We are smarter than me.  All students will take turns in the following team roles.  We will rotate each time we go on safari.

Photographer/Technician: Camera Operations

• Get camera
• Turn on camera
• Delete all pictures on card
• Set camera to manual or to teacher recommendation
• Check the light meter to make sure it’s working
• Set lens to manual focus or MF
• Set lens to 50 or 55 mm
• Set lens to smallest F-stop setting, example: f 1.8 or 5.6
  • For the portrait image (shallow depth of field)
• Set shutter speed to 1/60
  • For the motion image
• Set that film speed or ISO to teacher recommendation (usually 400)

Recorder/Director: Know the Plan / Write It Down

• Get clipboard
• Get piece of paper
• Get pen or pencil
• Write the date
• Record team number
• Record team member names
• Write who took what pictures
• Record the information for each picture

Downloader/Image Manager: Download and Save Pictures

• Get a multimedia cable
• Plug cable into USB port in back of computer
• Turn on camera
• Download pictures with iPhoto
• Drag images to desktop and add to class shared folder on Newton Server
• Turn off  camera
• Bring back to the teacher