David Batten

Chief Innovator

David has been a pioneer in the digital photography industry for nearly two decades. Sensitive, unobtrusive with attention to detail, his clients often comment on his calming yet fun effect and his level of energy. An accomplished Photo Illustrator skilled in creating extraordinary visual imagery with an extensive background in cinematography, editing, story boarding, script writing and film theory. David is the inspiring vision for Digital.Freedom



AWARDS

Communication Arts Magazine
Applied Arts Magazine
The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsman
Gallery of Superb Printing
Advertising & Design Club of Canada
Published Award Winning Photographic Documentary
Book – To the Trace, the Life of an Army Reservist in Canada



GIVING BACK

To The Community

David serves on the boards of The Royal Canadian Dragoons and the Royal Canadian Military Institute focusing on the importance of managing their Brand and their outreach to the community.

He is now currently active as an awards judge (2009) with the Retail Advertising Council of Canada.



Work Experience

Member of the Canadian Armed Forces
October 1986 - April 1994

Freelance Photographer MacLean's Magazine, (covering the war in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia).
September, October 1993

Canadian Armed Forces.Public Affairs Office. At LFCA HQ, CFB Toronto. As a public affairs officer I provided photographic services for various media related operations.
May 1991 - 1994

Part time employment with BFX. Aided in the installation of special effects for the film and television series to date: Counterstrike, Kung Fu the Legend Continues, Dark man, Taking the Falls and Forever Night.
September 1992 - 1995

Part time teaching assistant. Taught third year students digital imaging at Ryerson Polytechnic University. September
1993 - April 1994

Guest lecturer - Ryerson Polytechnic University
March 1995

Awarded the contract for the photography start up of Home Depot Canada, which later expanded into the US operation.
Spring of 1995



EDUCATION

March 2007 Canadian Tactical & Operational Medical Solutions Inc.
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Journalist oriented TCCC course in preparation for deployment in Afghanistan that taught the standardized TCCC principals (for a non-combatant).

Sept. 1990 - April 1994 Ryerson Polytechnic University.
Toronto, Ontario.
Bachelor of Applied Arts

May/Sept. 1991 - 1993 Rochester Institute of Technology.
Rochester New York. USA
School of Imaging Arts

April 1990 - June 1990 Ryerson Polytechnic University.
Toronto, Ontario.
Continuing education course in Business Communication, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada in part with the Canadian Institute of Banks.