Ashley + Aaron Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer

We ended up rescheduling 3 times due to icky weather and so excited we did! Sunday was the perfect night for fall engagement photos. That fall sunshine is everything! I even found a new location downtown with a great view of the Des Moines skyline for sunset. What a great engagement session with these two […]

Jenna & John Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Session

To wrap up our 2015 Des Moines engagement season marathon I’m happy to share this awesome November session with Jenna and John! It ended with the most perfect sunset over the Des Moines skyline.   These two are getting married next spring on a beach (lucky!) how awesome is that! Thanks so much for choosing us […]

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 […]

JB & Steph Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer

I grew up with JB and Steph in Indianola, even attending quite a few life changing week long missions trips with JB over my high school years. I was thrilled with Steph reached out about shooting their wedding next summer! When you think of an incredibly happy couple that just love each other beyond words it […]

Brett + Amanda | Engaged | Forest City, Iowa

Last weekend we meet up with and shot Brett & Amanda’s engagement session in Forest City. We had such a blast working with you two! Always fun to shoot fellow BVU alum.   We found some really awesome and fun locations for the session around Forest City. The wood pile is probably one of my […]

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 […]

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 […]

4th of July | Clear Lake, IA

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The 4th of July has been THE favorite holiday of mine for as long as I can remember. I love sparklers, smoke bombs, snakes, fireworks, m80’s, basically anything I can light on fire and looks pretty counts. Especially when pictures are […]

Amy + Jon-Michael | Ledges State Park Engagement Photos

On Saturday Tanner and I made the short trek up to Ledges State Park just out of Boone to snap some fun engagement pictures of Amy and Jon-Michael. We have the pleasure of shooting their wedding at the end of  August in Carroll, IA. At first when Amy approached me about doing an all-nature engagement […]

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 […]