, or the view out a window in Dublin are just a few of the subjects of Crook’s art. Remembering, really seeing the world, is part of what draws her to photography. Sitting with her eyes closed in class one day in middle school, a teacher asked the students if they could remember the color of the walls.

UC Irvine will present “Icons of a Border Installation,” a traveling photography exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, in the UCI Student Center’s Crystal Cove Auditorium library through Monday. Hosted by the school’s German department and sponsored by the Goethe Institute of San Francisco, the exhibition features images of wall remnants in unified Berlin. A conference from Nov. 5 to 8, “1989: 20 Years After,” will bring together scholars and experts to examine the international political, economic and social changes that have taken place since the Berlin Wall came down.

It’s one thing to admire our beautiful community, but don’t you sometimes just want to record it so you can share it? You could always snap away with your camera phone, but it’d be a lot cooler if you knew what you were doing. Well, Ralph Velasco, who leads photo walking tours here and elsewhere, has you covered.   Tell us about your tours and background. I teach travel photography in a classroom setting throughout Southern California, and my students said that although they enjoyed the classes very much, they wanted to actually get out and shoot with me, as well, so I resurrected the idea of taking people out on walking tours to photograph in great locations, which I started developing back in Chicago, where I’m originally from.

The UC Riverside California Museum of Photography describes itself as an “intellectual meeting ground” for the university and the general public. The museum puts photography at the forefront through various exhibitions, a multitude of collections and various publications of which it is a part. As media change, the museum has also dedicated itself to examining the changing face of photography, its role in the media and the relationship it holds with its traditional role of expression and how that role has shifted to contemporary practice.

It all started with a little nudge from a friend that got Irene and Alan Engard traveling across the globe capturing breathtaking images of rarely seen wildlife. In 2004 the Costa Mesa couple took their first trip to Africa for a photography safari that would change their career ambitions for life. For the next three months the Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa will house an exhibit of both Alan and Iren's photographic works from Africa and Hawaii. The couple greeted family and friends to the showing during an artist's reception Sunday afternoon in the library of the school.