Apple Tree Inn Motel Indianola, Iowa | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

We had the change to shoot the Apple Tree Inn Motel in Indianola remodel recently. What a fun shot! So fun to see how much the hotel has changed over the years. Thanks for having us back! If you are in need of fresh commercial images of your property, business, etc on social media marketing […]

Local Food Creative | Professional Commercial Headshots | Des Moines, Iowa

One of our local videographer friends who owns Local Food Creative here in Des Moines reached out about some fun new head shots involving the gorgeous Des Moines skyline. Of course I said yes! What a perfect spot! Thanks Chris for having me, I had a blast capturing these for you! And if you are […]

Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Headshots

I had a great time last week shooting some new social media marketing photos for a local law firm. Thanks for having me out! If you are in the Des Moines, Iowa area and looking for some fun fresh professional head shots and marketing images don’t hesitate to reach out! We would love to work […]

Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Social Media Marketing Photos

Another great commercial photography shoot in the books from Urbandale earlier this week. Thanks for having me out and the new office space looks wonderful! If you are in need of some new social media marketing images, advertising photos, professional head shots, office interior and exterior photos in the Des Moines, Iowa area feel free […]

Des Moines, Iowa Commercial Photographer | Marketing Photos

I had a great time earlier this week photographing a local Des Moines accounting firm. We shot lots of fresh marketing and social media around the office photos. Thanks for having me out! I can’t wait to see these in print and on the web soon. Des Moines companies don’t hesitate to reach out if you […]

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 […]

Central Bank Headshots | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

We had another great shoot yesterday with one of our ongoing commercial photography clients Central Bank (check out our awesome landscape images on their site also!). Thanks so much for having us out! And if you are in need of some new fresh headshot images or social media marketing images in Des Moines let us know, […]

Des Moines Commercial Headshots | Des Moines Photographer

We had another great commercial shoot today in Des Moines for a local bank. Thanks so much for the opportunity to photograph new head shots for a few employees. As always if you are in need of new marketing or social media photos here in the Des Moines area feel free to contact us, we […]

Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Law Firm Photos

Had a wonderful session with a local law firm the other day for some updated website photos and head-shots. Always love doing commercial work. Feel free to let us know (info@ztsphoto.com) if you would like to schedule an office visit for head-shots and general social media photos in the Des Moines area. We would love to […]

Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa | Wall Art Galore

Occasionally for fun we venture out and take a few landscapes after shoots or on a weekend we aren’t busy. Over the years I’ve been asked alot where people can buy our fun photos of Des Moines, well wait no longer! The gallery is located here: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes-by-ZTS-Photo/ Great for your office, home or a gift! Why […]

2014 Behind the Scenes | Des Moines Wedding Photographers Tanner & Sarah Urich

Something that’s fun and we’ve been doing since 2009 (our first year in business) is looking back on the behind the scenes pics from all our weddings, senior, family, commercial, etc shoots from the year. ZTS started out in 2009 with Tanner and I (then dating) and kind of fun that we are now married […]

AO Wealth Advisory | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

I had a great time photographing some corporate photos for AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. AO Wealth Advisory provides financial planning and investment management  services. If you are in need of some fun and friendly social media photos or just to update your website photos in the Des Moines area let us know, we would love […]

Commercial Photography Feature on the Des Moines Business Record COVER!

Always so cool to see our photos used in great ways! Especially when they make the COVER story of the Des Moines Business Record for our Leaning Tower of Pizza shoot. Don’t forget to head on over and check out the whole article featuring our photos and a great article about Visionary in Des Moines. VIEW […]

Sakari Sushi Lounge | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

We had the pleasure of photographing our dream last week, the ENTIRE sushi menu at the local Sakari Sushi Lounge…and then eating it with 15 of our closest friends! Sakari is my favorite sushi place hands down. They just won 2014 Cityview Best local sushi place of Des Moines as well as expanded and remodeled to […]

ABC 5 Feature! | Des Moines Landscape Photographer

Oh gosh we got THE BEST e-mail earlier today from the owner of the Des Moines is Not Boring blog. Apparently we were featured in a great news story about this blog by the local ABC 5 news earlier this week and he wanted to make sure we caught it. If you want to view […]

MintL.A. Boutique Des Moines Fall 2013 Fashion | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

This was our third year shooting fall fashions for the amazing local clothing shop MintL.A. Boutique located in West Glen Town Center near Jordan Creek Mall and their all new location in Ankeny, Iowa. It is always such a blast working for the owner Rebekah as well as these two fantastic ladies, they just make shooting so […]

Aspen Ridge 9507 University Ave – Des Moines Condo For Sale!

