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Pawsitively Adorable {SE MN Dog Photographer}

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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
  • Mastiff dog portrait in MN
  • Black Lab dog portrait watching birds in MN
  • MN dog photographer

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

  • SE MN Dog Photographer
  • Award Winning MN Dog Photographer
  • SE MN Dog Photographer
  • Award Winning MN Dog Photographer
  • Award Winning MN Dog Photographer
  • Award Winning MN Dog Photographer
  • SE MN Dog Photographer
  • SE MN Dog Photographer

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.

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2021 Adorable Children Contest Winners {SE MN Children Portrait Photographer}

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The results are in for the Local Contest after 4,172 votes!  The results for the National Contest are also in.  Please check the end of the post for those results. =)

Thanks to everyone who participated and took time to vote in the Adorable Child Contest! 

And here are the  local winners….

Our grand prize winner will receive a standard session with a 5×7 Press Printed Brag Book (value of $405) and a 16×20 print from the session used in the contest (value of $105).

Our grand prize winner is Sadie  with 329 votes…

And our winners of a 16×20 print (value of $105) from the session used in the contest.

Brynlee with 307 votes….

Jennah with 296 votes….

Otto with 291 votes….

Ember with 287 votes….

Madison with 281 votes….

Josh with 277 votes….

And  we also had 1 National Winner…

The national contest is judged by a panel of judges based on quality, appearance, charm, expression , and personality.

Severide with 3rd Place in the 0 to 6-month category, winning a 16×20 of winning photo (a value of $105) and a $50 Visa Gift Card.

You can see the other winners in the National Contest here:

Congratulations, everyone!  Thanks for participating and voting!  =) 

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MN Black Labrador Dog Portrait {SE MN Dog Photographer}

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2 years ago, my Dad and I went on a little road trip to pick up our new Black Labrador puppy, Maverick, from Whispering Pines Labradors (we highly recommend them if you’re looking for a Labrador Retriever). We had lost our lab of 12.5 years, Jackson, not even a month before, but being home without a dog did not feel like home, so we jumped into welcoming a new puppy into our life right away.

A dog brings such love and happiness to one’s life, providing companionship and friendship to everyone they meet and I cannot imagine my life without Maverick. He’s a character who is full of energy, very much focused on his treats, and doing what he needs to for a treat or to get you to run his belly or throw his frisbee.

When we brought Maverick home, Andrea took some photos of me with him. That day he ended up biting my nose and I ended up bleeding as his paw scraped my face. Andrea redid the photo last year and it went super smoothly. I thought it would be the same this year as he still sits on my lap often. He has even been known to climb up by himself using the foot pedals of my wheelchair. This year Rylee and I tried to recreate the photo again and it went about the same as when he was a puppy. As we were trying to help him climb up on me, I ended up with a canine tooth up my nose somehow which caused my nose to bleed some. Then when we would get positioned, Maverick would jump off my lap just as Rylee was about to take a photo. Lol So we decided that we had to have Andrea come help so Rylee could help with Maverick while Andrea snapped the photo. It was still a little crazy, but we got the photo. =)

  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait with Kari McGill
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait with Kari McGill
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait with Kari McGill
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait with Kari McGill


Also, last week I needed an editing break, so I went outside with Maverick to roam the farm some since it was so nice out. We came across some low-hanging leaves so I had to go back to the house to grab my camera to take some photos. I had to laugh at Maverick as I was trying to put him between the branches to get some depth. But Maverick had to be sure I could still see his face, so he stretched his neck out to get above the branch. He did this a couple of times. He apparently wants to be sure his entire face is in the photo. Lol

  • Black Labrador dog portrait peeking through leaves
  • Black Labrador dog portrait
  • Minnesota Black Labrador dog portrait
  • Black Labrador dog portrait peeking throug the fall leaves
  • Minnesota Black Labrador dog portrait
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait
  • SE MN Black Labrador dog portrait

And a big thanks to Andrea and Rylee for getting the photos of me with Maverick…..

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.

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Extended Farm Family {MN Portrait Photographer}

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I absolutely loved this extended farm family photo session from last month before the beans started turning to be harvested here in Southeast Minnesota. Everything about this SE MN family photo session was perfect. From the amazing glowy sunlight to the perfectly coordinated outfits,  I couldn’t have asked for a better setting, props, or smiling faces.

It was also fun as I got to work with a former assistant and friend, Katie.  This was a great session for her to work on as she has grown up around farm equipment her entire life as her Dad has sold John Deere tractors for many years with his business Isenberg Equipment and now for SEMA Equipment. So Katie and Jim were razing each other about which equipment is better.  So much fun to listen to the banter. 

Thank you, again, Hartson Family for having us take your family photos! Here are a few of my personal faves!

  • MN Extended Family portrait by Photography by Kari
  • MN Extended Family portrait on CAT tractor
  • MN Extended Family portrait by Photography by Kari
  • MN Extended Family portrait in bean field
  • MN Extended Family portrait by Photography by Kari
  • MN Extended Family portrait in bean field
  • MN Extended Family portrait by Photography by Kari
  • MN Extended Family portrait in bean field
  • MN Extended Family portrait by Photography by Kari
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2021 Adorable Children Contest Voting {SE Minnesota Children Photographer

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The time has come to vote for your favorite entry in our Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest!  You may vote once a day for one image or a couple of images, but only one vote for an image once a day from now until Monday, October 25, 2021 at 12 pm central standard time.  Then on Wednesday, Ocotber 27, 2021, the winners will be announced from the local and national contest. You can share this blog post with friends and we have a  link on Facebook, too.

The top 7 winners with the most votes in the local Photography by Kari Adorable Children’s Portrait contest will receive a 16×20 print ($105 value) of the winner’s choice from the session used to enter the contest . The Grand Prize  winner of the local contest will also receive a Standard Session and  5×7 session brag book from this session (a $455 value).

To view the photos in their entirety, click on the thumbnail of the photo itself and it will open as a large photo on your screen.  To cast your vote click on the star under the photo on the left of the screen of the photo you would like to vote for.  Good luck to all of the entries!!!! Cast your vote here:

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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

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