Thursday 24 November 2011

Albany Visits Geraldton Homeschoolers

STEFANIE MULLER

     Southlands Christian College, based in Albany, operates a School of Distance Education for Western Australian families. The school is part of the nation wide Australian Christian College. Last month, Southlands came to Geraldton as part of an activity day for all of their distance education students.
Principal Stuart Chapman talking with the parents.
                Picture: STEFANIE MULLER             
     
     School Principal, Stuart Chapman, came with his assistant distance ed. teacher, Sheryl Hawley, to meet the students and parents. All students, varying from Pr-primary to Year 11, were eager for the day and to meet the teachers they had previously only ever talked with over the phone.
Student Josiah Frahm
attempting spinning plates.
Picture: STEFANIE MULLER

     Mr. Chapman introduced himself whilst wearing juggling pins on his head, which made a large impression upon the younger students, who were glad to see that their principal had a sense of humour. Mrs. Hawley then took the parents into another room to talk, whilst Mr. Chapman proceeded to teach the students 'circus tricks.' This involved juggling, spinning plates, and all sorts of different tricks that he himself learned as a child.

     Later on, the two teachers switched. Stuart talked to the parents whilst Sheryl got the kids playing a maths game involving dice and football scoring. Lunch and social time followed.
“It was wonderful to finally meet all of my dear students and to be                                                able to talk to the parents,” said Sheryl.
Sheryl Hawley talking with a student.
Picture: STEFANIE MULLER

Portraiture Shoot - Tarryn Anderson

Portrait Shoot. 18 November.
Model : Tarryn Anderson
Make-up & Hair: Tarryn Anderson
Fashion Design: Stefanie Muller & Tarryn Anderson
Photography and Post Production: Stefanie Muller
Location: Marine Terrace, Geraldton

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This wasn't a planned photo, but it turned out rather well. We were walking between alleyways when I told Tarryn that I really wanted to take photos in the middle of the road sometime. She loved the idea and suggested we do it right then. So we borrowed a stool from the Topolinis restaurant garbage area, and stuck it in the middle of the road with Tarryn sitting/posing on it. 
We had to alternate between taking a 2 or 3 pictures, then running off the road quickly when a car came. Was quite a laugh and I loved the spontaneity of it!   


We found an old staircase in an alleyway and decided it'd make a good place for some photos. It turns out that the staircase wasn't 'old and un-used' at all. At the top was a back door that led to a retirement club/pub and there were elderly men and women constantly streaming down the staircase. It occasionally made it slightly awkward to take shots, but we managed. And managed to meet quite a few lovely old people along the way!


This was in an alleyway that I had wanted to use when planning the shoot. Once again using the broken stool from the Topolinis restaurant garbage, Tarryn struck a pose and off we went! They're were some men in the tower behind Tarryn who were watching and jokingly asked me if they could model for me too. It was rather embarrassing and I asked Tarryn if she wanted to wait until they'd left, but my wonderful model was willing to keep going anyway. Bless her socks.