Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Subchapter C - ARTS, AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNICATIONS
Section 130.100 - Commercial Photography II (One Credit), Adopted 2015
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 130.100
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 10-12. Recommended prerequisites: Commercial Photography I and Commercial Photography I Lab. Recommended corequisite: Commercial Photography II Lab. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and
Communications Career Cluster focuses on careers in designing, producing,
exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content, including
visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment
services.
(3) Careers in commercial
photography span all aspects of the industry from setting up a shot to
delivering products in a competitive market. In addition to developing advanced
technical knowledge and skills needed for success in the Arts, Audio/Video
Technology, and Communications Career Cluster, students will be expected to
develop an advanced technical understanding of the commercial photography
industry with a focus on producing, promoting, and presenting professional
quality photographs.
(4) Students
are encouraged to participate in extended learning experiences such as career
and technical student organizations and other leadership or extracurricular
organizations.
(5) Statements that
contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while
those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative
examples.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates
professional standards/employability skills as required by business and
industry. The student is expected to:
(A)
participate in training, education, or certification for employment;
(B) demonstrate positive work behaviors and
personal qualities needed to be employable; and
(C) demonstrate skills related to seeking,
applying for, and obtaining a desired job, including identifying job
opportunities, developing a resume and letter of application, completing a job
application, and demonstrating effective interview skills.
(2) The student applies academic knowledge
and skills in commercial photography. The student is expected to:
(A) apply English language arts knowledge and
skills in accordance with industry standards to a variety of written documents;
and
(B) apply mathematics knowledge
and skills in accordance with industry standards to solve a problem.
(3) The student applies
professional communications strategies. The student is expected to:
(A) adapt language for audience, purpose,
situation, and intent;
(B) organize
oral and written information;
(C)
interpret and communicate information, data, and observations;
(D) deliver formal and informal
presentations;
(E) apply active
listening skills to obtain and clarify information;
(F) listen to and speak with diverse
individuals; and
(G) exhibit public
relations skills to increase internal and external customer/client
satisfaction.
(4) The
student understands and examines problem-solving methods. The student is
expected to:
(A) employ critical-thinking
skills independently and in groups; and
(B) employ interpersonal skills in groups to
solve problems.
(5) The
student applies technology applications. The student is expected to use
personal information management, email, Internet, writing and publishing,
presentation, and spreadsheet or database applications for commercial
photography projects.
(6) The
student applies knowledge of commercial photography systems. The student is
expected to analyze and summarize the history and evolution of the commercial
photography field.
(7) The student
applies safety regulations. The student is expected to:
(A) implement personal and workplace safety
rules and regulations in a photography studio and lab; and
(B) follow emergency procedures.
(8) The student applies leadership
characteristics to student leadership and professional development activities.
The student is expected to:
(A) employ
leadership skills to accomplish goals and objectives by analyzing the various
roles of leaders with organizations, exhibiting problem-solving and management
traits, describing effective leadership styles, and participating in civic and
community leadership and teamwork opportunities;
(B) employ teamwork and conflict-management
skills to achieve collective goals;
(C) establish and maintain effective working
relationships by providing constructive praise and criticism, demonstrating
sensitivity to and value for diversity, and managing stress and controlling
emotions;
(D) prepare for meetings
by developing goals and objectives to achieve within a scheduled time and
producing agendas;
(E) conduct and
participate in meetings to accomplish work tasks by achieving goals and
objectives within a scheduled time; producing meeting minutes, including
decisions and next steps; and using parliamentary procedures, as needed;
and
(F) employ mentoring skills to
inspire and teach others.
(9) The student applies ethical decision
making and complies with laws regarding use of technology in commercial
photography. The student is expected to:
(A)
demonstrate an understanding of ethical conduct related to interacting with
others such as maintaining client confidentiality and privacy of sensitive
content and providing proper credit for ideas;
(B) discuss and apply copyright laws in
relation to fair use and duplication of images;
(C) model respect for intellectual property
when manipulating, morphing, and editing digital images; and
(D) demonstrate proper etiquette and
knowledge of acceptable use policies, including Creative Common laws and
licensing.
(10) The
student develops career-building characteristics. The student is expected to:
(A) maintain and update a portfolio with
information such as work experiences, licenses, certifications, and work
samples; and
(B) demonstrate skills
in evaluating and comparing employment opportunities.
(11) The student applies technical skills for
efficiency. The student is expected to employ planning and time-management
skills to complete work tasks such as creating quotes and budgeting.
(12) The student develops an increased
understanding of commercial photography. The student is expected to:
(A) identify photographs for commercial
photography;
(B) recognize the
elements and principles of art as they apply to a variety of commercial
photography projects;
(C) use
principles of commercial photography such as working with clients, interpreting
client instructions, developing production schedules, and delivering products
in a competitive market;
(D)
identify appropriate cameras and lenses;
(E) recognize appropriate photographic
composition and layout principles;
(F) identify the use of appropriate digital
black and white and color photography;
(G) understand the use of effective
photographic lighting techniques, including three-point, studio, portraiture,
and product;
(H) recognize the
elements of professional quality photographs;
(I) identify the most appropriate types of
photographic paper for projects;
(J) recognize appropriate solutions for
mounting, matting, or framing photographs;
(K) understand appropriate, current, and
industry-standard production processes to produce photographs;
(L) evaluate photographs using principles of
art, commercial photography standards, and critical-thinking skills;
(M) identify appropriate resolution and
digital file formats;
(N) identify
and use the principles of design to discuss, analyze, critique, and write about
visual aspects of photographic work, including the student's own work;
and
(O) demonstrate knowledge of
the principles of design in photographic work with a focus on composition,
color, design, shape, shadow, negative space, and background.
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