Terry Fox

Terry Fox was a great Canadian hero who had beat cancer though it took his leg. With a prosthetic leg he started to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research on the Marathon of Hope. He was forced to stop running September 1 and the doctors said the cancer had spread to his lungs. He didn't get to finish so now children all across Canada run to finish it in the Terry Fox Run and the money goes to his foundation.

In this picture : two new mommies Ms. Jones and Mrs. Haber.

The Terry Fox run at ACSS was a success and the weather was beautiful. Everyone had smiles on their faces and some people were more enthusiastic than others. Mr Renaux gave a speach that touched everyone and he made us realize that there were few people not effected by cancer but with the help of the Terry Fox Foundation and kids like us, the numbers are dwindling. He reminded us why we run.

In this picture : Harry taking his annual photos from a ladder at the front of the pack, Brock Sutton-Havard wearing a T-Shirt that says Dev's Team in memory of his brother Devon.

Many students chose to walk but they still showed support and everyone participating will raise more money. Also many students and teachers sacrificed hair to motivate the students to give more generously. The student body got to witness guys arm pit waxing, leg waxing and head shaving if enough money was earned.

In this picture : a few of our grade 11 students including Tiana Alder the niece of Terry Fox who is wearing a T-shirt of her Uncle, a great the Canadian hero.

Digital Tools

The empty Cafeteria, one of the busiest places in the school.I like the horizontal lines framing this picture.



This is one of the tables in the courtyard and it has garbage all over it. I took this because it shows how inconsiderate some people are, I mean it takes two seconds to throw away your garbage. It also captures the mood of the sunny first days back to school when people still sit in the courtyard and get McDonalds at lunch.

This is our view of the clock and school banner in the main gym foyer. The school used to feel so big and scary, now it's too small and contained. I don't like clocks because they tell me what to do.

Digital Manipulations

This is one of Mr Omorean's pictures. I cropped it and played with the levels. Then I did this a different way than I normally do, which is desaturate it and then use the history brush but with this I duplicated the layer and then desaturated the underlaying one. Then I erased everything but the race car and it's reflections so that it's the only red.

I used another one of my brother's pictures that he took on his trip to Hawaii, (my blog header one too). So, with this I played with the colour balances to create the greener more vibrant effect and then I used the dry brush filter. After that I used Illustrator to write Hawaii because Photoshop is sucky with type. To finish it off I added a stroke to outline it and make it stand out.

Working with Photoshop

We used photoshop it crop, resize and recolour the images. With the racing car one I also duplicated the picture and made the layer underneath almost black and white then I erased the top layer around the car. All the pictures and photographed by Mr. Omorean when he was on teaching exchange.

What it means to me .

Digital Media is a way of expressing yourself with various programs and digital information. It's telling a story, either from your imagination or your experiences or news. It's an easy way to share your opinions and views with the world and to entertain. There are several different ways I like to do this, writing, blogging, youtube, adobe creative suite, and Final Cut.

Digital Photography

Digital Video and Film Production

Graphic Design

This is a picture of the inside of my piano and I used Photoshop to make it look more interesting. I like to edit videos in Final Cut and post them on Youtube. There are examples in the sidebar. I also like to share my writing in my blogs, just go to my profile and you'll see them.

This is my dad's old band and we scanned the picture so now it's on the computer, to share. I suppose that's sort of digital media. Honestly I have no pictures to do with digital media, I have some videos but they're not working.