Tacker Wedding 03.31.12 | Indianola, Iowa

Saturday we had the pleasure of heading down to Indianola, Iowa for Lucas and Jenn’s wedding. The day completely copperated weather wise, despite the fact that during their engagement session this past fall we had chatted about the possibility of snow! Just wanted to share a quick shot of the two of them just before […]

Happy Holidays!

Last night we put up and decorated a little tree in the loft. Decided that it was the perfect opportunity to bring out the camera and snap a few holiday photos, I just love this time of year! Below shot with the 50L f/1.2, 100L macro f/2.8 and 15mm f/2.8 fisheye Happy holidays all!

Jansen Family

Just one quick one frame from a family session tonight with the Jansen family. It is always fun catching up with old classmates and seeing how their family has grown. Also may I add that their little guy is just absolutely adorable!

Ring Bling | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

One of our favorite things about shooting weddings is finding unique ways to shoot the details of the day in a fun and new way each time. We love spending some quality time with the rings, brides shoes, flowers and gorgeous dresses. I found this super awesome arrangement outside the reception that was just the […]

Kayli + Ryan Engaged | Clear Lake, Iowa

Kayli and Ryan are one of our awesome 2011 wedding couples this year. Their wedding is set for October 1st in gorgeous Clear Lake, Iowa. Yay for fall weddings! We started out at a state park in Clear Lake with lots of awesome shady trees and then headed to an open field and finally down […]

Kayli + Ryan Engaged Sneak Peek | Clear Lake Iowa

Last night couldn’t have been more perfect for an engagement session in Clear Lake. No seriously! No wind mixed with an epic sunset, great fluffy clouds and a fantastic couple that laughed the entire time. Ryan and Kayli are so great to work with! They are one of our October 2011 wedding couples this year. […]

Shelby + Paul Engaged | Storm Lake, Iowa

Happy Friday all! Here is the final post of our favorite images from Shelby and Paul’s engagement session in Storm Lake. We started the session at the Storm Lake baseball field with the Twins jerseys as they are both HUGE Twins fans. From there ventured off to this awesome field we found just out of […]

East Village Des Moines Rain

Working and living in the East Village here in downtown Des Moines can be so much fun! It is full of great little shops and food joints as well as locations to shoot for photo sessions. Last night it was pouring down rain and decided to snap a photo of the inside of my doorway […]

Elissa + Matt Engaged Sneak Peek | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement

Elissa and I have been friends since my Junior year of college at Buena Vista University. She is just an incredibly happy person and always has a huge smile on her face and a positive attitude about life. Her contagious laugh can make you instantly happy and smile in any situation! When she contacted us […]

East Village Sunset | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

A little over two weeks ago I shipped my camera off to get cleaned and tuned up for our upcoming engagement, weddings and senior sessions. I must tell you living without my camera for just under two weeks was almost unbearable! We are a member of something called Canon Professional Services or CPS which for […]

70 Degrees in Iowa…in February! | Iowa Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Last Thursday one of my best friends and I ventured out to snap some photos just West of his house in Grimes, IA. It was a gorgeous 70 degree day in mid February. YES! I said 70 in Iowa in February! […]

2010 World Food Festival Des Moines, IA

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The company I work full time for is one of the sponsors for the World Food Festival that takes place every year here in East Village. The festival just celebrated its 6th year here in Des Moines and since live as […]

Amy + Jon-Michael | Ledges State Park Engagement Photos

On Saturday Tanner and I made the short trek up to Ledges State Park just out of Boone to snap some fun engagement pictures of Amy and Jon-Michael. We have the pleasure of shooting their wedding at the end of  August in Carroll, IA. At first when Amy approached me about doing an all-nature engagement […]

Weeds Iowa!

If your viewing this on Facebook click here to head on over to our blog: https://www.ztsblog.com The light was just PERFECT the other night on my way back from a run so I bolted upstairs to my condo and grabbed the 5D MK II and our new 100mm f/2.8 macro lens that I have been […]