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.

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Kingsland High School Fall {SE MN Sports Poster Photographer}

Totally forgot to post this with fall and doing Christmas minis early….

Kingsland Athletic Booster Club posters for Kingsland Volleyball, Football and Cross Country are available for purchase. They are 10×20’s, $30 plus MN and Fillmore County tax.

*** $10 from the sale of each poster will be going to the Kingsland Athletic Booster Club.***

They will be available to order through Wednesday, December 1st . After that these will no longer be available. They will need to be paid for by December 3rd or your poster will not be ordered. They will be ready on or after December 14th for pick up from Stacey Rath.

To purchase, please click the link below: https://photographybykari.com/store/index.php?do=photocart&viewGallery=2089

If you have an account with the store, you will need to log in, if you don’t know your password there is a link to reset it or you can message us. If you do not have an account, you will need to create an account in order to place an order.

2021 Kingsland High School Volleyball team

2021 Kingsland High School Football MN sports team poster photographer

If you are looking to have your Southeast Minnesota sports team photographed for team and individual or for a sports banner, please contact us using our contact form, by email or by phone.

Tags: 2021, Kari McGill, Photography by Kari, SE MN Team Sports Photographer, Southeast MN Team Sports Portraits, Sports, Sports Composite Phtographer, Sports Team Banners, Team Sports Posters

Show Hide 0 comments

Friday, November 12, 2021

MN Family Portraits {Racine MN Portrait Photographer}

Rylee, and I had such a fun time photographing this beautiful family portrait session from early this fall! I’m so excited to be sharing it with you now! This family was just so, so sweet during their entire session and we had a great time exploring areas in Racine, MN. With a simple purple, cream, and grey color scheme, this family of four looked like they’d come out of a magazine. Everyone was ready to go and we jumped right in!

Family Portraits in Racine, MN

We started the session at a friend’s house with their beautiful purple flowers as a background. The white picket fence with the green leaves and purple and white flowers made the perfect backdrop for their family photos. We then headed to use some of the buildings in Racine. The texture of the building also made for a great backdrop. Being that Racine isn’t very big, we were able to get quite a bit of variety without having to search all over, which is always nice when kids are involved in portraits! We then ended at a friend’s field. We brought a couch from the studio to use in the field and also got some walking and running photos in the field. We even managed to grab some updated portraits of the parents dancing in the field. So fun and the perfect ending of the session!

Enjoy some of my favorites from this MN Family Portrait Session.

rochester mn family photo walking in a field

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

Tags: 2021, Family Photography, Kari McGill, Photography by Kari, Rochester Minnesota Family Photographer, se mn family portrait photographer, Southeast Minnesota Family Photographer, Spring Valley MN Portrait Photographer, Stewartville MN Family Portrait Photographer

Show Hide 0 comments

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Happy Howl-o-ween, friends!

Maverick hopes you have a pawsitively bootiful, fun day filled with lots of treats.

MN halloween photographer dog dressed as a ghost

mn dog portrait photographer with pumpkins and wufers treats

Maverick loves his Wufers Halloween treats!

If you are looking for a Southeast MN Dog Photographer be sure to reach out and let me know. We would love to photograph your fur baby or babies.

Tags: 2021, Dog, Dog Portrait Photographer, Kari McGill, MN Dog Photographer, Photography by Kari, Rochester MN Dog Photographer, Rochester MN Dog Portrait Photographer, SE MN Dog Portrait Photographer, Southeastern Minnesota Dog Photographer, Spring Valley MN Dog Photographer

Show Hide 0 comments

Sunday, October 31, 2021

High School Graduate{SE MN Senior Photographer}

I love getting to meet local graduates, talk to them about their future, and incorporate their passions and hobbies into their senior portrait session! This fall we had the pleasure of working with the Class of 2022, high school graduate, Bret, for his senior portrait session. I have also taken senior portraits for his sister and brother and have taken family photos of Bret’s family and sports banner photos of Bret through the years.

Bret was so easy to work with, a lot of fun, and came with a few ideas in mind already. We were able to get photos of him in the studio, photos with his dogs, photos with his truck, photos with his gun doing some clay shooting, and some football photos at the football field at Kingsland High School, this winter we will still need to get some basketball photos.

Joining him on his photoshoot was his lovely mom Brenda. She was great company, helped hold our reflector to block some sunlight for us, the session flew by, and we got some great shots that I think showcase who Bret is in this time of his life. Here is a little sneak peek from Bret’s senior photo session!

Still, looking to have your senior portraits taken? Click here to contact me for more info!

Tags: Kari McGill, MN Senior Photographer, NE Iowa Senior Photographer, Photography by Kari, Rochester Minnesota Senior Photos, Senior 2022, Senior Photography, Senior Photos, Senior Portraits, Southeast MN senior portraits, Southeastern Minnesota Senior Photographer, Spring Valley MN Portrait Photographer, Stewartville MN Senior Portrait Photographer

Show Hide 0 comments

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Pawsitively Adorable {SE MN Dog Photographer}

When the Pawsitively Adorable Contest came around, I was excited and thought about doing minis just for everyone’s fur babies. But we were too busy with regular sessions so it never happened. We ended up just taking photos of Andrea and Rylee’s dogs and of course Maverick, too. And then my cousin Court had gotten a puppy, so she did a session, and then we had one client come in with their dogs, too. I wanted to get to all the dogs in our family ( We have 14 dogs in the McGill family, there’s rarely a family event without a few dogs coming, too), but it didn’t happen. We ended up sending in 9 photos and had 5 winners in the National Contest.

1st place- Me & My Human (Courtney and Berkley) Winning them a $100 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

2nd place- Dogs (Rylee’s dog Junior) Winning them a $75 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

3rd Place- Dogs (Rylee’s dog Cruiser )Winning them a $50 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

2nd Place- Newborns (Courtney’s dog Berkley) Winning them a $75 Visa Gift Card and a 16×20 print of the winner

Honorable Mention- Buddies (Walter and Hank from a client’s session) Winning them a $25 Visa Gift Card and an 11×14 print of the winner

Here are the other photos we entered into the contest…

Dog with toddler in MN field taken by Photography by Kari

Can’t wait until next year’s contest. We will be sure to leave a day in our schedule for some Pawsitive Adorable Minis. Thanks to everyone who let me take photos of their fur babies and enter them into the contest.

Here are all the winners in the National Contest