Meg & Eric Downtown Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I had a great (but cold holy cow!) January engagement session with Eric & Meg. You’d never know it was 30 degrees, and I swear they didn’t stop smiling the entire session. You can tell Meg is originally from Wisconsin, she just braved the cold no questions asked! You two are so adorable together! I’ve known […]
G + A Proposal | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Proposal Photographers
I love shooting exciting things, and not much is more exciting than a surprise engagement proposal! Congrats to G+A this weekend on popping the question at the Iowa Capital, what a great view of the city! Note: two photographers = better than one FTW also. Always great to have that 2nd angle or viewpoint of […]
Drake Relays 2014 | Des Moines Sports Photographer
I had a blast photographing the 2014 Drake Relays for an afternoon. Such a great annual event in the Des Moines area. If you haven’t been, be sure to check it out in 2015! I must say the long jump is probably my new favorite thing to photograph, loved all the flying sand!
Miller Wedding | May 4, 2013 | Decorah, Iowa
Peggy and Andy had an awesome wedding day surrounded by family and friends. They even got a very rare May snowstorm the two days prior, let us all thank Iowa that it didn’t happen on the 4th. Ha! Tanner and I made the trek up to Decorah, Iowa last Friday and I must say we were more […]
Miller Wedding Preview {05.04.13} | Decorah, IA
We kicked off our 2013 wedding season with Peggy and Andy in Decorah, IA this past weekend and I wanted to share a few of our favorite portraits from the day below. Peggy and I have been friends for years and were roommates our freshman year at Buena Vista University. I was truly honored when Andy told […]
Kelsey + Adam {engaged} | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement
Kelsey and Adam have been great together forever it seems, I remember sitting with them playing cards at college in BVU gosh…years ago! I was thrilled when Adam asked me to be there when he popped the big question a few months ago and even more thrilled to spend Sunday afternoon with them taking their […]
Lucas + Megan Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
Lucas aka “Catfish” as he was nicknamed in college has been one of my very best guy friends since my college days at BVU. I was more than thrilled when he text me and told me he was going to pop the question to the lovely Megan that weekend with a photo of the ring attached! And even more […]
Buena Vista University HDR Athlete Composites | BVU Sports
Tanner put together these seriously awesome composites of Buena Vista University athletes over the last few weeks. His goal was to portray them larger than life and attract a feeling of pride, especially in BVU conveyed by the photos. The athletes pics were all taken with three alien bee strobes to create an image that […]
Brett + Amanda | Engaged | Forest City, Iowa
Last weekend we meet up with and shot Brett & Amanda’s engagement session in Forest City. We had such a blast working with you two! Always fun to shoot fellow BVU alum. We found some really awesome and fun locations for the session around Forest City. The wood pile is probably one of my […]
Buena Vista University vs Loras College | Football 2011
The November 16th football game was the last BVU game of the 2011 year as well as senior day. The team posted a win with a final score of 28-0 over Loras College. Pretty decent way to wrap up the 2011 season Beavers! The weather was pretty delightful for the middle of November. The photos below […]
Buena Vista University vs Simpson College Football 2011
Tanner and I headed down to Simpson College a few weeks ago to shoot the Buena Vista University vs Sipmson College football game. We haven’t made it to many BVU football games this year since we had so many weddings and engagement shoots scheduled on Saturdays the last few months. Although BVU didn’t post up […]
Elissa + Matt 10.08.11 Wedding | Storm Lake, Iowa
I meet Elissa about 5 years ago at BVU. She was in my suite in visiting one of my roommates and was laughing so incredibly loud at something I just had to go see what was so funny. As always you can count on her to this day to be smiling from ear to ear and constantly […]
Doebel Wedding Sneak Peek
Matt and Elissa were married this past Saturday at the Schaller Chapel on the Buena Vista University campus in Storm Lake where they both attended college. Pretty sure Elissa didn’t stop smiling or laughing the entire day! Also isn’t her dress just amazing?!
Megan & Brandon Engaged
Yesterday afternoon we had a great engagement session with Brandon, Megan & their adorable pupps in Storm Lake. Just wanted to share a shot from the very first location of the shoot. More to come soon!
Natalie + Brady | Sioux City, Iowa Engagement Session Sneak Peek
Saturday we had the pleasure of shooting an engagement sessions with a fellow BVU alum and her fiancé in Sioux City. It is always fun to shoot former classmates and see how much life has changed and grown in the last few years! This session was just awesome, so many great locations and photos to […]
Buena Vista University Football 2010 | Senior Day
If your viewing this on Facebook head over to our blog at www.ztsblog.com for the full post! We shot the last Buena Vista University home football game of the year with a Canon 1D MK IV and a 300mm f/2.8 USM IS lens from CPS. I must say…WOW. We need two MK IV’s stat! We […]
Matt + Jessi Engagement Photos Preview | Storm Lake, IA
Just a few shots from our engagement session last night in Storm Lake with Matt & Jessi. They are one of our fantastic 2011 wedding couples for June 18th 20 2011 and we couldn’t be more excited to be a part of their big day! Especially as they are fellow BVU Beavers. One wedding, two […]
Hustedt Wedding Boquet & Garter Tossin’ | Storm Lake Iowa Wedding
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Possibly the best bouquet toss image from the summer. Props to Tanner for capturing this one! Faith finally ended up victorious! Now onto a few crowd shots from the garter toss:
Hustedt Wedding First Dance | Iowa Wedding Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com What is better to spend your day surrounded by love. This wedding just proved more to me why I LOVE to shoot weddings and just to be a part of a couples lives on their wedding day. Tanner and I spent […]
ZTS Update: June 2010
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: HTTP://WWW.ZTSBLOG.COM We are swamped. Weddings + seniors + families + engagements + events + commercial shoots + a magazine deal with the Iowan + inquiries like no other! The full on summer swing of things has officially started and we couldn’t be more excited! […]