First rate first grade pics

I love school pictures. I always have. I don't know why. There is nothing overly attractive about an awkwardly strained neck and a harsh background that rarely matches the subject. But I love them. 

And I love them even more when that first grade subject is beaming with happiness...on the first take. It just radiates from her insides!

It doesn't hurt when I get a package full of 30 of those beaming faces. Well done, first grade. Well done.