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National Adorable Children and Pawsitively Adorable Contest Winners {SE MN Photographer}

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.

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Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday Sale {SE MN Portrait Photographer}

This week, I received a card in the mail from the City of Spring Valley.  It was a beautiful handmade thank you card thanking me  for the funds donated to Park & Rec from our Halloween event. I truly love this event and am so thankful for the support I get from my staff, family, friends,  our clients and the entire community during this event and through the entire year. Thank you all! 

With that said, a huge special THANKS…to my clients, whom without, I would not be able to do what I love!  You are ALL blessings in my life and I’m better to have known you.  Thank you for trusting in me and my assistants, opening your lives and your hearts to me. Creating the images of your lives and your loves truly makes my job so amazing.

And just in time for Black Friday + Small Business Saturday + Cyber Monday and all of your upcoming gift giving needs…… A sale!   Give me a call or shoot me an e-mail and I will get an invoice sent to you.   Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Shopping!

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Happy Veteran’s Day! {Southeast Minnesota Portrait Photographer}

Today, I hope we all take a moment to thank a Veteran for their service.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, I wanted to feature some of my clients who have served or are currently serving.  If you’re a Veteran, thank you. Let’s not forget the sacrifices of those who are serving or  have served and their families! Thank you for your service.. I appreciate it to no end.

If you know a Veteran, tell them I said thank you.

 

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Halloween Night {Spring Valley MN Portrait Photographer}

Gosh!  What a fun night!  Still am in shock and awe over the turnout we  had at the studio on Friday night. At one point when I happened to turn around and saw the line going out to the front room, I was absolutely amazed by the turn out even though it was so cold outside.  Each year, I think, how can we top last year?  This year will be a BIG challenge to top next year!

A HUGE thank you to everyone that came into the studio on Halloween night to help raise some money for Spring Valley Park & Rec, to check out the studio all decked out for Halloween, a treat and some games. We truly appreciate the support and hope you had as much fun as we did setting it up.

The final tally for the funds raised for Spring Valley Park & Rec is $950!!!!! Wow!  You all rock!  Thank you!

Also, a big thank you to Steph at Chateau de Chic for doing my make up for the night, my assistants and friends for putting in about 50 hours this year in total decorating and moving stuff in and out of the studio, and my Aunt Sandy Bauer for dressing up as Kristoff and helping everyone fill out their order form. Lastly a big thank you to my Aunt Lynn and Uncle Marvin Brandt for letting me borrow some of their Halloween stuff to deck out the studio once again.

With all that said, here’s a video of just some of the sights and sounds at the studio on Halloween.   Enjoy!

 

My adorable cousins!

Our team… 

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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