Di Sophomore Shooting Fourstars

Armed with a Canon 60d, DATA Di sophomore Austyn Moreno photographed Leisure 'til You Seizure sponsored by Epidemic Skateboard Shop . The October 15th event brought Fourstar clothing company skateboarding pros into the Coachella Valley for an autograph signing at the shop in Palm Desert and a skate demo at the Palm Springs Skate Park.

Check out out Austyn's Flickr stream from the signing here!

And his first go at video with a Canon DSLR

DATA-SkillsUSA T-shirt Design Contest

Click the individual image for a larger view. Make your selection and click 'Vote' below.  

Voting ends Thursday, October 20th at 3pm! 

All shirts designed by DATA digital imaging students

Photographer Wade Byars Returns

On Sept. 27th, Desert Sun photographer Wade Byars returned to the Di classroom to discuss his career and speak to students about the digital creativity in his self-published book.

Byars, who holds an MFA in fine art, has been working as a southern California photojournalist for 19 years covering events such as the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Shooting events as they have occurred over the years has given him an amazing set of image resources to use for Photoshop artwork. Students enjoyed learning the intricate meanings of his creative work as well as getting a few pointers on shooting high school sports.

Preparing the Di Classroom / Studio

Many people may not realize what goes into getting the DATA digital imaging classroom ready for the first day of school. Mr. Cauthron (and a handful of willing students) came in a week early this year to prep the three studio lighting areas, run cables for the 34 seat Mac lab, and put up great examples of student creativity. Check out the following images created with the 360Panorama app for iPhone...

The lab when we walked in the door

The studio ready to go!

 

A very special thank you to Jose, Maggie, Lily, Melissa, Crystal, Bianca, Kimberlyn, Marion, Linda, Tami, and Lisette!

Take issuu with the Di Course Syllabus

As a means to save paper last year, the DATA Di program embedded it's syllabus here on the Di blog from a Google doc. This year the syllabus has been uploaded to issuu.com as a digital text from a .pdf and made available to students, families and the DATA community.

The entire document is reviewed with every student on the first day of school with only the first and last pages being sent home for households to read, sign, and return. At their convenience, anyone can download and print a complete paper copy of the 2011-12 Di Course Syllabus or request one from Mr. Cauthron.

Check out all the great stuff happening 

in the DATA Di program here

or more Di digital publications on issuu.com and our Student Creative global collaboration books on Blurb.com! 

 ~Thanks for your support~