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Nicole and David Eagan Engagement Photo Session

Posted on October 22, 2016 by waynem

Nicole and David Eagan Engagement Photo Session

Having your daughter get engaged is of course outrageously exciting. You start having all these grand ideas of the future, you start making plans for the wedding and then you start thinking, how in the world are we going to make all of this happen? Continue reading →

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Eagan Senior Portraits ~ Ben V

Posted on September 7, 2015 by waynem

Super Fun Eagan Senior Portraits

Outing with Ben

Here we are in September in the middle of senior portrait season. This year is a particularly hot and heavy season partially because we’ve been so active in the community for so many years and many of the kids that we know from the community are graduating this year. Continue reading →

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Artsy Pictures for Portraits St Paul and Minneapolis

Posted on July 21, 2015 by waynem

Artsy Pictures for Portraits

In general I’m a normal portrait kind of guy. I do some family portraits I do senior portraits and I do model portfolio portraits. But recently I was challenged to do artsy pictures as portraits. You know what I mean? We are talking about the new modern hipster style of pictures. Continue reading →

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Eagan Senior Portraits Joe Bosshardt

Posted on July 16, 2015 by waynem

Eagan Senior Portraits

Joe Bosshardt Sr Portrait Session

I love shooting senior portraits! Why you ask? Well first off, I am been watching many of these young adults that I get to photograph for years as they have grown up with my kids. Now, they are getting ready for their youthful high school magnum opus and they are filled with excitement, expectation, hopes and yes some fear. This is probably the year in school that they will be the most confident, the most gifted and they will have the most opportunities presented to them. Continue reading →

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Amy Bjornson Actress Portfolio Photography Session

Posted on June 25, 2015 by waynem

Amy Bjornson Actress Portfolio Photography Session ~ Amy contacted me about 6 months ago to help her work on her acting/model portfolio headshots and assorted images. She has some great ideas of who she is and who she wants to portray and what she wants to do as she breaks in to the acting world. Continue reading →

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Art Sale ~ Finally Get the Print You Have Been Wanting

Posted on August 29, 2014 by waynem

HUGE LABOR DAY ART SALE!!  You can’t believe it I know, but it’s already the end of summer. In the upper Midwest, that is a very big deal.  It is time to start taking life, home and the office seriously … Continue reading →

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Touring Chicago

Posted on December 1, 2013 by waynem

If you ever go to Chicago as a tourist or you have always wanted to go, then this is a must read article by my friend John VanOverbeke which describes in rich detail why Chicago is a must visit location. … Continue reading →

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Bayfield Wisconsin Photography Adventure

Posted on November 1, 2013 by waynem

Many of you have been asking me questions like, “Is Questions and Answers Blog still alive?” The answer to that question may be just a little bit complicated. The old Questions and Answers blog that you have come to know and love is not going away any time soon but for the time being I have consolidated my efforts at building a new project. Continue reading →

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What to Wear For Senior Portraits

Posted on August 10, 2013 by wpadmin

The first question that comes to most of my clients mind as they consider having their senior portraits taken is what should I wear? So to answer all your questions I have written this article to give you confidence that you are making the right choice and now you are ready for a wonderful photo session. Continue reading →

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Learn the Fundamentals of Photography

Posted on July 24, 2013 by waynem

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Nowadays, however, those words are in danger of being swallowed by the existential void.

Over 90 million digital images are uploaded each day to Instagram alone, which has led some critics to comment on the sensory overload of photographs floating around cyberspace.

Consequently, it’s humbling to be sent a reminder of a time when photography was a much more laborious – but some would argue more valuable – process.
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Casa del Prado Balboa Park San Diego

Posted on April 13, 2013 by waynem

Casa del Prado Balboa Park San Diego, a photo by !!WaynePhotoGuy on Flickr. These images are from a recent photographic expedition to San Diego CA. The purpose of the trip was to capture early spring in southern Californian in a … Continue reading →

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Fleming United Methodist Church

Posted on March 21, 2013 by waynem

Some good friends allowed me to use their cabin for a brief much needed mid winter sabbatical. There was one small condition. I had to capture a few images of the place. How could I not? It was so gorgeous and peaceful that I had no choice. So these are some of the things that I had seen Continue reading →

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World Premiere of LetThereBeLightFineArt.com

