Finally Spring in Des Moines!
Spring has arrived in Des Moines! Finally an entire day with no ran and the thermometer reading over 60 degrees. For those of you who don’t live in Iowa right now it basically has been raining (or snowing depending on where you live) for a few weeks now daily and I believe we were all […]
Kicking off 2011 Wedding Season!
Tomorrow is our first wedding of the year and I must say I am more than excited to get back into sunny Saturdays full of wedding goodness. Personally I just can’t wait to see all the awesome details that the bride has planned for their Fort Des Moines Museum wedding here in Des Moines! Stay […]
Elissa + Matt Engaged Sneak Peek | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement
Elissa and I have been friends since my Junior year of college at Buena Vista University. She is just an incredibly happy person and always has a huge smile on her face and a positive attitude about life. Her contagious laugh can make you instantly happy and smile in any situation! When she contacted us […]
Matt + Jessi Engaged | Iowa Engagement Photographer | Storm Lake
Matthew and Jessi picked the perfect day for their engagement photos. The weather was just right and the sky was amazing! These are all taken in or around Storm Lake, Iowa. Matt and I have been friends since our freshmen year at Buena Vista University in 2005 when we were both stuck in the same […]
Wilkin Wedding | Cedar Rapids Iowa Wedding | Iowa Wedding Photographer
Keeping up with the full wedding posts from our weddings next up in the line up are the fantastic Katelyn and Taylor! After our frigid engagement session in January it was a drastic turn to wedding photos on an 80 degree day. Thy sky was just awesome and the weather cooperated perfectly. Not sure we […]
Team Tremper Wedding | Pella Iowa Wedding
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com We decided to make a “Best of 2010” album, re-do the images on our website and overall just finish blogging all our weddings from 2010 in entirety. Man it is a bit more work that originally thought! Team Tremper aka Kristin […]
We have so much fun at our job, it should be illegal | Outtakes & behind the scenes from shoots
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com We are in the process of making a giant “BEST OF 2010” album to show clients when we meet for wedding consultations. This sucker is going to be HUGE and hopefully encompass a bit of every shoot we’ve done this year. […]
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 […]
Ring Bling | ZTS Photo Des Moines Wedding Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Wedding ring and engagement ring shots are probably one of our favorite details to snap photos of. Just sparkly diamonds…c’mon! What is better than that? Lately we’ve been pushing ourselves to be a bit more creative and have fun with them […]
East Village Des Moines Winter Sunset | ZTS Photo | Des Moines Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post & much more! I must admit I enjoy living and working in East Village. Living downtown in Des Moines is just fun, fast paced and there is always something to do! Especially love it when it comes […]
Brown Wedding | Second Shooting with Jill Fleming Photography | Pappajohn Sculpture Park and Blank Park Zoo Wedding
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Finally got around to editing a wonderful wedding that Tanner and I had the pleasure of second shooting this summer with the fantastic local Des Moines photographer Jill Fleming of Jill Fleming Photography. You can also become a fan of her Facebook […]
Trader Joe’s Grocery Store Shoppin’
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to the blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Tonight I ventured out to the new Trader Joe’s in Des Moines. Tanner and I tried the weekend it opened and we barely made it through the door it was so incredibly packed. Tonight thankfully it was a bit calmer. I […]
Katie + Tom | The Temple for Performing Arts Wedding and Reception | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Our last of 17 weddings this year took place on Black Friday here in Des Moines for Katie and Tom. Just wanted to post a quick snapshot from the lovely couple outside the Temple for Preforming Arts where they were married […]
2011 Wedding PDF Pricing Guide | Iowa Wedding Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post. Just wanted to share a few new designs for projects we’ve been working on the new iPad wallpaper (OK new as in new from this summer! We’ve been super busy!) and the first page of our our […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wilkin Wedding 09.04.10 | Cedar Rapids Wedding | Iowa Wedding Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com This past weekend we shot the Wilkin wedding in Cedar Raipds, Iowa. Wow the day was just perfect! Upper 70’s, fantastic sky, beautiful rich late summer colors. Really couldn’t ask for a better day to shoot a wedding. (Or a cooler […]
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 […]
ZTS Photo | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Ironically this weekend we don’t have ANY weddings scheduled! First weekend off from shooting in months. When Jill Fleming posted on Facebook that her second shooter’s grandmother had passed on and needed someone to help her out ASAP we jumped on […]
June Engagement Shootout | Iowa Photographers Meetup
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sunday evening we headed off to a field just south-west of downtown Des Moines to meet-up with some other local photographers from the area to do a fun group engagement shoot! The other photographers present were: Sarah & Chris Davis of […]
Kristin + Jason Engaged | Pella Iowa Engagement Photographers
These two are just so much fun! Last Saturday Tanner and I headed off to Pella, IA to snap a few fun engagement pictures for Kristin and Jason whom we are shooting their wedding for at the end of May this year. Pella is just full of awesome places to shoot and a crazy amount […]
New Photography Editing Techniques!
If your viewing this from Facebook click here to head over to our blog! https://www.ztsblog.com Recently we’ve really been really focusing on developing some new editing techniques for our post processing of images in Photoshop. We’ve been incorporating the use of some new awesome actions, filters, sharpening techniques, and mainly just trying out some new […]
Katelyn + Taylor Engaged | Iowa Engagement Photographers | Ikonix Studio
In January we rented out Ikonix Studio for an engagement shoot with Katelyn and Taylor! Check out the Ikonix blog above as well as feel free to fan them on facebook because well…they just plain are SO incredibly fun to work with! IKONIX FACEBOOK Tanner and I are shooting their wedding the first weekend in […]
Clear Lake, Iowa 4th of July 2009 Fireworks
To best view this post (if your viewing this on facebook ) visit our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com I love the 4th of July! As far back as I can remember I have loved taking pictures of fireworks, lighting off fireworks, going to the fireworks. Possibly this is the reason it is my favorite holiday. Fireworks […]