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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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Eight month baby portraits of a cute girl in a pile of fall leaves at Anderson's Portrait Park in Mounds View, MN.

Kylie’s Eight Month Baby Portraits

Little Kylie’s adorable eight-month baby portraits! Kylie’s Eight-Month Baby Portraits With all of the weddings and engagement portrait sessions that we’ve been doing, you’d think that we don’t create any other kind of portraits anymore. Nothing could be further from the truth; although over the last four weeks or so it does seem like it! The other day I had

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Ahrendt family 2015 Christmas Card Design. Wedding photo taken at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church In Maple Grove, MN.

Ahrendt Family Christmas Card Design for 2015

Here’s the Ahrendt Family Christmas Card Design for 2015! The Ahrendt Family Christmas Card for 2015. We created this family portrait at Andy & Laura’s wedding back on October 3rd at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Maple Grove, MN. “Ahrendt Family Christmas Card Design for 2015” – ©2015 Michael Anderson Photography.

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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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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Chanhassen Dinner Theater wedding photograph of a bride & groom in the cave under the theater.

Chanhassen Dinner Theater Wedding

Nick & Stacey’s Chanhassen Dinner Theater Wedding! Chanhassen Dinner Theater Wedding What a fun, wild and crazy eight-day stretch from October 3rd to the 10th! Besides having several engagement portraits, family photos, and high school senior picture sessions that week, we also had four fun weddings in those eight days too! We were (and still are) literally taking photographs

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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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