ROP/CTE Digital Photography Rules and Class Expectations
Regional Occupational Program/Career Technical Education Digital Photography builds on the lessons of the digital
photography course and places the student into an occupational or career environment. The coursework will focus on
bringing their artistic interests and aesthetic to a more commercial use of photography.
The Envision Digital Photography course is a prerequisite for the course. Basic knowledge of camera controls and software
will serve as a springboard to more developed and involved commercial curriculum. There will be some review of
information for clarity, but extensive re-teaching will not occur. If students find themselves confused about any aspect of the
course, please ask the teacher.
Content
Students will be lead through artistic work that will include Portrait, Fashion, Product Advertisement, Illustration, Journalistic,
Architectural, Food, Wedding and Event, Promotional illustration, Music, and Sports photography. Career focus lessons will
include discussions on careers in photography, student resumes and portfolios, and interaction with professionals. It is the
goal of the ROP Photography course to gain real life skills that will benefit them regardless of their choice of profession.
Students will constantly evaluate the artistic skill, both aesthetics and expression, of their own and other’s work (aesthetic
valuing) and placing the work in a broader context (connections, relationships, and applications and historical and cultural
context). In addition, throughout the course, you will be constantly evaluating your own work and your own progress
(connections, relationships, applications).
The Rules
1. Be on-time and physically, mentally, and creatively present.
2. Treat the very expensive and precious equipment with care.
3. Behave and dress appropriately and professionally in the classroom and "on location".
4. No Cell Phones or Electronics. No Exceptions! This is a bell to bell rule.
5. No Food or Drink, No Exceptions! If I see it, it will be throw away!
Student's who misbehave in anyway outside of the classroom, this includes being off task, will have their camera
privileges taken away for the remainder of the course. This policy is not taken lightly nor is it metered out without reason.
It is my desire to spend my time teaching and not having to deal with discipline issues.
Attitude
Careers in creative mediums have the benefit of constant change: students should be ready to adapt, change, revisit, re-shoot,
reinvent, and completely change projects as opportunities demand. Though there will be structure to the lessons and the
process of learning the skills, flexibility will be required as we will have a real life experience in the rigors of work. Students
should expect to perform and conduct themselves in a professional manner; on occasion, this will include expectations of
dress and presenting themselves in a work/office environment.
Be prepared embrace the creative process and to learn from each other and share the studio. This includes your effort in
learning new material, your desire to help me and fellow students, and your respect for our precious (and expensive)
equipment and resources. Understand that rudeness and disrespect will not be tolerated. Be prepared to come to class every
day with a positive attitude, showing patience, tolerance, respect, and cooperation.
Materials
No additional equipment need be purchased. You are welcome to use your own digital camera to complete assignments, but
the camera must have MANUAL controls (you must be able to set the focus, aperture, and shutter speed manually; digital
SLRs are the best because they allow for the most creative control) and be able to record EXIF data (date, time, settings). If
you are thinking about using your own camera, please bring it in for me to evaluate whether you can use it for class
assignments.
I very highly recommend that all CCA students keep a small Flash (or “thumb”) Drive with them. Ease in moving images
that are far too large to send though email are common to the curriculum, often images are reduced in resolution and quality
through this process. It is highly recommended that students keep sketchbooks to sketch out ideas on projects as well as
paper and writing utensils standard to classrooms.
Image Studies
During the course sequence of ROP Photography, we may be work with visual materials such as works of famous
photographers and illustrators, charts and diagrams, slides, videos, the internet, and computer programs. This material may
contain elements of illustration and images that feature the human form often used. Although this will not be a focus of a
high school curriculum, it may be presented and discussed. If you have questions, please contact me at
kendall.younglund@sduhsd.net.
Grading
50% of your grade will come from "Wednesday Scramble", a practical exercise we work though every week that simulates the
experience of working in the real world of photography. Scramble refers to both the constant changes in partnerships and
tasks as well as the need to get the assignment done within the time period. Initially, this exercise is very daunting, but past
students have eagerly looked forward the task. The goal of Wednesday Scramble is produce a marketable image. This
assignment focuses on portraiture, advertisement, and illustration work that can be completed within the frame of one period.
