Category Archives: Engagement Portraits

Close up portrait of Chris & Katelyn in one of their downtown Minneapolis engagement portraits.

Downtown Minneapolis Engagement Portraits

Here are some of Chris & Katelyn’s “very cool” downtown Minneapolis engagement portraits taken last Friday near the Guthrie Theater and on the Mississippi Riverfront. Chis and Katelyn will be getting married on what will most likely be a warmer day (we hope) next September. It wasn’t too bad outside air temperature wise last Friday afternoon. Considering

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award 2016 for Michael Anderson Photography.

WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards 2016

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – January 7, 2016 – PRESS RELEASE: MICHAEL ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY – RECIPIENT OF THE WEDDINGWIRE COUPLES’ CHOICE AWARDS 2016! Michael and Joannie Anderson are pleased to announce Michael Anderson Photography has been selected as a recipient of the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards 2016. This is an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by actual couples

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The Knot Best Of Weddings 2016 Award presented to Michael Anderson Photography.

The Knot Best Of Weddings 2016

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Press release January 5, 2016: Minneapolis Wedding Photographers Michael and Joannie Anderson, owners of Michael Anderson Photography, honored with The Knot Best of Weddings 2016 Award! To receive The Knot Best of Weddings 2016 award, couples have to write a review about their wedding vendors. Of course, the review needs to be a positive one and the better (by

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Wedding slide show image of the wedding rings on the heal of the brides pretty shoe.

Michelle & Ben’s Wedding Slideshow

Here’s Michelle & Ben’s beautiful “Reflections” wedding slideshow! With a tiny, but fun modification to the ending, this is exactly as it was shown last Saturday night at their A’BULAE wedding reception in downtown Saint Paul, MN! Michelle & Ben did an outstanding job with their storytelling and I incorporated their stories into the music

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Minneapolis engagement portraits near the Stone Arch Bridge.

Chris & Kris’ Minneapolis Engagement Portraits

Chris & Kris and their fall color Minneapolis engagement portraits. We created these pretty engagement photos on the Mississippi Riverfront near at Guthrie Theater and the Stone Arch Bridge. It certainly was a very, very busy month of October for us and I’m so happy to say that in general, Mother Nature gave us a wonderful fall

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A cute couple sitting on a park bench during their fall color Colby Lake Park engagement portraits.

Colby Lake Park Engagement Portraits

Charlie & Colleen’s Colby Lake Park Engagement Portraits Pretty Colby Lake Park Engagement Portraits This was my first time creating Colby Lake Park engagement photos. Joannie & I were at Colby Lake Park once before in October of 2013 during Pete & Lauren’s wedding day on another pretty fall afternoon. We still have some of Pete and Lauren’s beautiful

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Engagement portrait on hay bales taken at Aamodts Apple Farm in Stillwater, MN.

Aamodt’s Apple Farm Engagement Portraits

Tony and Tessa’s (and their son Sean) Aamodt’s Apple Farm Engagement Portraits! Aamodt’s Apple Farm Engagement Portraits I think in all the years that I’ve been a wedding and portrait photographer, this is the first time I’ve ever created Aamodt’s Apple Farm engagement portraits. Joannie and I have been there countless times over the years

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A fall engagement portrait of a cute couple and their dog wearing a Save The Date sign at Willow River State Park in Wisconsin.

Willow River State Park Engagement Portraits

Our favorite images from John and Lindsay’s Willow River State Park engagement portrait session. The day after Nick & Stacey’s fun Chanhassen Dinner Theater wedding, I spent part of a very unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon with John, Lindsay, and their dog Lambeau (they might be Packer fans?), along with Lindsay’s parents (the Lambeau sitters) creating their engagement portraits at

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A cute couple posing by a small airplane at the Anoka County Airport during their fall color engagement portraits.

Heeraj & Shivanie’s Fall Color Engagement Portraits

Heeraj & Shivanie’s fall color engagement portraits created in our Portrait Park & much more! Heeraj and Shivanie’s Fall Color Engagement Portraits What a fun, wild and crazy eleven day stretch from October 3rd to the 13th! But what a great time fall colors wise for all of it to happen! First, there was Rachel & Matt’s beautiful Rush Creek

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