Category Archives: North Shore Portrait Weekend

A crazy wedding party having a pretty good time outdoors just after a rain storm passed. The resulting rainbow made for a pretty "bonus" wedding photo at their Superior Shores wedding reception.

Superior Shores Wedding

Joannie & I had the honor of being the wedding photographers for Steve & Kaitlin at their wet and wonderful Superior Shores wedding! Yes, it rained quite a bit on their wedding day, well actually a lot. But there were enough gaps in the rain to make their wedding one that we’ll never forget! When

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McKenna's Eagan High School Open House Invitation (front side).

McKenna’s Eagan High School Open House Invitation

Here’s a mock-up of the Eagan High School Open House invitation we’ve designed for McKenna! The image on the front side of the invitation was created to mimic an image we created years ago at our portrait studio here in Mounds View, MN. We captured the new image on a trail near the Lester River in Duluth, MN during her

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Mayne family portrait 2015 Holiday Card Design taken at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park on Lake Superior.

Mayne Family 2015 Holiday Card Design

The Mayne family 2015 Holiday Card Design from their family portraits created at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The Mayne Family 2015 Holiday Card Design. Their family portrait was taken during our 20th annual North Shore Portrait Weekend back in August. We think the Mayne family is looking pretty SUPERIOR this year! “Mayne Family 2015 Holiday

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Destination wedding photography of a wedding party with the bride & groom up in a tree at Gooseberry Falls State Park in Minnesota.

Split Rock Lighthouse Wedding Photography

Beautiful Split Rock Lighthouse wedding photography from Steven & Marie’s awesome wedding on Lake Superior! Split Rock Lighthouse Wedding Photographers Joannie and I always look forward to photographing our upcoming weddings. But this one has been on our radar for quite a while! Steven & Marie chose us as their Split Rock Lighthouse wedding photographers a

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Maple Grove High School senior portraits taken on a secluded beach on Lake Superior in color infrared.

Gina’s Maple Grove High School Senior Portraits

Gina’s Maple Grove High School Senior Portraits on the North Shore of Lake Superior! Gina and her entourage made the trip “up north” for our 20th annual “North Shore Portrait Weekend” last week. Just like it was on Saturday for McKenna’s senior portraits and James & Alli’s engagement portraits (and the two other families we photographed

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Engagement photos on Lake Superior taken on the famous Duluth aerial lift bridge.

James & Alli’s Engagement Photos on Lake Superior

James & Alli’s Engagement Photos on Lake Superior! James & Alli will be getting married this upcoming December 5th at The Wilds Golf Club in Prior Lake, MN. They made the trip “up north” as part of our 20th Annual “North Shore Weekend” to have us create their fun engagement photos on Lake Superior. As we mentioned

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Lake Superior Photography and the Eagan High School senior portraits of McKenna taken in the forest on the north shore of Lake Superior.

McKenna’s Eagan High School senior portraits

McKenna’s Eagan High School Senior Portraits on our 20th Annual “North Shore Weekend”! Let’s begin with McKenna’s stunning senior portrait above. This image is a “replica” of one of the portraits of McKenna that I created at the Como Conservatory when she was a little girl about five years old. Joannie & I created this senior portrait at

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Mady's Forest Lake High School Graduation Announcement (Front side). Senior portrait s taken on the North Shore of Lake Superior by Michael Anderson Photography.

Mady’s Forest Lake High School Graduation Announcement

Here’s the Open House card design I’ve come up with for Mady’s Forest Lake High School Graduation Announcement. Mady and her mom came up to the North Shore of Lake Superior last August during our 19th annual “North Shore Weekend”. You can enjoy her senior portrait highlight video and some of our favorite senior portrait images from her session

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2014 Family holiday greeting cards featuring the Rauenhorst family portrait taken on the North Shore of Lake Superior. An annual portrait opportunity, "North Shore Portrait Weekend" by Michael and Joannie Anderson at Michael Anderson Photography.

2014 Rauenhorst Holiday Greeting Cards

Here’s the 2014 holiday greeting cards I’ve designed for the Rauenhorst family from their family portraits taken on our “North Shore Portrait Weekend” back in August! The whole family came “up North” for our annual “North Shore Portrait Weekend” to have both the family and Karina’s senior portraits taken up on the big lake. You

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Rogers High School senior portrait of Karina in beautiful Lester Park in Duluth, MN. Rogers High School senior photo taken on Michael Anderson Photography's 19th annual North Shore Portrait Weekend.

Rogers High School Senior Portraits

Rogers High School Senior Portraits of Karina taken in Duluth, MN and on the North Shore of Lake Superior. As mentioned last week in our last few blog posts, our 2014 “North Shore Portrait Weekend” on Lake Superior was a big success! We had three fun high school seniors, some portraits of each their families and

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