serving the greater Des Moines, IA area
a modern studio that partners with you to create fine art portraits for your home.

Boutique Experience

Welcome to a full-service photography studio that partners with you to design, photograph and print one-of-a-kind, fine art portraits that tell your family’s story.
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 Studio Tour

At your studio tour, you’ll learn about Anj Portrait Studio while talking through your portrait vision and your “why.” It’s the perfect opportunity to get to know each other!

Fine Art Session

The Fine Art Session is customized to who you and/or your family are – it’s energetic, filled with fun, and focused on your story.

Art Selection

All Anj portraits are beautifully finished. At your Art Selection appointment, we’ll finalize your Fine Art and make decisions on where your art will live!

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How Anj Portrait Studio Creates Hand-Painted Fine Art Portraits

How Anj Portrait Studio Creates Hand-Painted Fine Art Portraits

Our family decided this year we’re creating a family crest - complete with symbolism, an animal avatar (Fox), and a saying that represents us. Our oldest, Malachi, suggested “knowledge is power.” So simple, and 100% who we are. A family of life-long learners, no...

Be in The Photo

Be in the Photo. Not because you look perfect. Because you were there. I was raised in a family where pictures were cherished.  My mom is present in...

Be in The Photo

Be in The Photo

Be in the Photo. Not because you look perfect. Because you were there. I was raised in a family where pictures were cherished.  My mom is present in our childhood albums, as a teenager in India with her two sisters, little snapshots of life that show me both the human...

Be in The Photo

Be in the Photo. Not because you look perfect. Because you were there. I was raised in a family where pictures were cherished.  My mom is present in our childhood albums, as a teenager in India with her two sisters, little snapshots of life that show me both the human...

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Anj Olson of Anj Portrait Studio is a Master Photographer, Certified Professional Photographer, and an internationally award-winning portrait artist. Her experience as a photographer for 12 years and a Mama to three children has given her a unique talent to photograph from a narrative perspective both beautifully and authentically. Anj Portrait Studio is located in Ankeny, Iowa. She specializes in studio and environmental portraits and the studio is situated on an acre of gorgeous prairie grasses bordered by a forest treeline.

Anj Portrait Studio focuses on tangible art for your home; fine art of those you love in your favorite spaces.

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Anj is not your everyday photographer, she is an artist whose talents allow her to capture the wonderment and beauty of childhood in every single image.
- Annie
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Anj is not your everyday photographer, she is an artist whose talents allow her to capture the wonderment and beauty of childhood in every single image.
Annie
- Annie
Anj crafted a beautiful narrative from our creative collaboration meeting and brought out the deep beauty in our children.
- Katie
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Anj crafted a beautiful narrative from our creative collaboration meeting and brought out the deep beauty in our children.
Katie
- Katie
As I sat, 8 months pregnant, frantically browsing the internet for a newborn photographer (3rd baby problems) I ran across Anj and fell in love.
- Tiffany
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As I sat, 8 months pregnant, frantically browsing the internet for a newborn photographer (3rd baby problems) I ran across Anj and fell in love.
Tiffany
- Tiffany

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