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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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First Birthday {NE Iowa Children’s Portrait Photographer}

A first birthday is a huge milestone in a baby’s life (And yours – you survived the first year!!) Celebrating with a one year photoshoot is a great way to make sure you have lasting memories of this fleeting time!
Miss I had a one-year-old milestone session fit for a princess (which she is with 3 older brothers who adore her) with cheetah print and pink and gold as well! Talk about fun!

One year old in princess pink dress
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Science Lab {Stewartville MN Children’s Portrait Photographer}

Mr. B’s Science lab…. A few of my favorite photos with the set Elise and Shelby helped create a few weeks ago/ Mr. B’s mom always chooses fun themes for B’s sessions. Last year we did superheroes and we didn’t know if we’d be able to top it. But I think we may have. We even were able to do a few science experiments as well….

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New Puppy {Stewartville MN Family Dog Portrait Photographer}

When one of your best friend’s family gets a new puppy, you have to stop over and grab some photos. Beautiful girls, adorable puppy, cute front porch decor, and amazing light…. perfection.

sister holding puppy on porch in stewartville MN
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It’s the Big ONE! {Spring Valley MN One Year Old Baby Portrait Photographer}

It’s the big one! We missed his 9-month session from quarantine but was so glad we were able to open in time to capture his one-year photos and do a cake smash as well. I usually am amazed at how much our watch me grow babies grow and change in the 3 months between us seeing them but not seeing Mr. C in 6 months, he grew so, so much. But one thing that did not change is his big smile. Such a happy little guy!

And check out the modified cake his Mom and her friend did with a part of Mr. C’s parent’s wedding cake. They did such a good job turning the wedding cake into a fishing themed cake. Such a special cake to use for his cake smash.

P.S. The water is photoshopped in.

baby boy in overalls looking at fishing cake
baby boy looking over dock
one year old boy in baseball dugout
baby boy in overalls looking at fishing cake
baby with cake and frosting on his face
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Newborn Mr. K {Spring Valley MN Newborn Portrait Photographer}

Our first newborn session since quarantine and it was a special one. It was with my friend and former assistant Brianna’s new little one Mr. K. I had so much fun during this session catching up with Bri as we haven’t seen each other in person for quite a long time. We kept the session pretty simple and probably spent more time chatting than actually taking photos. But we were sure to get in one really special photo in during our session. Bri brought an entire box full of empty syringes from her IVF treatments to capture that Mr. K was made with a little science and a lot of love.

newborn boy in blue wrap with IVF needles and heart
newborn boy with camo and antlers
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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