K + J June, 23 2018 | Sunset Ridge Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers | Barn Wedding Iowa
Sunset Ridge Barn is the absolute perfect location for a June wedding here in Iowa! Just minutes South of the Des Moines, Iowa metro they have the most gorgeous backdrop for ceremonies over looking the pond. K+J had the best day filled with happy tears, love and laughter. K made the most beautiful bride and […]
Hoskins Wedding 06.02.2018 | Red Acre Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Saturday we headed down to one of our very favorite venues in the Des Moines area for a wedding, Red Acre Barn! If you are looking for a barn run by owners who truly care about your big day, look no further! They truly pour their heart into their venue. Such a perfect spot for […]
Leonard Wedding 05.26.2018 | Carper Vineyard and Winery Wedding Norwalk, Iowa | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Michelle and Justin were married on Saturday at the new Carper Vineyard & Winery in Norwalk, Iowa. What a great new venue in the Des Moines area for outdoor weddings! It just happened to be the hottest day of 2018 so far, phew! Their outdoor ceremony was at 97 degrees, yikes! Let’s hope that qualifies […]
Mandy + Harrison 04.28.2018 | Decades Event Center Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers ZTS Photo
Mandy and Harrison were married at the new Decades Event Center in Des Moines. What a fun new vintage wedding venue just a few minuets West of Downtown with a beyond amazing staff! Mandy and the gals started their morning at One Eighty Salon for hair and makeup in Indianola. Post hair and makeup we […]
Kendra + Jesse Barnes’ Place Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Kendra and Jesse battled some crazy rain all day off and on for their October wedding at the gorgeous Barnes’ Place barn wedding venue in Adel. They truly made the best of it by utilizing the gorgeous interior of the venue! And their adorable little son just stole the show all day. What a little […]
WE’RE MOVING! The new ZTS Photo digs coming April 2018!
Excited to share that we are officially building (another) house! AND it’s actually…almost done!!! We’ve been SO incredibly busy these last few months it’s been such a blur of work, weddings, commercial shoots, portraits, building meetings, you name it! Tanner and I are blessed to have been able to do something totally custom this time, have a […]
The Forkners | Sunset Des Moines Wedding Portrait Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We had such an amazing wedding portrait session with these two at sunset a few days ago. Wedding portraits are so incredibly important so it was great to be able to capture some special ones for these two. They literally let us pick any spot we wanted and were so much fun to work with! […]
Benskin Wedding July 22, 2017 | Red Acre Barn | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Taylor and Billy had the most beautiful Iowa barn wedding at Red Acre Barn just a few minuets south of Des Moines. The night even ended with quite the bang! They went all out on florals with the amazing Shelly Sarver Designs, as always her arrangements blow us away! Despite the 93 degree day they […]
MADE IN DSM – ZTS PHOTO Feature | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Andrew and Derek of MADE IN DSM reached out to Tanner and I a few weeks ago asking if we would like to be featured. HECK YES we would!!!! They started MADE IN DSM to remind people why Des Moines matters by collaborating with other great local designers, companies, and start-ups. The end goal is to show […]
Robinson Wedding | Central College Pella, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Tanner and I had a great time capturing the Robinson wedding a few weeks ago in Pella, Iowa. We started off getting ready with the girls at the church, ironically Tanner and I shot one of our first ever weddings at the same church in oh gosh 2009? 2010? It’s so fun to return back […]
J+M Engaged | Fall Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
What a fun fall engagement session recently. This is one of our awesome May 2017 couples, and we can’t wait for their big day at the Downtown Des Moines Marriott. I had a blast exploring the Papa John Sculpture Park, the Women of Achievement bridge with that epic sunset glow of mist off the river […]
Herring Wedding 8.27.16 | Holiday Inn West Des Moines | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
What a beautiful August day for a wedding! I was so excited when Morgan and Matt told us about the vintage fire truck for portraits. I mean how cool is that! Matt is a volunteer firefighter for the City of West Des Moines. Apparently someone donated the beautiful vintage fire truck for firefighters to use […]
