Photography by Kari Blog-- Southeastern Minnesota Senior, Children, Newborn, Maternity, Engagement, Family photographer. Updates and recent photoshoots from Photography by Kari. Photography by Kari is located in Spring Valley, MN.

Friday, April 29, 2022

MN Puppy Portraits {MN Dog Photographer}

Well, it’s no surprise here… my assistants and I absolutely love puppies and can never get enough of them. So we are always super excited to work with our clients who have added new puppies to the family and decide to schedule a puppy photo session! It was no different with 10-week-old Emmy, a Miniature Goldendoodle, who had her first photo session recently. My heart melted the first time I laid eyes on Emmy. Her soft coloring, slightly curly hair, and soulful eyes were just too much to handle! We had our Puppy Portraits session at our studio in Spring Valley, MN.

She may weigh like 2 or 3lbs but she had a HUGE personality! This little girl was both extra sweet and feisty rolled into a tiny puppy. She had a lot of energy during her session and never rested nor slept during the hour she was at the studio. She’s also a cuddle bug and wanted to be in someone’s arms vs the prop we would set her in. She also liked going under the prop, too which is something she does at home as well, so it was great that we caught that moment at the studio, too.

If you have a new furry family member, having a portrait session is a great way to remember such a fun, special time with MN Puppy Portraits.

Next month we will be announcing mini sessions for our Pawsitively Adorable Contest that participate in with one of our portrait labs. Leave a comment if you want to be the first to know about the Pet Mini Sessions.

MN Puppy Portrait in a tire swing taken Photography by Kari Studio

If you are looking for a MN Puppy Portraits Photographer for your fur babies be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your fur baby or babies.

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Merry Christmas {SE MN Christmas Dog Photographer}

I just wanted to take a minute to wish you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you and your family had wonderful Christmas filled with joy and made memories to last a lifetime. P.S. Big thanks to Rylee for taking the photos of me with Maverick after our Christmas Mini Sessions.

If you are looking for a Southeast MN Christmas Dog Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your fur baby or babies.

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Sunday, October 31, 2021

Happy Howl-o-ween, friends!

Maverick hopes you have a pawsitively bootiful, fun day filled with lots of treats.

MN halloween photographer dog dressed as a ghost

mn dog portrait photographer with pumpkins and wufers treats

Maverick loves his Wufers Halloween treats!

If you are looking for a Southeast MN Dog Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your fur baby or babies.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Pawsitively Adorable {SE MN Dog Photographer}

When the Pawsitively Adorable Contest came around, I was excited and thought about doing minis just for everyone’s fur babies. But we were too busy with regular sessions so it never happened. We ended up just taking photos of Andrea and Rylee’s dogs and of course Maverick, too. And then my cousin Court had gotten a puppy, so she did a session, and then we had one client come in with their dogs, too. I wanted to get to all the dogs in our family ( We have 14 dogs in the McGill family, there’s rarely a family event without a few dogs coming, too), but it didn’t happen. We ended up sending in 9 photos and had 5 winners in the National Contest.

1st place- Me & My Human (Courtney and Berkley) Winning them a $100 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

2nd place- Dogs (Rylee’s dog Junior) Winning them a $75 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

3rd Place- Dogs (Rylee’s dog Cruiser )Winning them a $50 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

2nd Place- Newborns (Courtney’s dog Berkley) Winning them a $75 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

Honorable Mention- Buddies (Walter and Hank from a client’s session) Winning them a $25 Visa Gift Card and an 11×14 print of the winner

Here are the other photos we entered into the contest…

Dog with toddler in MN field taken by Photography by Kari

Can’t wait until next year’s contest. We will be sure to leave a day in our schedule for some Pawsitive Adorable Minis. Thanks to everyone who let me take photos of their fur babies and enter them into the contest.

Here are all the winners in the National Contest

If you are looking for a Southeast MN Dog Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your fur baby or babies.

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Monday, October 25, 2021

MN Black Labrador Dog Portrait {SE MN Dog Photographer}

2 years ago, my Dad and I went on a little road trip to pick up our new Black Labrador puppy, Maverick, from Whispering Pines Labradors (we highly recommend them if you’re looking for a Labrador Retriever). We had lost our lab of 12.5 years, Jackson, not even a month before, but being home without a dog did not feel like home, so we jumped into welcoming a new puppy into our life right away.

A dog brings such love and happiness to one’s life, providing companionship and friendship to everyone they meet and I cannot imagine my life without Maverick. He’s a character who is full of energy, very much focused on his treats, and doing what he needs to for a treat or to get you to run his belly or throw his frisbee.

When we brought Maverick home, Andrea took some photos of me with him. That day he ended up biting my nose and I ended up bleeding as his paw scraped my face. Andrea redid the photo last year and it went super smoothly. I thought it would be the same this year as he still sits on my lap often. He has even been known to climb up by himself using the foot pedals of my wheelchair. This year Rylee and I tried to recreate the photo again and it went about the same as when he was a puppy. As we were trying to help him climb up on me, I ended up with a canine tooth up my nose somehow which caused my nose to bleed some. Then when we would get positioned, Maverick would jump off my lap just as Rylee was about to take a photo. Lol So we decided that we had to have Andrea come help so Rylee could help with Maverick while Andrea snapped the photo. It was still a little crazy, but we got the photo. =)

SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait with Kari McGill

Also, last week I needed an editing break, so I went outside with Maverick to roam the farm some since it was so nice out. We came across some low-hanging leaves so I had to go back to the house to grab my camera to take some photos. I had to laugh at Maverick as I was trying to put him between the branches to get some depth. But Maverick had to be sure I could still see his face, so he stretched his neck out to get above the branch. He did this a couple of times. He apparently wants to be sure his entire face is in the photo. Lol