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Orange Coast College · Photography

Chauncey Bayes

PHOTO120 · PHOT120 · PHOTO123 · PHOTO181 · PHOTA120 · PHOTO187 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.7/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.1

The decision

if you want a fun, passionate teacher who rewards real effort.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyPassionate PhotographerEasy If You TryFun & HilariousProject-BasedCaring Mentor
  • Near-universal praise for passion, clarity, and real-world photography experience.
  • try hard and you get an A with few graded items.
  • Projects and supplies make the class time-consuming and expensive, not lecture-hard.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Students repeatedly say if he sees you trying he will give you an A, with few graded items and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

78/100

Intro photo content is easy and informative for beginners, though .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

while others report rarely attending and only turning in work.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

96/100

Nearly every student urges others to take him for beginning photo and calls him the .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

86/100

Graded by few things and will give an A when he sees genuine effort and completed project requirements.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

and materials expensive, but lecture load itself is light.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

Students praise passion, clarity, humor, and real professional experience across decades of reviews.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Assessment centers on photography projects and presentations rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Hands-on photography with contagious passion, outdoor demos, and .

Main concern

and class supplies make it expensive.

What students said

“If he sees you're trying he'll give you an A.”
PHOTO123
“Chauncey Rocks!!! He is by far the best and most fun teacher I have had in a long time.”
PHOTO120
“Photo 120 w/ Chauncey is awesome! His knowledge from experience and his passion drive you to do well!”
PHOT120

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Reviews describe project and exams.

Project-BasedFew Graded ItemsNo Traditional Exams Mentioned

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Assessment is project-driven with critiques and few graded items; .

Project-BasedCritique FeedbackFew Graded Items
“Graded by few things”
PHOTO123
“He grades fair, as long as you do what the project requires.”
PHOTO120

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If he sees you're trying he'll give you an A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 in-person reviews spanning 2004-2022, , and project cost. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

92/100

“He has been a professional photographer for over 20 years and he is more than willing to pass his knowledge to anyone who is willing to learn.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

96/100

“If you're thinking about taking his class I'd recommend 100%.”

⚖️

86/100

“If he sees you're trying he'll give you an A.”

📦 Workload Reality

55/100

“stay on the projects! They are time consuming”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his passion is contagious
  • always made class entertaining, rather relaxed guy
  • he's hilarious

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • easy, yet incredibly informative
  • If he sees that you are trying he'll give you an A
  • easiest class ever since i took 2 yrs of photo in high school

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • every teacher should be like chauncey. i want him to be my dad.
  • Caring
  • Accessible outside class

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

22 detailed in-person reviews spanning 2004-2022 with strong consistency and rich qualitative comments.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520
4 out of 51
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1 out of 51

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Reported outcomes

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A 1 · A- 1

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