Minneapolis Minnesota Wedding and Portrait Photographers
The World’s Only Full-Scene Light Painting Wedding Photographers
Inducted into The Knot “Best of Weddings” Hall of Fame
Selected Seven Times as “The Best Wedding Photographers in Minneapolis” by Expertise.com
For the 7th straight year, Expertise has selected us as one of the “Best Wedding Photographers in Minneapolis!”
13-time Winners of “The Knot” Best of Weddings
10 years in a row, and 13 out of the last 15 years!
Six-Time WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award Winners
Home of “The Best Santa Experience”
Engagement Photography | Wedding Photography | Newborn and Kids Portraits | Family Portraits | Senior Portraits | Pet Photography
Linh and Dang’s finished light painting at The Van Dusen Mansion is amazing!
Planning a Wedding?
You have hundreds of things to worry about, your wedding photographer shouldn’t be one of them.
Joannie & I are considered among the best Minneapolis and St. Paul wedding photographers. With over 30 years of experience, we have photographed well over 800 weddings, creating award-winning wedding photos along the way. Our Mounds View portrait studio can go mobile to just about any wedding location ensuring great lighting for your wedding photos.
Destination wedding photography is also something that we really excel at. Joannie and I have been destination wedding photographers in many parts of Minnesota. From Duluth, Two Harbors, Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse and Hibbing up north, to Rochester, Red Wing and Alexandria in the south. Our more distant destination wedding photo locations include all over Wisconsin and Iowa, San Antonio, Texas and the stunning Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii.
We truly are Minnesota’s Husband and Wife Wedding Photography Team and the only Light Painting Wedding Photographers in the world. These are beautiful, one-of-a-kind wedding photographs that are not available anywhere else.
April and Darrick’s amazing light painting!
“I cannot say enough about how amazing our experience was with Michael and Joannie. The pictures were amazing and it is not because I am extremely good looking, it is because this is the BEST photographer in the State of Minnesota!”
– Marcus & Krista, bride and groom – More Testimonials
Planning a Family Portrait?
Dealing with your family can be tough. Working with your photographer should be easy.
We design & create beautiful family portraits that are handed down for generations.
We’ll help you plan what to wear, the time of day that’s best for lighting, add more lighting if needed, and finally, help you decide the proper size to display in your home or office. Heck, we even have our very own Portrait Park in Mounds View, MN that’s available to you at no extra cost.
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Kaiser & his family.
“Michael’s work is incredible. I’ve never seen anything as beautiful as the quality of his photography and the incredible designs he creates to display them. He will always be our organizations and our personal first choice as a photographer!”
– Harmon & Nita Killebrew – The Harmon Killebrew Foundation – More Testimonials Here
It doesn’t get much cuter than this!
Child Growing Up Too Fast?
Capturing a milestone in your child’s life doesn’t have to be stressful!
Your kids can’t look great if they are not relaxed and enjoying the process of having their portraits created. Because we have a home-based indoor and outdoor studio in Mounds View, your kids will be much more comfortable having fun getting their portraits taken here.
And when your kids get older (which will be in the blink of an eye), we specialize in beautiful high school senior pictures too!
We love when these milestones come up because it means we get to work with you again. Thank you so much for all your patience with Mommy and me, and for sharing your amazing talent with us. You’ve created such great treasures for our family and we can’t tell you enough how much we appreciate you! Thanks a million!”
– Love, Katie (and the whole family) – More Testimonials Here
Nature and Wildlife Photography
The Aurora Borealis. The photo was captured in Silver Bay, Minnesota on a very cold March night in 2021.
Michael is an accomplished nature and wildlife photographer as well. In fact, that’s how he began his career in photography over 35 years ago. He took a long hiatus from nature and wildlife photography to operate their wedding and portrait studio, but he is now back doing it just for the fun of it!
A soaring bald eagle near the Kenai Mountains in Alaska.
Fresh salmon, it’s what’s for lunch!
Oh, yeah, and humpback whales are also one of his favorite wildlife subjects to photograph. We will have a humpback whale gallery coming soon for you to enjoy as well
We’d love to hear from you!
Please contact us here or call us at 763-785-1177 to chat about your plans.