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!

Best Regards,

John Hanson | 612-743-5484

Photographer Raves & Reviews

Cold Minnesota Wedding in the Snow

John,

I just had to write and tell you what an amazingly wonderful photographer you are! I looked at all the pics again last night, and the day came rushing back to me. We took no video of any part of the day. I was starting to regret that, but then I looked at the pictures, and I am so grateful to you for truly capturing the day.

No need to write me back. Just know that I will always remember you and the spectacular memories you created for us.

Sincerely,

Liz Debrey

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Sweet!

Hey John!

Hope you remember me…it’s been awhile. I was just taking a look at the wonderful photos of our wedding again and I really do love each and every one of them. George and I have received so many compliments about our pictures – whether it was the great angles, details, or simplicity of the pictures – everybody loved looking at them. We even recommended a family friend of ours to you for her wedding. She wanted to capture her wedding just as wonderfully as you did ours
Take care ~ Erin and George Reisdorf

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In Ink

Making it legal in Dakota county.

Hi John -

Both Todd and I wanted to THANK YOU so much for all of your hard work yesterday!!! You took so many beautiful pictures, and we (and our guests!) were very impressed not only with the number of shots you took, but also with your easy going demeanor, your professionalism, and sense of style. And also thank your assistant for us; he worked just as hard, and he was instrumental in getting us to smile and laugh for a lot of those big posed formal pictures!!

We had a blast working with the both of you, and consider ourselves lucky that we found you to photograph our wedding; I doubt that another photographer could of made us feel so comfortable on such a big day.

Both Todd and I will not hesitate to recommend you to any of our family/friends who have upcoming weddings!

Sincerely, Jennifer and Todd

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Ahhhh, the barn...such a romantic place.

John,

I apologize if the delay in my selections causes you any troubles.

I also wanted to add that we had a total of 7 weddings to attend this year, most of which we were a part of and we didn’t see another photographer that impressed us quite as much as you did.

You really did a WONDERFUL job and we were extremely happy with you and have passed your name along to some of our best of friends.

Thank you for doing such a great job!

Sincerely,

Jill Sundell

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