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Maternity Session {SE Minnesota Maternity Portraits}

Posted in Maternity

Photographing maternity sessions warms my heart, especially with such a wonderful couple! Seeing their love and excited anticipation is such a treasure. I am honored to have the privilege of photographing this milestone before they undertake such a grand adventure of adding another baby to their family.

This mama chose to use 3 of my gowns that we have in our studio closet and also brought a gown of her own, too. I love the gorgeous and dramatic look of a studio maternity session. The contrast, the black and white, the gorgeous gowns, and a beautiful mama… gorgeous….

Can’t wait to finish editing this session and meet the newest member of their family in the next few weeks.

  • MN Maternity Session in studio
  • MN Maternity Session in white lace
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First Birthday Portraits {SE MN Baby Photographer}

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First Birthday portraits are so much fun! This is one of my favorite one-year-old sessions! I honestly can’t believe this little lady is already 1!! It seems like just yesterday I was taking her newborn portraits.

This sweet little lady arrived at my portrait studio ready for her golden first birthday photo session just after her morning nap in the car ride to the studio. It’s an understatement to say she nailed her photo session!I

knew that this birthday girl was having a gold-themed first birthday from my planning consultation with her Mom prior to the session. From the pre-session planning chat with her Mom, I knew this little girl was celebrating her golden first birthday with a gold theme. Colors, props, and outfit selections were discussed before the session. These are some of the topics These are some of the things I always discuss with parents during the planning stage of sessions. It helps us prepare the perfect set for the portrait session.

Her older sister had recently had a birthday party, too, and had a white and gold balloon garland decoration, so Mom brought that with her to use for the backdrop. I love it when parents can incorporate party decorations in their photo session. They make great props and help customize the set! The balloon garland was still intact after the session so, she also took it back home to use at her birthday party. This little lady also wore an amazing gold tutu dress from Etsy.com for her cake smash portion of the session and a white dress from our studio closet for her other set of photos.

Look at those happy faces! This girl knows how to party, and it shows! (check the comments for a link to a reel on Instagram of some of the behind the scenes) After all, how could you not grin on your first birthday when you look so cute?

Happy golden first birthday, Miss J!

  • MN First birthday portrait with gold
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  • MN First birthday portrait with cake smash
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  • MN First birthday portrait
  • MN First birthday portrait
  • MN First birthday portrait

Looking to book a milestone first birthday portrait session or a cake smash portrait session. Check out our session options and send us a message to book a session.

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Family Photographs {MN Family Photographer}

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Family photographs frequently commemorate significant events or milestones in a family’s existence. It’s not uncommon for a client to call because they want to recall something unique. Others will come yearly or a few times a year. Portraits allow us to freeze a moment in time. As a result, photos of our loved ones are among our most treasured assets!

I cannot seem to find the words to describe how incredibly beautiful this family is. I am blessed to call them my friends and family, too. And you’ve probably seen this family here quite a few times as they come yearly for their photos. This year, we decided to do Fall photos, again and lucked out with a gorgeous day with beautiful trees filled with color for their family portrait session at Good Earth Village in Spring Valley, MN. Good Earth Village is a wonderful place for family photos! The trails are beautiful and it’s generally pretty quiet.

One of my personal goals is to create family portraits that are beautiful and stand the test of time. A great tip for dressing a large group for photos is to pick a pallet and then dress with colors from it. These guys did a perfect combination of rusty, orange, cream, green, and denim, this is the second year doing this color combo because Mom and I loved it so much. Using a color palette, everyone will look coordinated without being matchy-matchy and everyone can add their style to their outfit. This is a great way to make a cohesive image that will become a treasured family portrait.

If it’s been a while since your family has had a photo, send us a message! We would love to help you create a family heirloom!

  • MN Family Photograph at Good Earth Village
  • MN Family Photograph of siblings walking at Good Earth Village
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  • MN Family Photograph in front of red barn
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  • MN Family Photograph of couple in tall grass
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Newborn Portrait Session {Rochester MN Newborn Portrait Photographer}

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Being a newborn photographer means we get to cuddle sweet, little babies, a lot. This is one of my favorite things about the job. I love meeting new families or having past clients return with their new little ones. Watching families grow is such a wonderful thing to see. I truly enjoy being part of the journey.


I mean just take a look at all the sweetness oozing from this little newborn boy. How could I not love capturing newborn portraits of him?! He was a delight to photograph, absolutely perfect in every way. Loved this newborn session with this little man and getting to meet his Mom and Grandma!

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  • Rochester MN Newborn Portrait Photographer
  • Rochester MN Newborn Portrait Photographer
  • Rochester MN Newborn Portrait Photographer

If you are looking for a Rochester, MN Newborn Portrait Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your new baby and your family.

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Urban Family Portraits {Rochester MN Family Photographer}

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Here’s to wishing for warmer weather…..  This session actually had to be rescheduled on the first date we had planned as was going to be incredibly warm with really high humidity, making it not ideal for a family portrait session in southeast Minnesota.

For most of my family portrait sessions, the location for their photoshoot is a question of which beautiful park in southeast Minnesota will be the closest.  This wonderful family decided to switch it up from green, nature to gritty, urban, and industrial. So glad they decided to do something different for their portrait session this year.   They rocked their outfits!  Doing photos in downtown Rochester, MN  was amazing!  Loved all the textures, colors, and variety it added to their photos.  

Enjoy this adorable, urban, family photo session in downtown Rochester. 

  • Rochester Urban Family Photographer on rochester parking ramp
  • Rochester Urban Family Photographer in front of art in ro hester mn
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  • Rochester Urban Family Photographer
  • Rochester Urban Family Photographer
  • Rochester Urban Family Photographer

If you are looking for a Southeast MN Urban Family Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph you and your family.

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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.

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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