Lamberti Wedding April 21, 2018 | Adventureland Altoona, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Courtney and Brad kicked off our 2018 wedding season with the most gorgeous wedding at Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa in the Palace Theater. I can’t say enough great things about these two! Gosh in 2011 we had the pleasure of photographing Brad’s sisters wedding and many sessions for their family since. How fun to […]
K + E Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
I had a great time with these two! The bride was actually one of our FIRST clients ever with her senior photos years and years ago. Gosh doesn’t that make us seem old! 😉 When they brought up the idea of incorporating his police officer uniform for engagement photos I couldn’t have been more thrilled. Always supporting all […]
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 […]
Courtney + Brad June Lake Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Iowa Wedding Photographer
I wish it could stay mid June forever! Oh gosh that late night perfect summer Iowa light is everything. I had a great nature engagement session in Des Moines last week with these two. I can’t wait for your wedding day in April 2018 at Adventureland. Thanks for having me and we had such a […]
Garman Partners | Des Moines, Iowa Commercial Photographer | Des Moines Professional Headshots
I had a wonderful little commercial photo-shoot today in Des Moines with Garman Partners. If you are in need of fresh fun images for your companies marketing and social media needs in the Des Moines, Iowa area feel free to reach out. We would love to chat about photographing new headshots for your employees, group shots […]
Best Buddy Iowa Friendship Charity Walk | Des Moines, Iowa Event Photographer
Yesterday I had a wonderful time volunteer photographing the Best Buddies of Iowa Friendship Charity Walk in Downtown Des Moines. Each year we try to donate be it time or products to things we support and feel are great causes. I was approached in December by a former bride of ours to see if we […]
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 […]
Petersen Wedding November 5, 2016 | Simpson College and Palmer Hall Indianola Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
What a beautiful November day in Indianola for a wedding! A few weeks ago we traveled to Indianola for Alex & Lindsay’s big day. We’ve shot many weddings at Smith Chapel located on the beautiful Simpson College campus. We were so glad fall stuck around till November for those amazing leaves! The day started out […]
Nelsen Wedding October 1st 2016 | West Des Moines Marriott Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Kaitlyn & Darrell are so much fun! You can truly tell from spending the day with them how much they care about each other. All the laughter and love is apparently in the photos! They were married at the gorgeous West Des Moines Marriott as well as had their reception there. They let Tanner and […]
Audrey & Zach Married | Algona Iowa Spring Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Kicking off Friday with a bang! First 2016 ZTS Photo wedding of the year, woo! Audrey and Zach’s big day was awesome. It might have won the award for the windiest wedding we’ve ever shot but by the photos you would never know. Their friends and family you can tell truly support them and you […]
Laura May + Chase Married | Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Loved this gorgeous fall day with Laura May & Chase! I promised myself I’d get all the blogs from the last 5 weddings pumped out before our first April wedding this year, ha! So here we go with another wonderful day to share! The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is newly remodeled with an perfect garden space for […]
Laura + Justin Mini Winter Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We had a fun mini-engagement session with one of our awesome 2016 couples recently! They were serious troopers, it was way below zero but they knocked these out of the park! Can’t wait for their full session in May and man Des Moines looks great at night. Plus our new wireless flash system knocked it out of […]
Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa aka Pure Awesomeness
Des Moines, Iowa is such a gorgeous place! We have been receiving national attention for the last few years on just how fantastic it is to live here. Even the Today Show did a great piece on our city! I ventured out and braved the cold the other weekend to capture some landscapes of our […]
Moeller Wedding Preview | Des Moines Marriott Jordan Creek Wedding
Just a quick preview of Hannah and Carsten’s wedding yesterday, I was blown away by how many friends and family just truly love these two! You can tell the high-school sweethearts were meant to be together! A full post to come soon from this day of smiles and laughter. Stay tuned!
Oyen Wedding Preview {072013}
Tanner and I had a delightful time photographing Brita & Jacob’s wedding day in Pella, Iowa this past Saturday. Brita can I just add your grandmother made my day quite a few times, she is such a fantastic lady! Stay tuned for an entire blog post soon! Brita I don’t think I have ever seen […]
Des Moines Pano | Downtown Des Moines
I’ve been dying to shoot from this bridge for years but never got around to actually having my camera at the ideal time. Well last week I just happened to have my trusty 70-200 and pulled over for a quick handheld pano of Des Moines. Sometime soon we will have to visit at sunset!
Whiting 09.01.12 | Adventureland Inn Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers
Megan has been a close friend of mine since our business classes days at BVU. I was so excited for her when she told me last summer that her and her at the time boyfriend Bryan were going to look at rings! And even more excited for them when she told me it was official […]
Meet Little Miss L | Des Moines Child Portrait Photographers
Tanner took some great photos of this little chick last Friday. Isn’t she just adorable!
Something Blue | Iowa Wedding Photographers
Ring shots are my favorite. I get so excited for them! Something blue at a wedding recently was a ring given to the bride by her grandmother. I love this so much I just had to share!
Apple Tree Inn in Indianola, Iowa | Iowa Commercial Photography
We had the pleasure of shooting some commercial photography for the Apple Tree Inn in Indianola for their website and promotional materials a few weeks ago. Commercial photography is so much fun and different than the normal weddings and engagement sessions. Through out the past year we have been blessed to shoot several commercial shoots […]
New Glass Goodness 16-35L II
Excited to welcome a new member to our glass lineup with the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II! Pretty stoked to have a fast wide zoom that is sharp as a tack. At first when Tanner brought up the idea I was against it saying we should upgrade our Sigma 14mm f/2.8 or purchase a 45mm […]
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 […]
Seth | Newborn
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot over to our blog by clicking here https://www.ztsblog.com My cousin and his wife have a new little bundle of joy in their life. My family went to welcome Seth into the world a few weeks ago at the Lutheran Hospital here in Des Moines. Isn’t he a cute […]
Shelby 2011 Waukee High School Senior | Des Moines Senior Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com to view the images better! Saturday afternoon we meet up to shoot with Shelby who is a senior to-be (in a few weeks!) gymnast and cheerleader at Waukee High School just outside of Des Moines. She has such a wonderful smile […]
Fisheye Tag
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Last January Tanner and I babysat my little cousin who lives in Johnston…he is SO much fun! Loves the camera, video, etc. I have some other awesome vids of him singing songs and the ABC’s somewhere…to be found at a later […]