The Venue Report | Keller Brick Barn | Best Barn Venues in the USA
GUYS! Super stoked to have one of venue images of the amazing Keller Brick Barn in Dallas Center, Iowa featured on The Venue Report article! Beautiful Barn Wedding Venues in the USA…see it here! Also if you are looking for a barn venue for your wedding in Iowa the owners are amazing, don’t hesitate to […]
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 […]
Reed Wedding Preview Video 08.20.16 | Diamond Oaks Event Center Wedding | Clear Lake, Iowa Wedding
Tanner put together a fun little drone wedding video preview from Saturday’s gorgeous wedding at Diamond Oaks Event Center in Clear Lake, Iowa. I still can’t get over the RAINBOW we had at sunset. Seriously if rain is good luck on a wedding day a rainbow has to be the best luck ever! Congrats Nic & […]
Tanner & Emily Proposal | World Food Prize Building | Des Moines Proposal Photographers
Tanner and I had the pleasure of photographing a surprise proposal this past Friday at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates building here in Des Moines. OH MY GOSH they were so adorable! Congrats to Tanner and Emily and he spent so much time and love into the proposal! How adorable are they?! Wishing […]
Red Acre Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Barn Wedding Venue | Styled Shoot
The wonderful owners of the new Red Acre Barn wedding venue shot us message a few weeks ago asking if we’d be interested in joining them for a styled shoot. Of-course I said I would LOVE to check out the beautiful new venue AND take some photos! Thanks for including me and I had a blast! […]
Backhaus Wedding Dubuque, Iowa | University of Dubuque and Peosta Community Centre Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
A few weekends ago Tanner and I headed to Dubuque for Lindsey & Matt’s big day. And what a gorgeous day it was! They found the coolest spots overlook the river for us to take photos at and I can’t believe the weather was only in the upper 70’s with no breeze for July. Post […]
Backhaus Wedding Video July 16, 2016 | University of Dubuque, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Videographers
Lindsey & Matt had the most gorgeous wedding day! SERIOUSLY guys I can’t even begin to tell you how awesome it was. July in Iowa can be HOT and I mean HOT and HUMID and they somehow lucked out with honestly probably the best weather we’ve ever had for a wedding. High 70’s, perfect sky, […]
Alex + Lindsay Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers | Lake Engagement Session
With this post I’m officially all caught up for our vacation starting tomorrow night! WOO! We had a wonderful (BUT 95+ degree HOT) engagement session last week. These two are so much fun! We can’t wait until their (hopefully cooler) wedding this November in Indianola. June is just so perfect for a wonderful sunset and […]
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 […]
Scholten Wedding | Downtown Des Moines Embassy Club Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Megan and Wade had the coolest wedding day planned. We absolutely loved shooting at the Embassy Club downtown, what a VIEW!!! Seriously. So cool to be on the 38th floor at sunset overlooking the Des Moines skyline. The day started out with rain but they handled it light a champ, Spring 2016 = the year […]
Keller Brick Barn | Rustic Barn Wedding Venue | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
A few weeks ago Kady Godfrey one of the owners of the Keller Brick Barn wedding venue in Dallas Center messaged me for some fun venue photos. It is located just a few min Northwest of the Des Moines metro and what a gorgeous spot for a wedding! They even have air conditioning…which if you […]
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 […]
Justin & Laura Engaged | Iowa Farm Engagement | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Could these two be more adorable?! Tanner and I had a blast returning to the farm for a wonderful engagement session for Laura and Justin last weekend. We are so stoked for their wedding this Sept and I couldn’t even begin to pick what to blog. I love them all. You two knocked these out […]
Courtney + Jordan Married | Duncan Community Ballroom Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Next up are Courtney and Jordan’s big day this past fall. The ceremony took place at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in the small town of Britt Iowa in North Iowa. Following the ceremony we headed out for some photos at a nearby nature preserve and the reception that ended the night was held at […]
When Wedding Photographers Take Snow Selfies…
