05-13-13 The Graduates

With one exception, these 13 people receiving their diplomas from Lake Area Technical Institute president Deb Shephard, are graduates of the BSA Photo/Media program at LATI. It is the second group of graduates from the program I started two years ago and the last group at Lake Area that I will call "mine."

I can live with that. I think the program has made excellent progress in the last two years and it is being left in good hands.

05-11-13 Standing Out

By Scott Shephard

2013 05-11 Standing Out by Scott Shephard

Leave it to one of my photography students to apply a little artistic flair to what is otherwise a pretty monotonous sea of black. Actually, several of the Lake Area Technical Institute Photo/Media students added bling to their hats, though Elsa's ended up being the most well posed cap of all I photographed.

Canon 5DIII 1/250s f/2.8 ISO2500 200mm

Do you want to see the entire 2 hour and 15 minutes ceremony in 60 seconds? Hold on to you hat and watch:

This video condenses two hours into 60 seconds. It was shot in time lapse mode. There are just over 800 still frames that make up this time lapse video.

05-12-12 My Favorite LATI Graduates

From left to right, top to bottom, you are looking at Danine, Lexi, Sara, Kendra, Kaila, McKenzie, Ashley, Holly and Kelly. The were all students in our Photo/Media program at Lake Area Technical Institute. And, if you'll forgive me for saying it, they were my favorite nine graduates walking across the stage yesterday.Click here if you want to see more from the Lake Area Technical Institute graduation ceremony.