H + G Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
What a fun farm engagement session for one of our 2019 August couples! I had a blast traveling to Stuart, Iowa and wandering around town to multiple locations with them for photos. Can’t wait for your big day and despite the crazy wind we captured so many great pics! August will be here before we […]
L + J Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Fun engagement session in Des Moines reacently with one of our July 2019 wedding couples and their fur child. Can’t wait till your big day this July!
K + A Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I know sweet Kelsey from years ago at Buena Vista where we attended college together. She reached out to me recently about their engagement session and we just hit THE more perfect night for photos. They are having a fantastic destination wedding this Spring of 2019. I couldn’t have been happier to catch up with […]
B Family | Des Moines, Iowa Family Photographer
Few favorites from a recent session with one of our past wedding couples the B family! Thanks for having me!
Accounting Today Magazine | Community CPA Feature | Des Moines, Iowa Commercial Photographer | Des Moines, Iowa Editorial Photographer
I had the honor of photographing an editorial story for Accounting Today Magazine featuring Ying Sa founder of Community CPA here in Des Moines. We had a great time doing headshots at the Iowa Capital and then heading down to her firm on Ingersoll for some group and office photos. Thanks for having me and you […]
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 […]
Ochoa Wedding 05.19.2018 | Gateway Hotel and Conference Center at Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kami and Emory were married at The Gateway Hotel & Conference Center at Iowa State University this past Saturday in Ames. Kami was one of our very first ever clients for her senior photos years and years ago and so fun to be able to capture multiple milestones in peoples lives! Their first look involved […]
C+C Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Spring Engagement Photos | Iowa Wedding Photographer
It was such a perfect night for an engagement session! Thanks for having me C+C and we can’t wait to photograph your big day this October at one of our favorite wedding venues with a view here in Des Moines, the Embassy Club downtown!
Lamberti Wedding April 21, 2018 | Adventureland Altoona, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Courtney and Brad kicked off our 2018 wedding season with the most gorgeous wedding at Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa in the Palace Theater. I can’t say enough great things about these two! Gosh in 2011 we had the pleasure of photographing Brad’s sisters wedding and many sessions for their family since. How fun to […]
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 […]
G + M Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
I had a blast shooting M+G’s engagement photos with their adorable dog recently. They are one of our awesome 2019 wedding couples for the fantastic Rollins Mansion here in Des Moines. We ended up with the most gorgeous Sunday night for photos!
M Family | Iowa Family Photographer | Des Moines, Iowa Family Photographer
This sweet family sadly lost their adorable fur baby Sadie since this session but it was truly such an honor to capture them all together! Especially with her new human brother before she passed. What a night filled with smiles and laughter, and new babies are just the best! Thanks for having us! And we […]
L Family | Des Moines, Iowa Family Photographer
Another great family photoshoot with one of our past brides and grooms! It’s fun to catch up during family sessions years later. I mean it when I say we leave lots of weddings with true friendships, we spend a majority of your wedding day with you and it’s so special to see where people are […]
K + E Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
I had a great time with these two! The bride was actually one of our FIRST clients ever with her senior photos years and years ago. Gosh doesn’t that make us seem old! 😉 When they brought up the idea of incorporating his police officer uniform for engagement photos I couldn’t have been more thrilled. Always supporting all […]
W Family | Des Moines, Iowa Family and Kids Photographer
I had the best night for family photos with this cute Bondurant family! I’ve gotten lots of messages about family and kid photo sessions in Bondurant, feel free to reach out to our email address info@ztsphoto.com or fill out our contact form to set something up! We would love to capture your memories!
J+D Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I had such a blast with this March engagement session! We lucked out with just the best day. You never know in Iowa what the weather will be (and wind!) in March so we had a blast enjoying the sunshine! Can’t wait for J+D’s big day this fall at one of our favorite wedding venues […]
M + C Engaged | Brenton Skating Plaza Engagement | Des Moines, Iowa Winter Engagement Session | Ice Skating Engagement Photos
Oh my goodness this winter engagement session!!! What a PERFECT winter day for engagements here in Des Moines, Iowa! And I can’t say how much I enjoyed photographing ice skating engagement photos. Over the years I’ve had so many people inquire about it but we’ve always chosen another route. SO COOL to shoot a session […]
Curate Des Moines Open House | East Village Des Moines Wedding Venue | Des Moines Wedding Venue
I had the pleasure of photographing the new Curate event venue open house this past Friday in East Village. The new venue created by the wonderful ladies behind Taste to Go catering here in Des Moines. What a BUSY night it was! Such a great new space in East Village here in Des Moines. Just […]
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! […]
W Family | Des Moines Family Photographer | Des Moines Fall Family Sessions
We have an absolute marathon of fall engagements, family shoots, weddings and commercial sessions this October so going to start it off with the amazing W family here in Des Moines! It’s always a pleasure meeting new people, this family literally laughed the entire time. I had so much fun with you all! Thanks for letting […]
Olson Wedding September 8th, 2017 | Sticks Event Center Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Jess and Taylor had a picture perfect wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. They started out getting ready at the new AC Hotel by Marriott in the East Village. I can’t say enough great things about the AC Hotel, what a great venue for getting ready! I highly suggest all wedding couples pick a getting ready […]
Dowd Wedding | Rollins Manion Wedding Des Moines, Iowa | Iowa Wedding Photographers
