Molly + Mitch April 14, 2017 | DesLux Hotel | Iowa State Capital Wedding
Last Friday I had the pleasure of photographing Mitch and Molly’s wedding at the Iowa Capital. Sadly we had some CRAZY thunderstorms but thankfully even though they were great sports and got soaked mid ceremony…it cleared long enough for some amazing portraits after! We started the day getting ready at DesLux Hotel in Downtown Des […]
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 […]
Des Moines, Iowa Landscapes
Out exploring last weekend after a fun shoot. We have a few commercial clients that lease/buy images from us around Iowa so always great to add a few new ones to our portfolio! And as always you can buy your own (I prefer metal prints of these bad boys!) on our print site here. They […]
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 […]
Grant + Kylie | St Ambrose Cathedral | Des Moines Science Center of Iowa Wedding
I was so excited when Kylie contacted us to photographer her and Grant’s wedding a few months ago. I grew up tumbling with Kylie and looking back I remember her as always being the sweetest person inside and out. Grant you are one lucky man! The day started out at the wonderful Salon W in […]
Breanne + Ryan Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
We had a great fall engagement session with Breanne and Ryan recently. We started off at Grey’s lake and then headed to downtown Des Moines and to some fun spots in East Village. Can’t wait to photograph your wedding next July and so incredibly glad the rain finally held off for your session!
Breanne + Ryan | Downtown Des Moines Engagement Session Preview
These two NAILED their engagement session tonight! I can’t even pick one to post for a preview there are so many fantastic ones!
JB & Steph Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer
I grew up with JB and Steph in Indianola, even attending quite a few life changing week long missions trips with JB over my high school years. I was thrilled with Steph reached out about shooting their wedding next summer! When you think of an incredibly happy couple that just love each other beyond words it […]
The President in our neighborhood! | East Village Obama Visit 2012
It isn’t everyday the President swings by your back yard! Headed out tonight to snap a few photos of the madness here in East Village before and the speech. Wished I would have waited in line from 4pm-10pm for legit seats but I’d say for going outside right before he started I got a pretty […]
Ross Wedding Preview | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Just a few from Jenni & Eric’s wedding day this past Saturday here in Des Moines!
East Village Des Moines Rainbow | ZTS Photo
Gorgeous rainbow after the rain storm tonight here in East Village. Obviously you could find me in the few sprinkles still falling laying in the middle of the E Locust street on my belly taking photos of the rainbow over the Iowa Capital.
Parent Wedding 06.10.12 | Temple for Performing Arts | Des Moines Iowa Wedding
Elizabeth and Nick have THE BEST story of how they meet and fell in love! I was in awe and absolutely loved it when I heard it too. Elizabeth was in Colorado dog sitting for a family friend and Nick was in town on vacation with his best friend. They at random meet at a […]
Moon over the Iowa Capital
I took the 400mm f/4 and 1Ds mk III we had for the last two weeks out for some night test shots on Thursday around the loft in East Village. This is shot from the parking lot on East 5th Street. Holy cow definitely not used to so much reach! More to come soon from the last two BVU […]
Danielle + Sean Engaged | Des Moines, IA
Can’t resist sharing just one as I edit from Danielle and Sean’s engagement session this past Sunday evening. They were decked out in some spectacular Iowa Hawkeye gear for the last spot on their engagement session overlooking the Des Moines skyline. Also…GO HAWKS! 🙂
East Village Des Moines in the Fall
Living in East Village (downtown Des Moines East of the River for those of you non-Des Moines residents) is seriously is amazing! So great to be able to just step out the front door of my loft and snap photos of the Iowa Capital and skyline of Des Moines any night I please. Just a few shots […]
Lauren + Bill | Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
We headed to my hometown of Indianola this past Sunday for Lauren & Bills engagement session. We started off the shoot at Simpson College track where Bill played Football for the Simpson Storm and Lauren ran Track. Then trekked across the gorgeous fall leaves of the Simpson College campus to Buxton Park. The leaves were […]
Katie + Tom Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photos
If your viewing this on facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The Alien Bee 1600 light is finally here! Along with a giant octabox, beauty dish and umbrella! We now have two engagement shoots with it under our belt this being the first with the new rockin’ light setup. Oh goodness the […]