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Front side of the 2015 Holiday card design for Joe & Pam from their fall color family portraits.

Fall Color Family Portraits

The Elvendahl fall color family portraits and their 2015 holiday card design! Fall Color Family Portraits. I had the opportunity to photograph the Elvendahl family near their home in Zimmerman, MN! This was a couple of weeks back during the hustle and bustle of October’s short, but pretty fall color season. Pretty fall color family photos at

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Maternity and newborn portraits of Bralynn Ra sleeping in a barrel with cowboy boots by her side.

Maternity and Newborn Portraits

Here are some of the fun maternity and newborn portraits of Alyssa and Jordan and then just a few weeks later adorable little five-day-old Bralynn Ra joined in! We got these maternity images done just in time as Alyssa had to curtail her traveling near the end of her pregnancy. As you can see in the image above,

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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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