Perspectives

I started life as the young son of a father that was a devoted hobbyist and part time wedding photographer in Minneapolis, MN. I remember many magazines laying around the coffee table that had fantastic images from National Geographic and 'Modern Photography' magazine. We were very lucky and had a real darkroom with chemical processing and all! My first pictures were with my Kodak Brownie of my dog Sparky. I completely craved the magic of photography from then on.

My Father and Uncle are phenomenal musicians and I'm not kidding!! They kick/ed butt. My Dad was on national television in the 60's and won many regional and national awards. He remains a great musician and a hero to me. Well, long story short...I became a musician myself in the 4th grade and have spent the majority of my life following the dream of being a musician. I won Florida's best guitarist contest, toured the country and local scene with a pop/rock band, appeared on national prime-time television, performed for state and federal politicians and gave back to the community by traveling and playing for many non-profit causes. I even owned a successful 4,000 square foot recording studio, A440 Studios, in Minneapolis, MN.

Through life changes and opportunity, I rekindled my first love for photography and reshaped it into my full time professional career since 2003. I am desperately in love with my passion. I guess I love photography because it's a part of my upbringing AND I like to make people look and feel good about themselves.

This blog will be about what I do professionally as well as personally. I may give tips for beginning photographers, getting better family photos, baby and maternity portraits, as well as post recent work from weddings, family portraits, baby's, kids, senior photography and security cameras if it feels good. You should be able to use the links at the bottom of the page to filter the blog based on personal or professional posts.

I hope you can find something here of interest and I welcome your comments always!

One more point...please 'like me' and 'friend me' at the bottom of the home page on Facebook (only if you really like me though :)
Thank you for visiting and reading!

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John Hanson | 612-743-5484

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Twin Cities MN Wedding Photographer | John Hanson Welcomes You!

My name is John Hanson and I am a Minneapolis MN wedding photographer & portrait photographer. I’m here to share my vision and style with you and I hope it can contribute to documenting your life in a beautiful way.

I handle everything that has to do with families…from the beginning. First comes love (engagement), then comes marriage (wedding photography), then comes first newborn child (maternity and newborn photos). You now have an official family (family photos) Then there’s much much more to the story up to high school senior graduation, full circle back to getting married!

So, if you have a love in your life that has just proposed to you (or you proposed to her) and you are now an engaged couple, then you are now a happy bride or groom to be. You have some planning to do. I can help with that. Wow!!! I completely celebrate this love connection you share with each other! It is a rare and beautiful thing to have, and I know you cherish it.

Wait! But maybe you are now a CEO or in upper management of a major Twin Cities metropolitan area business. You might need a new environmental photograph or a very relaxed corporate head shot photograph for your quarterly report. Or, you might want to just show off your awesome family for Christmas cards. The sky is the limit and I can help!

Then there are the newborn, baby, children portraits, high school seniors, head shots, band photography, pets, a photo booth for your wedding, and any special event photography in between. I have taken thousands of photos of 100′s of people in a candid, photo journalistic style. I pride myself on my ability to put my clients at ease, easily. I have photographed weddings full time since 2003, and my business continues to grow. I’m proud of my abilities to relate on a personal level with each and every client I work with. I look at you as a friend first. I believe it’s more important that you find what’s best for you verses what’s best for me. So, if I’m not the right photographer for whatever reason, I may actually be able to help you find the right photographer for your needs.

Here is a slide-show for you to view some of my work. You can turn off the music by hovering over the slide-show and clicking on the bottom right speaker icon.

I hope that as a professional photographer in Minneapolis, MN I can give you more of you, wherever you are in life.

John Hanson – www.johnhansonphoto.com – 612-743-5484

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