Tag: des moines

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 […]

B Family Maternity Session | Des Moines Iowa Maternity Photographer

This weekend I had a great wintery maternity session with C+B here in Des Moines. We’ve shot a few maternity sessions over the years and they are just so much fun and a little different from the normal wedding or engagement. Plus so fun to celebrate with some photos that time of life just before the […]

Tilt-Shift Downtown Des Moines Throwback | Iowa Landscapes

Being a photographer you find yourself taking thousands of photos, and never editing the ‘fun ones’ or ‘not paid shoots’ aka years later you find all these awesome RAW files and editing them like “OH MAN HOW DID I NEVER FIND THE TIME FOR THIS!” Well, January years later is the perfect time! While searching to put together […]

Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa | Wall Art Galore

Occasionally for fun we venture out and take a few landscapes after shoots or on a weekend we aren’t busy. Over the years I’ve been asked alot where people can buy our fun photos of Des Moines, well wait no longer! The gallery is located here: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes-by-ZTS-Photo/ Great for your office, home or a gift! Why […]

Des Moines Wedding Guide 2015 | Juice Magazine Feature

I had a blast on the other side of the camera a few weeks ago for the Des Moines Juice Magazine Wedding Guide 2015 by The Des Moines Register modeling 5 unique and non-traditional bridal styles. Check out the article here: 5 Unique and Non-Traditional Bridal Styles. On newsstands as of last night in the Des Moines […]

2014 Behind the Scenes | Des Moines Wedding Photographers Tanner & Sarah Urich

Something that’s fun and we’ve been doing since 2009 (our first year in business) is looking back on the behind the scenes pics from all our weddings, senior, family, commercial, etc shoots from the year. ZTS started out in 2009 with Tanner and I (then dating) and kind of fun that we are now married […]

T + B Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer

Trisha and Brendan are another one of our awesome 2015 couples, I had blast photographing their engagement session this past fall! We started out at the park for a few outfits then headed down to East Village to wrap up the session. The fall sun though, just amazing! Can’t wait for your wedding this August […]

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 […]

J + T Engaged | Adair Farm Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers

We traveled to the Adair/Guthrie Center area for another one of our great 2015 couple’s Jamie and Trevor’s engagement photos this past fall. I love shooting new places! We started off the session at Trevor’s family farm in Adair and then headed to a nearby (super awesome) nature preserve. The light to end the night in the woods couldn’t […]

K + D Engaged | Adel Soccer Engagement | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

Continuing with our awesome fall of engagement sessions   with Kelsey and David, another one of our great 2015 couples! The day was a bit overcast but they sure made it work! I love when couples come up with ideas such as they meet playing soccer so we returned to the soccer fields in Adel […]

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 A | Des Moines Newborn Photographer

I had such a great newborn session with little miss A and her cousin that was visiting from Colorado last week. Always so fun to see and capture past bride and grooms families grow. She’s just too perfect! And those lips. Just adorable. Nothing as cute as a brand new baby!

Behne Wedding | 11.22.2014 | The Surf Ballroom Wedding Clear Lake, Iowa

Aria and Tyler had the most gorgeous wedding at The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake two weekends ago. I was SO excited too for snow portraits, thanks so much for being troopers even in the fog and cold weather for trekking into the woods with us! The day started out at Aria’s childhood home for […]

Center Grove Orchard 2014 | Des Moines, Iowa Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday was a picture perfect Fall Iowa day. We visited the Center Grover Orchard a few miles north of Des Moines in Cambridge with some great friends. We’ve been there before but I must say it is THE COOLEST orchard/pumpkin patch I’ve ever been to! It is not only huge but incredibly well maintained. […]

The Iowa State Fair 2014 | A day at the ISF!

I realized the other day it has been SO long since we posted a personal post so here you go! Really that and the fact that I have hundreds of photos from this spring and summer to edit still. Ha! Gosh we’ve just been too busy with life, work, photography jobs and our own wedding […]

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 […]

AO Wealth Advisory | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

I had a great time photographing some corporate photos for AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. AO Wealth Advisory provides financial planning and investment management  services. If you are in need of some fun and friendly social media photos or just to update your website photos in the Des Moines area let us know, we would love […]

J + C | Kansas City, Missouri Engagement

Tanner and I headed to Kansas City for an awesome Spring engagement shoot a few weeks ago. J + C were awesome hosts (Dexter our bulldog even came along for the weekend!) showing us a great time on the town. We even managed to squeeze in some great engagement photos! 😉 We started off at […]

Drake Relays 2014 | Des Moines Sports Photographer

I had a blast photographing the 2014 Drake Relays for an afternoon. Such a great annual event in the Des Moines area. If you haven’t been, be sure to check it out in 2015! I must say the long jump is probably my new favorite thing to photograph, loved all the flying sand!

Des Moines Proposal

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing Phillip and Maleah’s nighttime engagement proposal here in Des Moines. I didn’t cry and I went undetected, so what an for all! Congrats you two, and as difficult as photographing in the pitch black (on a windy bridge) is, you two rocked it. An love […]

Commercial Photography Feature on the Des Moines Business Record COVER!

Always so cool to see our photos used in great ways! Especially when they make the COVER story of the Des Moines Business Record for our Leaning Tower of Pizza shoot. Don’t forget to head on over and check out the whole article featuring our photos and a great article about Visionary in Des Moines. VIEW […]

Sakari Sush Photos Feature in Cityview Magazine

What fab timing, our Sakari Sushi photos from last week were featured in the 2014 Best Of Cityview Magazine full page thank you ad! Always awesome to see our work in print. Our bulldog Dexter was all about modeling this, after-all he loves food more than us! 😉 Don’t forget to check out the new […]

Wedding Thank You Notes

Being an adult the best kind of mail you can get is fun mail! I was so excited to get an awesome thank you recently from one of our fab fall 2013 couples, it is always nice to get that ‘fun’ mail! Also Tanya and Mike, don’t they just look great?! A big thanks to […]

Sakari Sushi Lounge | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

We had the pleasure of photographing our dream last week, the ENTIRE sushi menu at the local Sakari Sushi Lounge…and then eating it with 15 of our closest friends! Sakari is my favorite sushi place hands down. They just won 2014 Cityview Best local sushi place of Des Moines as well as expanded and remodeled to […]

Des Moines Corporate Headshots

In need of some new employee or company wide office photos?! Let us know! We would love to get you some new photos for your LinkedIn or professional networking needs in Des Moines!    

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 […]

Jamie + Jasen | Tournament Club of Iowa Wedding

Can I just say I love shooting weddings at the Tournament Club of Iowa. What a great place for a wedding in the Des Moines area! I can’t ever be opposed to getting to drive around golf carts on a course for photos! The day started with Jamie and her bridesmaids getting hair and makeup […]