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A pretty sunset photo taken during Eric and Amanda's engagement portraits at Long Lake Regional Park.

Engagement Portraits at Long Lake Regional Park

Engagement Portraits at Long Lake Regional Park Just days before we left town for our 22nd annual North Shore Weekend, I had the pleasure of creating Eric & Amanda’s engagement portraits at Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton, MN. Actually, we started right at our studio in our Portrait Park and then we headed

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Adorable one year old portraits of Addison and her brother Jordan taken at Anderson's portrait studio in Mounds View, MN.

One Year Old Portraits of Addison

One-Year-Old Portraits of Addison This blog post features some of the adorable one-year-old portraits of Addison along with some taken with her big brother Jordan too. Joannie and I have just returned from our annual North Shore Portrait Weekend. Once I get all of those sessions edited, I’ll start sharing some of the many great

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The 2017 new inductees to the Bakken Society.

2017 Medtronic Bakken Society

The 2017 Medtronic Bakken Society Induction Ceremony at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Thursday, August 10th, Joannie and I once again had the honor of photographing the 2017 Medtronic Bakken Society Induction Ceremony held at The Bakken Museum. The Bakken Museum is located about a block west of Bde Maka Ska Lake in Minneapolis, MN. This is

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A pretty portrait of Ricky & Rebecca in the woods before their beautiful Panola Valley Gardens wedding in Lindstrom, MN.

Beautiful Panola Valley Gardens Wedding

Ricky & Rebecca’s Beautiful Panola Valley Gardens Wedding. We’ve just returned from our family trip to Florida (yes, it was very hot & humid)! But right before we left town, Joannie & I had the honor of photographing Ricky & Rebecca’s beautiful Panola Valley Gardens wedding. It turns out that their wedding day was just

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An adorable nine day old baby boy takes a snooze during his newborn baby portraits.

Alexander’s Newborn Baby Portraits

Alexander’s Newborn Baby Portraits Last Friday, I had the pleasure of creating Alexander’s newborn baby portraits as well as his first official family portraits with mom, dad and his big brother Sean. This is not the first time I’ve photographed Sean, he was there for mom and dad’s engagement portraits at Aamodt’s Apple Farm a couple

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A stunning light painting with a full moon created at Clint & Gretchen's Saint Paul College Club wedding. Light paining wedding photography done by Michael & Joannie Anderson, owners of Michael Anderson Photography in Mounds View, MN.

Saint Paul College Club Wedding

The Saint Paul College Club Wedding of Clint & Gretchen Joannie and I had the honor of being the wedding photographers for Clint and Gretchen last Saturday on a glorious summer day in Minnesota! We began as we do at many weddings with some getting-ready images of Gretchen & Clint. Actually, when we arrived, they both

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Derek & Zlata by the pond after light painting the scene at their Olympic Hills Golf Club wedding reception.

Olympic Hills Golf Club Wedding

Derek & Zlata’s Olympic Hills Golf Club Wedding On Saturday, June 17th, Joannie & I had the pleasure of being the wedding photographers for Derek & Zlata for their beautiful outdoor Olympic Hills Golf Club wedding. Weather watching before a wedding is always the case, especially for an outdoor wedding ceremony. We all were watching the weather

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The completed look of my light painted Coca-Cola products.

Light Painted Coca-Cola Products

Light Painted Coca-Cola Products Here’s the story about my very first long exposure light painting project, Light Painted Coca-Cola Products. I’ve recently returned from a fantastic photography workshop on Light Painting at John Hartman’s studio in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. There were six of us in attendance at this somewhat intense, but really fun photography workshop. John

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