Well our new wireless lighting system is a go! I fully approve! Tanner and I played with our new setup in our backyard the other night during a light snowstorm and I couldn’t be happier with the ease of use to turn the power up and down fast and results. We are ready to go for […]
Avery-Bailey Wedding | Clear Lake Cabin Wedding | Lady of The Lake Wedding
When I look back on this wedding day I can’t help but smile. What a fantastic and fun day to shoot! It was picture perfect for a wedding on Clear Lake. We started out at Hair & Co and then headed to the coolest house a few miles away for getting ready photos. The owners not […]
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 […]
Riley Wedding | Embassy Club West Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
It has been one crazy busy (and wonderful) year for us! Finally blogging a bunch of our 2015 weddings we haven’t had time to do so yet! This one is one of my favorites from June with the fantastic Glenda & Brad. Getting ready, ceremony and reception all took place at Embassy Club West. The ceremony […]
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 […]
C + N Engaged | Big Creek Engagement | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer
We had a great engagement session last weekend with Courtney & Nick at Big Creek. The light was just perfect and it sure feels more like fall out these last few days than I’d like to admit lately, Iowa what is up with that!? But that sunset at the end, pure perfection! Can’t wait to photograph […]
Jami + Trevor | Lake Panorama Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We kicked off our busy 2015 wedding season a few weekends ago in Stuart/Lake Panorama Iowa. It may have been a dreary day weather wise but it was sure full of endless smiles and laughter! Jami and Trevor were married in Stuart at Saints Center. Saints Center is one of the coolest places I’ve been in […]
A + D Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographers | Saylorville Lake Engagement Session
Tanner and I had possibly one of the best engagement shoots ever a few weeks ago. I couldn’t even begin to narrow down pick images after, I just loved them all and can’t wait to blog them! One of our awesome 2015 grooms is a professional musician, feel free to go check out his Facebook page here: […]
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 […]
LM + C Engaged | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers
I’ve known Laura May for several years now, she’s incredibly smart and so sweet. She also has the biggest heart for fur children (or dogs as normal people would probably say, ha!). I couldn’t be more excited for her and Chase to have meet and fallen in love the past few years! We ended […]
BENES WEDDING | 12.13.14 | TOURNAMENT CLUB OF IOWA WEDDING | DES MOINES IOWA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Micah and Ryan ended our 2014 year of amazing couples with a bang! They both have a passion for the game of golf and decided to have their wedding at the wonderful Tournament Club of Iowa golf course in Polk City just a few minuets North of Des Moines. I must say Tanner and I […]
Breanne + Ryan 7.12.14 | Embassy Club West Wedding | West Des Moines, Iowa
Breanne and Ryan’s wedding day kicked off at Breanne’s condo for the girls hair and makeup. From there we jotted off to the Beautiful Savior Church in West Des Moines. From there we took a party bus around West Des Monies ending up at Wellman’s Rooftop for a final drink before the reception. The night ended […]
Kali + Kyle 06.27.14 | Prairie Moon Winery and Vineyards Wedding | Ames, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kali and Kyle were married at the wonderful Prairie Moon Winery in Ames, Iowa. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved Prairie Moon! Winery weddings might just be my new favorite thing. So laid-back, romantic and just all around a wonderful spot for a wedding. These two were just awesome to […]
DeYoung Wedding 06.21.14 | Happy Apple Orchard | Norwalk, Iowa Wedding
Missy & Zach were married on a gorgeous June day at Happy Apple Orchard in Norwalk. Missy has been one of my best friends and college roomate over the years. We couldn’t have been happier when Zach proposed to her! You guys are so great together! As I was a bridesmaid Tanner photographed this (mostly) […]
Aria + Tyler Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
Aria and Tyler are one of our 2014 wedding couples, they are getting married this November in Clear Lake (at the Surf Ballroom, how fun is that!). They traveled down to Des Moines for their engagement photos and I seriously can’t wait for their big day. These two are just so much fun! Thanks for […]