Introduction Blog

     Hi, my name is Cayetano Castro. I'm in 11th grade, going to Fort Lauderdale High School. I decided to take this class because I wanted to develop some skills in blogging on my work and possibly develop some work in other classes on my blogs (Adobe, photography, music production, etc.). Some of my work, like my photography, started at Fort Lauderdale High. Ever since February 2020, I've been slowly working on my craft to make the best photos possible. Other hobbies include music production and editing. I've taken the style on how other people work with music and fuse it all in one, making music off of samples, and even mashing music together. 

(This photo I took 9/20/20)



    I hope to be a lot more successful in my Photoshop skills and FL Studio music productions by the end of 2021. I also want to learn coding programs like C and C# as well. I think the best future job careers for me could be computer science or mechanical engineering, since the future holds so much for technology and science. But most importantly, I want to succeed in the SAT and get into a good college.


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