Additional research assignments, classroom assignments, and coursework will be included in this portion of your grade
50% of your grade will come from “Presentation Work”. Presentation work is all the “major” projects that you do; the ones
that you will present to the class during critiques. Both technical skill and artistic skill (elements of art, principles of design,
color theory, composition, and in most assignments, ability to communicate conceptually) will be evaluated in presentationlevel work. Meaning and originality in the work is highly respected. There is always a self-evaluation component to every
presentation-level project. And in addition to receiving a grade for the actual work, you will also be graded on your
presentation and your ability to talk intelligently about your own and other’s work during the critique.
Students seeking an “A” grade must complete all aspects of all assignments and turn them in on time, even the smallest
oversight may threaten your mark. Excellence in Photography is often found in the details.
Late Work and “Regrades”
Because you will be presenting your work to the class during critiques, it is vital that you turn in your completed project on
time. If you do not, you will lose one grade (10%) per class day that a project is late. Late work is not eligible for re-grade.
Once you have turned in "Presentation Work" project and received your grade and feedback on it, you may redo the project
for a higher grade if you wish. In order to have a project re-graded, you must make an appointment with me for a “re-grade
conference” outside of class time and you must bring your original grading sheet to that conference. All re-grades must be
completed within five school days of the posted grade.
Attendance
Prompt attendance to class is extremely important. Be seated in your assigned seat and ready to work when the bell rings. The
SDUHSD tardy policy is as follows: 1st tardy - teacher warning, 2nd - phone call home, 3rd – Saturday School, 4th – referral to
Assistant Principal.
Excused Absences: Students are responsible to learn the material and make up work missed during an excused absence. Students
are given “reasonable” time to make up missing work from each excused absence; after that time assignments will be counted as
late. Most of our assignments are multiple day projects that can be completed early.
Unexcused Absences are to be logged 5 days in advance of the absence through the following link
(https://docs.google.com/a/sduhsd.net/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dFJiYUlNdTRMWGJtd
FU1VkhiZDNCZUE6MA#gid=0) should the student wish to receive credit for work missing during their absence. This will
allow for the student and teacher to confer as to what needs to be completed and ready for submission on the return of the
student to class.
Students who are leaving during the school day for any reason are required to obtain the absence slip from the Attendance
Office during non-class time.
Classroom Management Guidelines
Cell Phone Policy- Cell phones, music players, headphones etc. are not appropriate during class. If these items are out during
class time they will be confiscated. The equipment will be taken to the administration. Recent meetings with Industry
Professionals through the ROP program emphasized that personal device use was the number one reason for dismissal for
starting employees.
The Canyon Crest Academic Dishonesty Policy will be enforced. Honest behavior is expected from all students. Any
unauthorized collaboration, plagiarism, forgery, theft, or other dishonest behavior will result in disciplinary action. The
consequences followed can be found in the Canyon Crest Student Handbook. All images taken for this course must conform
with federal, state, local laws as well as the school policies
Student produced images are celebrated and used in art shows and online galleries of class work. If you prefer to not have
your students appear in these photos please let me know on the attached form or by email request.
Conclusion
I am looking forward to my students work in the ROP photography course. I have been amazed not only by the work that
they generate but also the students themselves. It’s going to be a great experience for all of us. I hope to see you all at Back To
School Night.
Kendall Younglund
Envision Visual Arts Teacher
Contact information: (best method)
kendall.younglund@sduhsd.net
(less reliable) phone (858) 350-0253 x4172
website: http://teachers.sduhsd.net/kyounglund/index.html
A copy of these expectations can be found at
http://teachers.sduhsd.net/kyounglund/Rop%20Photo/Rop_expectations.html
Please complete and separate the section below and return it to the teacher by the third day of class.
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