Picture Day

It was Picture Day for our homeschool group.  I was really impressed with the photographer, Jeffrey Hosier's ability to get natural smiles out of the kids.  He did a little magic trick with a coin that brought out a glimpse of wonder in Ronin's expression and a sweet, playful one in Reid:

However, once I saw this idea on Pinterest I was pretty much decided that this will be our homeschool's picture day tradition.

While shooting, I talked to them about our last trip to Disneyland, which proved far more effective than shouting at them to look at the camera and smile.  I loved all the personality I was able to catch!  Here were some of the out takes...