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MN Newborn Girl {Stewartville Portrait Photographer}

There’s always something magical about capturing little ones, but when it’s a family member it’s even more special! My cousin and his wife, welcomed their newborn girl, Miss K! And I had the honor of photographing her. I loved how those photos turned out, particularly the images of Miss K sleeping sweetly in the arms of her big brother.

Enjoy SOME of my favorites from this newborn portrait session…..

If you will be welcoming a new littlte newborn soon and you’d like us to capture this special time in your life, please check out our session options. If you have any questions, send us a message using our contact form or email us. We’d love to photograph your newborn portraits for your family.

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Best of the Best {Fillmore County Photographer}

Maverick was just as excited as us……

Thank you for voting us Best of the Best for the  2021 Fillmore County Journal Reader’s Choice Awards. Without our wonderful clients, we would not be able to do what we love. We are so grateful for your continuous support over the last 16 years and honored to have been named 2021 Best of the Best Photographer in Fillmore County. Because these awards are determined by the community, they are treasured by ALL of us at Photography by Kari. 

And without my assistants, none of this would be possible. So a BIG thank you to each one of them for ALL they do.  They are all amazing and I am so thankful to get to work with them at my side. 

Thank you,  again! 

See more of our photos by viewing our portfolio. If you’d like to book a session, please send us a message with our contact form or send us an email.

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2021 Stewartville High School Varsity Volleyball {SE MN Sports Team Photographer}

2021 Stewartville High School Varsity Volleyball Team

Always fun to work with these ladies. Have a great season!

Stewartville Varsity Volleyball  Minnesota Team Banner

A little behind the scenes video at the studio of the making of the individual banners. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTXjvN3HJoD/?utm_medium=copy_link&fbclid=IwAR2QecCG0U7GL1KUMRWiSI3OumtvRzPVTiAhlgH98tL_WZtt5tdzrJ_7cO8

If you have a sports team you’d like us to do team banners and/or individual banners to show support to your athletes, send us a message using our contact form or email us. We’d love to photograph your Minnesota sports team.

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Birthday Dog {MN Dog Portraits}

This shoot is just too cute!  My dog, Maverick, turns 2 years old today!  And since I’m a little extra and obsessed when it comes to him, we celebrated with some MN dog birthday portraits.  Last year he had a cake outside with balloons, so this year we celebrated with an ice cream cone at the studio with his birthday boy scarf

He is such a great model and every time we go to the studio for photos, he goes right to his spot when you ask him. He is the best muse a photographer could ask for.

I hope you enjoy Maverick’s silly birthday photos as much as he loved his ice cream cone!

Also, big thanks to Rylee for getting a photo of me with Maverick, too.  I LOVE it! 

If you’ve got a furry family member that will be celebrating a milestone, I’d love to capture your dog with some MN dog birthday portraits to last a lifetime. Send us a message using our contact form or email us.

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2021 Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest {SE MN Children’s Portrait Photographer}

We are excited to announce our sixth year participating in the national ‘Adorable Children’s Portrait Contest’.  Schedule a portrait session with Photography by Kari for your child(ren) age newborn to 12 years now ( if you have already had a session after March 1, 2021 you may enter a photo from that session) until September 1, 2021, and you can choose to enter the Adorable National Children’s Portrait Contest.

In our first year one of our clients won a 1st place in the National Adorable Children’s Contest!  And in 2016, we had 5 winners winning $375 and also 16×20 prints.  And in 2017 we had 2 winners, one a first place winner and the other a second place with them winning $325 total and also 16×20 prints. And then in 2019, we had 2 winners in the Nation Children’s Portrait Contest with a 1st place in the 7 to 12 month category, winning a 16×20 of winning photo (a value of $105) and a $200 Visa Gift Card and a Honorable Mention in the 3 to 5 year category winning a 11×14 of the winning photo (a value of $75) and a $25 Visa Gift Card.

This is a national contest being put on by one of our labs and is open to kids ages newborn to 12 years and has a variety of categories.  The photos will also be judged locally via votes on Photography by Kari’s blog  in October.  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 for participating in of the local contest will also receive a Standard Session and  5×7 session brag book from this session (a $455 value). The best part of the contest is that there are over $7500 in prizes in the National contest!

So why not get some cute photos of your child(ren) AND have the chance to win the top national prize of a $1500.00 MasterCard gift card?

The National Photo Categories are: • 0-6 months • 7-12 months • 13 months-2 years • 3-5 years • 6-8 years • 9-12 years • Mommy/Daddy and Me (one adult and one child)(Maternity pictures are not eligible) • Buddies (minimum of 2 subjects) • Bloopers • Me n’ My Pet   Fine print: 1. Parents/Guardians MUST sign a model release form that gives permission to Photography by Kari and American Color Imaging with unlimited use of the child’s photographs without additional compensation. 2. More than one child may be included in the portrait session, but only images of children ages 12 and under are eligible to win. 3. For National judging, prints are judged on the basis of quality, appearance, charm, expression and personality. All judging decisions are final.Contest winners will be announced and prizes awarded on October 25, 2021 for the National Photo Contest. 4.  There is no cash value to the local prizes.

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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