This paper describes a particular lesson plan--the "Illustrating Project"--that has been successful for many classroom educators. The Illustrating Project calls for students, individually or in project groups, to illustrate some element of the curriculum via the media selected by the teacher. The selected media might be PowerPoint or some other computer based presentation, a short video production, or photography. This last option is often the choice of educators with limited resources because students can use any still camera, including ones borrowed from home. This paper concentrates on the use of cameras.