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.

We are proud to announce we had 9 winners in the National portion of the Adorable Children and Pawsitively Adorable contests. The National portion of the contest took place at the lab and was judged by a panel of judges based on quality, appearance, charm, expression, and personality.

In the National Pawsitively Adorable contest…

We had First Place for Me & My Human. They won a $100 Visa gift card.

We had Second Place for Newborns. They won a $75 Visa Gift Card.

We had a Third Place for Dogs. They won a $50 Visa Gift Card.

We had an Honorable Mention for dogs. Super exciting as this is my dog, Maverick. We won a $25 Visa Gift Card.

We had an Honorable Mention in Buddies. They won a $25 Visa Gift Card.

In the National Adorable Children contest…..

We had a Second Place for Bloopers. They won a $75 Visa Gift Card.

We had a Third Place for Bloopers. They won a $50 Visa Gift Card.

We had a Third Place for 13 Months- 2 Years. They won a $50 Visa Gift Card.

We had an Honorable Mention for 9-12 Years. They won a $25 Visa Gift Card.

The lab where these took place is having some website issues, but as soon as we can see the other winners, I will post them here, too. Congratulations, everyone! Thanks for participating and voting! =)

And since we did not do the local portion of the Pawsitively Adorable as it was mostly my assistant’s dogs and family pets, and I had not posted the Pawsitively Adorable images, these are the other images we submitted. So they each received a 16×20 print from their session.

Did any of you get up (or stay up) for crazy Black Friday shopping? Are you supporting your local small businesses on Saturday? Are you warming up your typing fingers to score some great Cyber Monday deals?

Saturday, November 26th is the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday, an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to patronize their local small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. We are so thankful for our fantastic, loyal clients, and hope you’ll enjoy this token of our appreciation!

In honor of Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, you can save $50 or $100, book a Standard Session ($105) or a Deluxe Session ($400) and the entire fee will go towards your print credit. For a Standard Session, you’ll now have an additional $50 towards your prints and for the Deluxe, you’ll have an additional $100 towards prints. The session must take place between January and May of 2012.

This promotion is valid until 11:59 pm Monday, November 28, 2011, you must contact me before then. Session must be paid in full by Friday December 9, 2011. Not valid with any other offers. Scheduling subject to availability. For more information or to book your session, please contact me by clicking the contact me link at the top of the blog or call me at 507.951.0640.