Thomas Wedding April 30th 2016|Tournament Club of Iowa Golf Course Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Lucy & Nathan’s big day wins the award for rainiest wedding we’ve ever shot in the past 8 years! It literally rained the entire Saturday, which they say is good luck…but not always so much for photos, ha! They still made the best of it and braved the rain THREE times with us for quick portraits […]
Megan & Wade Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
Our marathon of awesome Des Moines fall engagement sessions continue with Megan and Wade! What a great session filled with so many smiles and laughs. We just can’t wait for the wedding at the Embassy Club Downtown next spring, and seriously, what a great fall it’s been for photos! Thanks so much for choosing us to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fab Feb Sunset Des Moines!
Amazing sunset tonight over the city, really going to miss living here in East Village soon! Stay tuned for some awesome commercial shoots to hit the blog in the next few days. Plus I just can’t believe it is almost wedding season, where is 2013 going? Stay tuned!
Damman Ankeny Backyard Garden Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding
This fall we had the pleasure of shooting another local Des Moines, Iowa photographers wedding in the back yard garden of his childhood home in Ankeny. Feel free to check out and become a fan of Ryan’s photography on his Facebook fan page here RYAN DAMMAN PHOTOGRAPHY. He really has some fantastic work! Their day was so […]
Nicole + Tony Married 10.27.12 | Cedar Falls Iowa Supervisors’ Club Wedding
I have to say Nicole for having TWINS just a short week and 2 days before her wedding, YES you heard right a WEEK AND TWO DAYS!!!! You looked SO FAB! (You go girl!) I have known Nicole for years. I went to college and roomed with her older sister Jennifer and do believe Nicole […]
Kelcie | 2012 Senior Photos Preview
Just a few from our session earlier tonight in East Village with the gorgeous Kelcie!
Neugent Wedding 08.04.12 | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers | The Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Danielle & Sean meet at the University of Iowa their freshman year and have been in love ever since. (Go Hawks!) They had such a gorgeous and fun wedding day surrounded by great friends and family. You can truly tell you two love each other more than anything! Tanner and I had a blast shooting your wedding and […]
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 […]
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!
The 2011 Iowa State Fair. Welcome to awesome.
One of my absolute favorite things to do in on my birthday in August is hit up the ever so classy Iowa State Fair. If you are from the Des Moines area you completely know what I am talking about here! Today happened to be my third trip there in the last four days (I know […]
Kicking off 2011 Wedding Season!
Tomorrow is our first wedding of the year and I must say I am more than excited to get back into sunny Saturdays full of wedding goodness. Personally I just can’t wait to see all the awesome details that the bride has planned for their Fort Des Moines Museum wedding here in Des Moines! Stay […]
Elissa + Matt Engaged | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement Photographers | ZTS Photo
We kicked off our engagement session for Elissa and Matt one of our 2011 wedding couples at Circle Park located on the lake in Storm Lake Iowa this past Saturday. They are getting married this October 8th. The sun was shining and it was the real first warm spring day in Iowa. From there we […]
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 […]
M + R Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post! Sunday we headed down to the Fitch Building for our first e-session of the year! The Catchlight Studio we shot in is primarily used for commercial photography work here in Des Moines and beyond. They have a […]
Christensen Wedding Preview | 10.09.10 | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post! Just a quick sneak peak from our wedding this past Saturday for Kelsi & Todd. The day was perfect! Who could ask for better weather in mid October than lower 80’s and sunny. Congrats Todd & Kelsi […]
Jenna Garner-Hayfield 2011 Senior | Iowa Senior Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sunday evining we meet up with Jenna for some pictures. She is a to-be senior at Garner-Hayfield High School in northern Iowa and has aspirations to become a nurse after high school. Tanner edited all of these and I don’t know […]
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 […]
ZTS Photography Equipment! | Whats in our Bag– April of 2010
If your viewing this on Facebook head over to our blog! http://www.ztsphoto.com I’ve had this written and the pictures taken for well over a month but here it goes! I love reading blogs about what photographers shoot with, we often snoop in Flickr in the details of photos to see the settings the photo was […]