Had a blast tonight photographing a condo that is going up for sale here in Clive just across from Valley West Mall. Awesome commute to WDM or downtown as it is just about a mile from the 235 exit. Great two bedroom & two bath with great hardwood floors in the living room and kitchen. […]

Drake Relays 2013 {des moines, iowa track awesomeness}

Just a few quick photos from a day spent at the 2013 Drake Relays! I had a blast going and it was such a gorgeous day. Maybe someday I will get time to sift through the 700+ photos I took on Saturday! If you live in Des Moines and haven’t been to the Relays be sure to […]

Merle Hay Lanes Bowling | ZTS Commercial Photography

Some of our fantastic commercial photography for Merle Hay Lanes has landed on their newly redesigned website designed by Visionary. Don’t forget to stop by and check out the site as well as visit for some bowling goodness if you are in the Des Moines area. I had such a blast hanging out and taking  photos during league […]

IP International | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

A few weeks ago we had a great session with a local Des Moines company for some product shots of animal food they produce, office photos, detail shots of a few machines they assemble and general photos of employees daily tasks. As always commercial shoots are so much fun and require a completely different mindset […]

Visionary Headshots | Des Moines Commercial Photographers

Recently I had the honor of taking office headshots for the new Visionary website launch. I had a blast shooting everyone and the results are below. If you are in need of head-shots in Des Moines or the Des Moines Iowa area for networking, new website photos or the like feel free to get in touch […]

MintL.A. Boutique Des Moines | Spring 2013 Fashions

I had the pleasure last week of shooting some amazing 2013 spring looks for the local MintL.A. Boutique located in West Glen Town Center. I don’t believe the owner, Rebekah Risbeck, could have picked better models for this shoot. Katy & Jolene you two girls made my job so incredibly easy! If you are looking […]

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!

Pluggabugg | ZTS Commercial Product Photography

I had the pleasure last Friday of snapping some more photos of the Pluggabug for web use and just wanted to share a few of my favorites from the session. Feel free to check out their website (and some of our photos!) here PLUGGABUGG and grab one up from Amazon here. As always fun to […]

Merle Hay Lanes | Des Moines Commercial Bowling Alley Photos

A few weeks ago I shot some fun photos of Merel Hay Lanes bowling alley located below Merle Hay Mall here in Des Moines. I’ve never had so much fun shooting at a commercial shoot! These teams bowling that Tuesday night were just so much fun to joke around with and had no problem showing me […]

pluggabugg | ZTS Commercial Photography | Des Moines Iowa

Some of our commercial photography went live recently on the pluggabugg website! Feel free to check out the site and product if you have a few moments at: http://www.pluggabugg.com As always it is so much fun to see companies use our photographs for web and print! Don’t forget to check out Visionary as well for […]

Ashworth Vision Clinic | ZTS Commercial

I had the pleasure to photograph Ashworth Vision Clinic last night for their chamber of commerce ribbon cutting as well as staff portraits and photos for their website Visionary is making for their new office location!  

Hager Family Photos | Des Moines Family Portrait Photographers

Just wrapped up editing two weddings an engagement session and a family session. Expect lots on the blog in the next few days to come! Tony and Steph are one of our favorite 2011 wedding couples. We meet up with them and their awesome pups for some photos a few nights ago and so excited […]

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 […]

Nebraska Photography Meetup

Tanner and I went to a studio get together in Nebraska a few weeks ago. Among chatting with some of the local photographers, shooting some studio shots and sharing a few beers we had one of them snap a photo of us in the gorgeous basement studio. Kind of fun to be behind the camera for […]

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 […]

Q Construction | ZTS Commercial

We had the privilege of shooting some recently finished projects for a Spencer Iowa construction company a few weekends ago.Props to Tanner for putting together some awesome HDRs!