Sarah and Danny had a beautiful wedding day at the Rollins Mansion here in Des Moines. If you haven’t been it’s the perfect vintage mansion venue for an outdoor garden wedding. The day started off with the gals getting ready in East Village at the wonderful Salon Spa W. From there they headed to […]
Erica + Jordan Engaged | Iowa Cubs Baseball Stadium Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographers
Erica and Jordan are HUGE Chicago Cubs baseball fans so when they came to me with the idea to do their engagement photos at Principal Park home of the Iowa Cubs how could I say no!? A Cubs themed engagement shoot, sign me up! It was so fun wandering around the stadium for photos at […]
Kane Wedding July 29th, 2017 | Noah’s Event Venue West Des Moines Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
We had the best time photographing Ashley & Aaron’s big day a few weeks ago. We kicked off the day by the gals getting ready at the amazing Penelopie Beauty Bar in West Des Moines. I can’t say great things about this location for bridal makeup in Des Moines, ladies check it out! (Or even for […]
Jones Wedding June 3rd 2017 | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer | Iowa State Historical Building Wedding East Village
Rachel and Sam had such a fun June wedding day surrounded by their closest family and friends. You can truly tell so much about a couple by spending their wedding way with them and they have some awesome people in their lives! They were actually married by Sam’s father (the first ever father we’ve had […]
Courtney + Brad June Lake Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Iowa Wedding Photographer
I wish it could stay mid June forever! Oh gosh that late night perfect summer Iowa light is everything. I had a great nature engagement session in Des Moines last week with these two. I can’t wait for your wedding day in April 2018 at Adventureland. Thanks for having me and we had such a […]
Heathman Wedding May 27, 2017 | Des Moines, Iowa Embassy Club West Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Alyssa and Cameron had the most beautiful wedding! The Embassy Club and Embassy Club West wedding venues in Des Moines are always such a pleasure to shoot at and we are SO thankful the rain decided to stop just in time for photos. How lucky were we! We started off the day with the girls […]
Billy + Taylor Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer | Iowa Engagement Session
Oh my goodness could we have lucked out more with this amazing Des Moines engagement session?! I think not! Complete with a rainbow!The sessions started out with some sprinkles but these two weren’t bothered a bit! The sky was just epic and we had such a great night, a wonderful little field of daisies followed […]
Nokes Wedding May 20th, 2017 | Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Despite the foggy day we captured some amazing photos for Jen and Mike of their Downtown Des Moines Marriott Hotel wedding! The fog proved to be a fun backdrop for the overview of the Des Moines skyline and the gorgeous purple May flowers blooming at the Iowa Capital really helped add in that pop of […]
Kindred Wedding May 13, 2017 | Prairie Moon Winery Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Last Saturday we had the pleasure of capturing another gorgeous outdoor Iowa Winery wedding at the beautiful Prairie Moon Winery in Ames, Iowa. Aleicia and Jared literally had a picture perfect day. 80’s and sun made for the best backdrop for all their photos. We started out the day at the PCI academy for hair […]
Voted Best Wedding Photographers in Des Moines, IA
AHH!!! We are incredibly honored to be considered one of the top 3 best voted wedding photographers in Des Moines, Iowa along with one of our amazing talented photographer bff’s Amanda Basteen. How great is that!!! Check out the link here Tanner and I have had the best time the last 9 wedding seasons getting to work […]
Molly + Mitch April 14, 2017 | DesLux Hotel | Iowa State Capital Wedding
Last Friday I had the pleasure of photographing Mitch and Molly’s wedding at the Iowa Capital. Sadly we had some CRAZY thunderstorms but thankfully even though they were great sports and got soaked mid ceremony…it cleared long enough for some amazing portraits after! We started the day getting ready at DesLux Hotel in Downtown Des […]
J + A Des Moines Proposal | RoCA | Des Moines, Iowa Proposal Photographer
I had the pleasure of photographing the most adorable proposal at RoCA in downtown Des Moines this last Saturday. Oh my gosh these two are so adorable together! Joshua arranged for all their closest friends to arrive for a dinner and night out, and proposed the second they walked in the door to applause, screams […]
Meg & Eric Downtown Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I had a great (but cold holy cow!) January engagement session with Eric & Meg. You’d never know it was 30 degrees, and I swear they didn’t stop smiling the entire session. You can tell Meg is originally from Wisconsin, she just braved the cold no questions asked! You two are so adorable together! I’ve known […]
Scherer Wedding January 21, 2017 | Five Island Bay in Emmetsburg, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kicking off 2017 with the wonderful Scherers! Maggie and Michael had the best wedding day, we couldn’t have asked for a better winter wedding to kick off 2017! We had the pleasure of shooting Maggie’s sisters wedding last April, and Maggie literally hours after she got engaged she Facebook messaged me she HAD to hire […]
Johnson Wedding November 26, 216 | Des Moines Social Club Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
What a wonderful late November day for a wedding! You just can’t get much better than nearly 60 and sun in Iowa for November 26! We’d never shot a wedding at the Des Moines Social Club, what a great venue for a wedding in downtown Des Moines. Olivia and Jessica gave us SO MUCH amazing […]
Petersen Wedding November 5, 2016 | Simpson College and Palmer Hall Indianola Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
What a beautiful November day in Indianola for a wedding! A few weeks ago we traveled to Indianola for Alex & Lindsay’s big day. We’ve shot many weddings at Smith Chapel located on the beautiful Simpson College campus. We were so glad fall stuck around till November for those amazing leaves! The day started out […]
Megan + Tim Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Iowa Fall Engagement Session
OH MY GOSH how cute are these two?! They just rocked their fall engagement session! Thanks for listening to my crazy ideas and checking out some new places with us for photos. I can’t believe this beautiful fall weather has stuck around so long this year, 60+ in November in Iowa is unheard of. Can’t […]
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 […]