School Picture Day!

School picture day!  Well, sort of.  Taking school pictures isn't really a thing here, but the students' application for the national exams as well as our school insurance documents require passport-style photos of the students.  They have to have a blue background, and we originally thought we could take them against the blue walls of the library, but there's not any big enough blank piece of wall in the library, and it was too dark inside without flash, but the flash washed out the light blue until it looked white. However, all of the boys and some of the girls have these bright blue sheets on their beds.  So, Nelson-John volunteered his sheet, and thankfully it happened to be clean.  Some of the taller boys got the job of holding it up.  

Below, form one are lined up for their pictures.

I brought my camera, and my coworker David took the pictures, since he's the one who does the paperwork we needed them for and knew the detailed requirements.  According to the requirements, the students have to be looking straight forward with both ears visible; some students' ears are too flat against their heads to show, though, so to make sure the photos didn't get rejected he was sticking little wads of papers behind some people's ears.  Below, Isack mans the clipboard, keeping the list of students who have had their pictures made so we can make sure not to miss anyone.