Tag: des moines photographers

Des Moines Top Wedding Photographer Award

We were super stoked to get an e-mail last week that out of 251 wedding photographers in Des Moines we were chosen as ONE of the top 19! How cool is that! You can check out the full list on the Expertise website here. They said their decisions are based on reputation, credibility, experience, availability to […]

ZTS News! | June 2016

After one of our fab engagement sessions last week we stopped by downtown Des Moines on the way home for a quick test of our new (toy) equipment…a DJI Phantom drone! (And YES before you yell at us or lecture us it’s already been registered with the FAA…promise!) We can’t wait to start taking a […]

Anytime Fitness Downtown | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

I had such a blast taking some photos for our gym on Friday night.  Anytime Fitness Downtown had their public grand opening ribbon cutting and celebration as well as wanted a few overall photos of the awesome new space. What a great location downtown in Des Moines. I sure wish this would have been open when we lived […]

R/F Familiy | Des Moines Family Photographer

Had a great family photo session with the R/F family a few weeks ago. This little dude was so adorable! Sad he wasn’t about photos solo, maybe another time! [: Great morning for a session, you guys were awesome to work with, as always!    

A+K Engaged | Bulldog Engagement Photos | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Photographers

I do suppose the insanely cold January in Iowa weather is the perfect time for blogging! With us getting married this past fall I failed to blog SO MANY awesome engagement/family/commercial sessions so here we go with the delightful Ashlee and Kale AND my 2nd favorite adorable bulldog pal Bruce! (Only because we have a […]

Baby H is on the way! | Des Moines Maternity Photographer

You may remember the fantastic Chels and Zach from our 2011 wedding lineup. You can view their amazing wedding here for a refresh if you wish. They are expecting in 5 short weeks and made the treck to Des Moines for a fun snowy maternity session. Enjoy and a HUGE congrats to you two! Can’t […]

Geelan Wedding 07.21.12 | Garner, Iowa | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer

Last Saturday we headed up to Garner, Iowa to shoot one of Tanner’s former college roomate Brett’s big day. Actually Brett and Amanda are both Buena Vista University alums, small world! They actually didn’t meet until after college but you can tell they are just absolutely perfect together. The day started at Styles in Motion […]

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 […]

Northern Iowa Blizzard

Winter really has been pretty non-existent here in Des Moines this year however where Tanner is in Storm Lake they have had a few snow storms. This was taken by Tanner a few weeks ago during the blizzard that occurred in mid-February. Of-course the best thing to do during a sweet snow storm is hop in your car and go […]

ZTS Winter Randoms

It is pretty hard to have a puppy and not take a crazy amount of photos of the little guy! Just some favorites recently of little Dexter. He’s getting so big! 4 months old this week. Where has the last two months gone?! Also a few snowscapes from this past weekends crazy weather. Finally getting […]

Hager New Year’s Eve Wedding | Tuscany Event Center | Des Moines, Iowa

Tony and Steph’s wedding was a fantastic end to our 2011 season as well as kickoff to our 2012! They couldn’t have received better weather for the 31st of December in Iowa. Mid 50’s and glorious. I meet Tony when I was in my senior year of High School in Indianola way back in the […]

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 […]

Jenn + Lucas | Des Moines Engagement

Tanner and I had the pleasure of working with Jenn and Lucas last Saturday afternoon here in Des Moines for a great engagement session. I grew up with Jenn in Indianola as we competed through the years with Joyce’s Gymnastics together. It is always fun catching up with people you haven’t seen since high school […]

The Brady Family

Tonight I had a great session with Ashten her hubby Josh and their adorable little girl Ava. They have some exciting news lately in their lives that they are expecting baby #2 early next summer! Just wanted to share two edits from the session and more to comes soon. I really wish these fall colors […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]

Check it out! 365 A Portrait a Day Project

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com A fellow Des Moines photographer Tom Woolery who runs IKONIX Studio is doing a pretty sweet 365 portrait a day project that Tanner and I have both been a part of in the last few weeks. Such a sweet idea Tom! […]

100mm f/2.8L Macro | ZTS Photo Des Moines Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Cheers to the newest member of the ZTS Photo gear lineup! A 100mm f/2.8L IS macro! We have an engagement session this weekend and can’t wait to try this little booger out. The IS will be awesome for low lit wedding […]

Canon prime lenses for sale! 28mm f/1.8 and 100mm f/2.8 macro

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to the blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post. Having a wee bit of a sell-a-thon to end up 2010! We recently got a 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM macro and thus the handy dandy 100mm f/2.8 macro is up for sale! Also the 28mm f/1.8 lens […]

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 […]

Jess Modeling | Iowa Fashion Photographer

If your viewing this on facebook click here https://www.ztsblog.com to head on over to our blog for the full post! Studio shooting is such a completely different realm of photography! Different funky colored backgrounds, lots of bright lights, pocket wizards rockin’ we just had some fun shooting recently with a local model from Des Moines! […]