Posted on March 2, 2013 by wpadmin

Welcome to the World Premiere of LetThereBeLightFineArt.com

The website WayneMoran.com is functional and gets a ton of traffic but I have been getting feedback for years that it does not really display the fine art nature of my photography in a user friendly and it certainly needed a major overhaul. Instead of risking losing all of the current traffic that it gets by deleting all kinds of existing content I decided it was time to launch an entirely new website that complete focuses on my Fine Art Photography. Continue reading →

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Red Bull Crashed Ice 2013 St Paul MN

Posted on January 26, 2013 by wpadmin

Red Bull Crashed Ice 2013 St Paul MN
Folks from Red Bull must really love the Twin Cities Minneapolis/St Paul because they have done so many events here Continue reading →

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Lowry Avenue Bridge Minneapolis

Posted on January 16, 2013 by waynem

Great pictures of Lowry Avenue Bridge Minneapolis
After more than four years without a bridge connecting north and northeast Minneapolis, more than 350 people celebrated the grand opening of a new Lowry Avenue bridge on Saturday morning with boisterous fanfare that included a parade, jet flyover and water ski show. Continue reading →

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Autumn ~ Lebanon Hills

Posted on October 7, 2012 by waynem

Autumn ~ Lebanon Hills, a photo by !!WaynePhotoGuy on Flickr. “You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and … Continue reading →

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Best Senior Portrait Photographer Session ~ Mallory

Posted on August 18, 2012 by waynem

Many may ask who is the best senior portrait photographer in Eagan or their particular city. My answer is always the same. The person who you can enjoy working with and the person who is able to capture the personality and the essence of the senior being photographed is the best photographer. That is a grandiose way of saying, it depends. Continue reading →

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Photographic Journey – Rocky Mountain National Park

Posted on July 14, 2012 by waynem

Let’s be honest, nobody really wants to listen to your stories of what you did for your summer vacation. I am just being honest here. Once in a while you will be able to corner someone and sit them down and get them to look at your pictures. But for the most part that are just being nice. Continue reading →

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Memorial Day – US National Holiday Weekend

Posted on May 26, 2012 by waynem

Memorial Day
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people , and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading →

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Mark A Quinley Model Portfolio Session

Posted on May 2, 2012 by waynem

Last week I received a call from a young man. He said he was way up in White Bear Lake and he was wondering if we could do a photo session to help him work on his modeling portfolio. I said sure, it sounds like fun. In my mind I was wonder how in the world did he find me. Continue reading →

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Cathedral of Saint Paul – Preparing for Easter II

Posted on March 31, 2012 by waynem

As we are in Lent preparing for Easter I had to get over to the St Paul Cathedral to attempt to capture they way they prepare for Easter in that magnificent structure. This is one of the images that I captured. Continue reading →

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Spring flowers in MN.

Posted on March 25, 2012 by waynem

Spring flowers in MN., a photo by !!WaynePhotoGuy on Flickr. Spring flowers in MN.

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First Attempts at Recording Video on the Canon 5D Mark II

Posted on March 22, 2012 by waynem

I have been shooting Canon for my still photography work for quite some time now. I may actually be somewhat of an oddity because I am mostly a landscape and architecture photographer and it seems to me many people chose Nikon as their camera of choice if that is what they shoot, but I guess I started with Canon and will probably stay there unless someone gives me a stable of Nikon gear. I must admit I do lust after that 9 image auto bracket when it comes to my HDR work but that is a much different story. Continue reading →

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Prints Tecumseh Poem from Act of Valor Movie

Posted on March 9, 2012 by waynem

Many of the visitors have been asking me if they can buy a print or some kind of wall hanging of the poem to hang on their walls in their home or office. So after many requests I contracted with the design team at OxRun LLC to come up with something that is beautiful and respectful of Chief Tecumseh, the poem and the movie. Continue reading →

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Hoar frost Minnesota Morning

Posted on February 12, 2012 by waynem

Many of you who do not live in Minnesota may think Minnesota is a frozen wasteland much of the year. It may even be true that as I get a little older there are more and more reasons to agree with that description of this place. But even a frozen wasteland has its advantages. Once in a while we in Minnesota get to experience the amazing spectacle of God’s creation in the magic of hoar frost. Continue reading →

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