John Hanson Photography

Wedding Photographer in Minneapolis MN does Head shots, Portraits, Baby, Child, family & Senior Photographer, St. Paul MPLS Mn

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!

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Thank you for visiting and reading!

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John Hanson | 612-743-5484

Category Archives: Engaged

Brook and Dan’s Engagement Session in NE Mpls.

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Wow, it’s been a crazy week, I had several more engagement sessions that I don’t have time to post. I just thought I’d upload a few here. We took these of Brook and Dan in North East Minneapolis around the Grain Belt Brewery complex which coincidentally was the home to my old recording studio These guys are really sweet and I look forward to their wedding.

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St. Paul Engagement Session at the Rose Garden | Kelly & Brian

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This is Kelly & Brians engagement session. The rose garden is near the lakes and is very popular during the summer months so it’s difficult sometimes to get photos without hundreds of people in the background. Also parking is ridiculous. But, with that said you can get some nice shots.

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Best St Paul MN Wedding Photographer’s Rehearsal Dinner

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Katie and Mike are two of the most beautiful people I’ve had a chance to photograph. They are also two of the coolest personalities that I’ve had a chance to meet. I’m not nearly good looking enough to hang with them but I can delight in the beauty of their giving personality. Thank God that gorgeous people like them, share the goodness of God’s love and money bestowed to them. Photojournalist photography style is much more fun for me (especially with this couple).

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Mike and Katies Engagement Session

Posted in Engaged, Family Portraits MN

Mike and Katie are a very attractive couple, and they have the most precious young girl. What a fun engagement session! They are getting married on May 24, 2008 so we are rapidly approaching their wedding.

These were taken in downtown Minneapolis, MN near the Walker Art Center. Unfortunately there were so many people around the Walker that we went to this more secluded area just to get away.

I’m really looking forward to their wedding day!