Tasha + Nate | Red Acre Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers

Tasha and Nate were married at one of our favorite venues here in Iowa, the Red Acre Barn. What a PERFECT location for a wedding run by the most amazing owners! They truly pour their heart and soul into running an wonderful venue for your big day! Sadly it literally poured nearly their entire wedding […]

Quick Wedding | Honey Creek Resort Wedding | Lake Rathbun, Iowa

Catching up on blogging all our wonderful 2015 weddings this Spring! Loved this gorgeous summer day with the wonderful Mallory & Cody at Honey Creek Resort Wedding on Lake Rathbun, Iowa. What a great venue for a ceremony and reception right on the lake! And such a fun place for kids to stay and play too with […]

Katie + Dustin Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Fall Engagement Photographer

What a great fall engagement session recently in Des Moines with Katie & Dustin! Lately the weather for shoots has been more than ideal, just simply perfect! Iowa has really cooperated this October weather wise. Thanks so much for choosing us to be your photographers! I had a blast with you two shooting these. Can’t […]

Connecting DSM | Des Moines Central Public Library Event

I had a great time photographing the April Happy Hour event for Connecting DSM at the Des Moines Central Public Library last week! It was put on by a few great local Des Moines wedding planners: Gina Cramer  l  gina@makeithappendsm.com Make it Happen Events Kelly Sparks  l  kelly@socializeevents.com Socialize Event Planning & Management Becky Thomas  l […]

Kris + Matt | Engaged

Just one from the first stop on our engagement session this afternoon with Kris and Matt. Thanks for being such great sports! Also I can’t wait to edit and share some coffee themed photos from the Smokey Row Coffee Co. You two are awesome!  

Danielle + Sean | Des Moines Engagement Session

These two were so much fun to work with! Not that you can’t tell that simply by looking at the gorgeous images from their  fall engagement session below. I love that they are so full of laughter and love. The two of them were just down trying out every idea we threw at them as […]

Lauren + Bill 08.06.11 | The Scottish Rite Consistory Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa

Lauren and Bill’s big day on August 6th took place at the gorgeous downtown Des Moines venue The Scottish Rite Consistory. The couple meet at Simpson College just south of Des Moines in my hometown of Indianola. They kept busy at Simpson with sports as Bill played football for the Storm while Lauren ran track. […]

Tony + Steph Engaged – Sneak Peek | Des Moines Engagement Photographers

Well what can I say about Tony and Steph other than they are just awesome! I meet Tony years ago when I took night classes at Simpson College for graphic design while still in high school at IHS. What a small world when years later we were contacted by him about shooting his wedding on […]

ZTS Photo Featured in LAE Wedding Blog!

There is a new wedding blog here in Des Moines that we were asked to be a featured in today run by Lakin entitled LAE Wedding You may remember one of our spring engagement session from a few months ago with Matt & Elissa in Storm Lake that is featured in the writeup as well […]

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!

Rotert Wedding Sneak Peak 06.11.11 | Altoona Iowa

This weekend we had the pleasure of shooting Sarah and Nick’s fantastic wedding in Altoona, Iowa just a few short minuets east of Des Moines. The two of them couldn’t have been more fun or better cleints to work with! Sarah was organized to a tea and couldn’t stop smiling and Nick was so fun […]

Shelby + Paul Engagement Session Preview | Storm Lake Iowa | ZTS Photo

Last Sunday we had an engagement and family session with Shelby and Paul in Storm Lake. As we have been wrapping up some other shoots it took a few days to get this posted here for a preview, but this is one of my favorites from the session with them. The natural light in combination […]

Christensen Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers | ZTS Photo

Kelsi and Todd were married on a crisp and perfect Iowa fall day. The leaves were turning vivid colors and they lucked out on some fantastic weather! We went to college at Buena Vista University with these two where Todd played football for the Beavers and Kelsi played volleyball and was a cheerleader. The day […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Janssen Wedding Preview | 07.10.10 | Forest City Iowa Wedding

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sarah and Eric tied the knot in Forest City, Iowa this past weekend. Here is a snapshot of the bridal party after the ceremony at the football field where Eric played football for the last four years at Waldorf College in […]

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 […]

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  […]