Kari Layland is a highly experienced professional portrait photographer in the Twin Cities east metro area of Saint Paul, MN and surrounding suburbs, namely Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Stillwater and Newport Minnesota. With a studio in Cottage Grove, Kari specializes in outdoor, studio and on location photography of high school seniors, teens, tweens, children, and family.

Kari is award winning for best portrait photographer. Serving the greater Minneapolis and St Paul areas including all of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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Sara Atkinson

May 20, 2022

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It was a pleasure working with Kari. She was fun, personable and made me feel comfortable. I got so many great headshots that showed different character personalities that it was hard to choose a favorite.

Heather Swierczek

May 11, 2022

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Kari was efficient, knowledgeable, and able to capture some great images. Her studio is comfortable and inviting. She was extremely flexible with scheduling and was easy to communicate with. The turn-around time from the studio date to the finished product was quick and the quality of the finished product was very high. She listened to our expectations and was able to inject her expertise to make those expectations a reality.

Busy Deb

Aug 27, 2021

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Kari took the pictures of the Basic Needs Board of Directors for our new web page. She did a fantastic job! We are all very pleased with her work! I recommend her to anyone looking for a great photographer!

Melissa Hemquist

Jun 19, 2021

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Kari is the best in the business. We have worked with her from our wedding, as well as all of our family photos over the past 6 or more years. I absolutely love her professionalism, and the quality of her work. She can capture amazing moments in time I truly treasure.

Katie Nelsen

May 17, 2021

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Kari is amazing. She can capture that spark in a person's eye that no other photographer I've met has been able to do. The only complaint if you choose to hire Kari is going to be that there are too many excellent pictures to choose from.you may have to order them all!

Wendy Wojnicz

Apr 16, 2021

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Kari makes family photos feel relaxed and fun! The hardest part of your experience will be choosing your favorite images :

Cyndi Sabin

Mar 19, 2020

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Kari Layland Photography was the best! I would recommend her to anyone. My daughter picked a beautiful park and Kari took her time finding different sites throughout the park to take great pictures for my daughters senior pictures. My daughter looked like a model, but still looked like herself, which was what we wanted. My only regret is that I didn't know about Kari 3 years ago for my first daughters senior pictures. And, the prices were great!

Tomazz Berwald

Aug 19, 2017

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There's not a better place to have professional pictures taken of your precious little ones. You will not be disappointed.

Jennifer Lessard

Sep 12, 2016

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Kari takes wonderful photos! I started seeing her when I was pregnant with my first child and did the maternity/newborn photo package. They were so wonderful we continued on the first year with the milestones package. I love that we have these wonderful memories captured with superior photos. She is very patient and gets smiles out of my toddler that even I can't get at home. I would highly recommend her!

Liz Dobson

Jul 02, 2016

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Kari has done all of our family photos for the past 4 years, starting with my oldest's newborn photos. She has an amazing talent for capturing kids' personalities and she's endlessly patient. We always go to her to document our family's milestones.