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2019 Voting Adorable Children Portrait Contest {SE MN Childrens Portrait Photographer}

*** Voting has Ended***

The time has come to vote for your favorite entry in our Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest!  You may vote once a day for one image or a couple of images, but only one vote an image once a day from now until Monday, September 23, 2019 at 12 pm central standard time.  Then on Friday, September 27, 2019 the winners will be announced from the local and national contest. You can share this blog post with friends and we have a  link on Facebook, too.

The top 7 winners with the most votes in the local Photography by Kari Adorable Children’s Portrait contest will receive a 16×20 print ($105 value) of the winner’s choice from the session used to enter the contest . The Grand Prize  winner of the local contest will also receive a Standard Session and  5×7 session brag book from this session (a $455 value).

To view the photos in their entirety, click on the thumbnail of the photo itself and it will open as a large photo on your screen.  To cast your vote click on the Aodrable button on the bottom of the photo you would like to vote for.  Good luck to all of the entries!!!! Cast your vote here:

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Family of 5 {SE MN Family Portrait Photographer}

This was an extra-special session because this particular family won their session during the live auction at the benefit we had for my cousin Courtney last year. Thanks so much for supporting Courtney!

We met for their session at the beautiful Forestville State Park. We had tried to get these photos in last fall, but the weather and our schedules didn’t sync. However, we ended up with a perfect day… the breeze was blowing just slightly, the sun was out but we also had a few clouds… what more can you ask for?! But we did because we got to photograph this fun family with a Mom who always organizes the best outfits for her family to wear together at their shoots.

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Superhero Mr. B {SE MN Children’s Portrait Photographer}

I love creating custom photography sessions for my clients that match their creative vision and this superhero session was SUCH A BLAST! Mr. B was excited about photos and had an amazing superhero narrative in his head fighting off the bad guys during the session. I met him and his family downtown Rochester, MN which served as a perfect backdrop for this session. After Mr. B was done eliminating any bad guys we encountered, we were able to fit in some family portraits as well.

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2019 Local and National Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest

We are excited to announce our fifth year participating  in the national ‘Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest’.  Schedule a portrait session with Photography by Kari for your child(ren) age newborn to 12 years now ( if you have already had a session, you may enter a photo from that session) until July 15, 2019, and you can choose to enter the Adorable National Children’s Portrait Contest. In our first year one of our clients won a 1st place in the National Adorable Children’s Contest!  And in 2016, we had 5 winners winning $375 and also 16×20 prints.  And in 2017 we had 2 winners, one a first place wiinner and the other a second place with them winning $325 total and also 16×20 prints

If you would like a session just for this contest, we will be doing Adorable Mini’s from now until July 15, 2019.  They will be 30 minute sessions with 1 backdrop/one location and 1 outfit for $40 plus MN and Fillmore County Sales tax and 15% off prints bought from the session. Or you may also book a full session, too.

This is a national contest being put on by one of our labs and is open to kids ages newborn to 12 years and has a variety of categories.  The photos will also be judged locally via votes on Photography by Kari’s blog  in September.  The top 7 winners with the most votes in the local Photography by Kari Adorable Children’s Portrait contest will receive a 16×20 print ($105 value) of the winner’s choice from the session used to enter the contest . The Grand prize for participating in of the local contest will also receive a Standard Session and  5×7 session brag book from this session (a $455 value). The best part of the contest is that there are over $7500 in prizes in the National contest!

So why not get some cute photos of your child(ren) AND have the chance to win the top national prize of a $1500.00 MasterCard gift card?

The National Photo Categories are: • 0-6 months • 7-12 months • 13 months-2 years • 3-5 years • 6-8 years • 9-12 years • Mommy/Daddy and Me (one adult and one child)(Maternity pictures are not eligible) • Buddies (minimum of 2 subjects) • Bloopers • Me n’ My Pet   Fine print: 1. Parents/Guardians MUST sign a model release form that gives permission to Photography by Kari and American Color Imaging with unlimited use of the child’s photographs without additional compensation. 2. More than one child may be included in the portrait session, but only images of children ages 12 and under are eligible to win. 3. For National judging, prints are judged on the basis of quality, appearance, charm, expression and personality. All judging decisions are final.Contest winners will be announced and prizes awarded on September 27, 2019 for the National Photo Contest. 4.  There is no cash value to the local prizes.

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Easter {Spring Valey MN Children’s Portrait Photographer}

Welcome spring with with the warmer temps this week and Easter mini sessions! This past weekend we had our first round of Easter mini sessions. How cute are these boys in their Easter outfits? We had so much fun with these 4 boys!

We have our second round of Easter minis on Saturday. We still have some spots left, you can book a spot here: Book Here

Easter portrait of 4 boys

Easter portrait of baby boy iwith paint pallette

Easter portrait of boy in a pink shirt with paint buckets

Easter portrait of boy in a pink shirt painting an egg

Easter portrait of boy holding a paint bucket

Easter portrait of boy in a pink shirt
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Photography by Kari specializes in custom portraiture of newborn, family, children sports team banners, dog, and high school seniors in Spring Valley, MN, and surrounding Southeast Minnesota areas.

Areas, including, but not limited to, Rochester, Preston, Chatfield, Stewartville, Grand Meadow, LeRoy, Ostrander, Kasson, Hayfield, Plainview, St. Charles and Pine Island.

Southeast Minnesota based photographer.

specializing in newborn, family, children, and senior photography.

located in sPRING vALLEY, mn

TELEPHONE :: 507.951.0640

E-MAil :: kari@photographybykari.com