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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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Happy Halloween {Southern MN Dog Portrait Photographer}

For the first time in 11 years, we didn’t do Halloween photos at the studio. Seems odd to not be busy taking photos of all the kiddos dressed up, so I did some composites of Maverick instead. ?Happy Halloween, everyone!?????????????????

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Watch Me Grow {SE MN Infant Portrait Photographer}

I have been terrible about sharing sessions since we have been able to open back up, but this week Andrea and I got me transferred to a “new” (we got it a year ago) computer. Gosh what a job it is to get everything moved and set up, no wonder I always put it off. But goodness, this new computer is so much faster than my 10 plus-year-old computer. I did some fall sports banners yesterday and was able to knock out 3 of them which would have likely taken me 2 days to do before as my computer would bog down with the huge files. With that said, I PLAN to share more. Miss S is coming into the studio every 3 months for her Watch Me Grow session. Here are some of my favorites from her newborn and 3-month session. Love all of her hair! Can’t wait to see how much it has grown at her 6-month session next month.

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25 Years {SE MN Couple Portrait Photographer}

This post is going to be a total overload share, but I just LOVE these photos. When Tom & Shellie reached out and asked to have a session for their 25th wedding anniversary coming up next month, I couldn’t have been more excited! They are two of the sweetest people and I’m so grateful to have met them. Tom and Shellie both work for the company I have my modified van from. Tom, I have known and worked with since I was 16 years old. Tom gets the pleasure of getting my texts when on the rare occasion that my ramp door acts up and having to fit and adjust me into a van when I have gotten new ones. I’m a bit picky, okay maybe very picky, but he has always been happy to do whatever I ask. ? We started out a Masonic and then ran out of spots with leaves and great light, so we headed out from behind the cliff to chase the sunset and did some photos near CTY 1. Tom and Shellie are so fun to be around and you can feel their love just by seeing how they look at each other. This will forever be one of my favorite shoots! Check out how adorable they are in the photos below! And how handsome is their dog, Gus?!

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Fillmore Central Volleyball {SE MN Sports Team Photographer}

Since volleyball is starting today in MN, I thought I would share the banners we did for Fillmore Central this year. The Fillmore Central volleyball team came into the studio in August just after they were told their season would be delayed until spring. They still wanted to do their team and individual banners and get it all ready for the spring season since it could get busy with everything being pushed together. They chose “Welcome to the Jungle” as their theme for the year. Seems appropriate for 2020. ? All of the young ladies involved were awesome to work with and a big thanks to them for letting us create their banner again this year.

We wish you all the best this season!

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Family of 4 {MN Family Portrait Photographer}

We had so much fun capturing this sweet family and their two little ones. Mom happens to also be a friend from high school, so it’s always fun to catch up and such an honor when they ask me to capture their family. We went to a farm near Spring Valley, MN for their session. It was a beautiful backdrop for their family portraits with trees just starting to turn, fences, rustic buildings, etc.

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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