Steckelberg Wedding October 8, 2016 | Honey Creek Resort Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
Last Saturday we headed down to the beautiful Honey Creek Resort on Lake Rathbun, Iowa for Piper and Jared’s big day. As always Honey Creek is on point with amazing service and friendly smiles. We love working there and highly suggest it to all brides looking for a beautiful location that allows guests to have […]
Nelsen Wedding October 1st 2016 | West Des Moines Marriott Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Kaitlyn & Darrell are so much fun! You can truly tell from spending the day with them how much they care about each other. All the laughter and love is apparently in the photos! They were married at the gorgeous West Des Moines Marriott as well as had their reception there. They let Tanner and […]
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 […]
Rumple Wedding 09.24.16 | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer
We’ve been looking forward to Laura and Justin’s big day for a long time! We had the pleasure of capturing his sisters wedding on the farm where they live last Fall and their friends and family are just a joy to be around. What a wonderful fall day! We can’t say enough about couples that […]
Ben + Lucy September Proposal | Des Moines Iowa Proposal Photographer
Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting this amazing proposal for Ben & Lucy in downtown Des Moines. All the feels on this one! So sweet! All the onlookers cheered for them when he got down on one knee. She cried happy tears, they shared lots of laughs and hugs. You can tell they are just […]
Herring Wedding 8.27.16 | Holiday Inn West Des Moines | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
What a beautiful August day for a wedding! I was so excited when Morgan and Matt told us about the vintage fire truck for portraits. I mean how cool is that! Matt is a volunteer firefighter for the City of West Des Moines. Apparently someone donated the beautiful vintage fire truck for firefighters to use […]
Reed Wedding Preview Video 08.20.16 | Diamond Oaks Event Center Wedding | Clear Lake, Iowa Wedding
Tanner put together a fun little drone wedding video preview from Saturday’s gorgeous wedding at Diamond Oaks Event Center in Clear Lake, Iowa. I still can’t get over the RAINBOW we had at sunset. Seriously if rain is good luck on a wedding day a rainbow has to be the best luck ever! Congrats Nic & […]
Alecia & Jared Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
Another awesome June engagement session with Jared & Alecia last week. They are one of our (many) May 2017 wedding couples! We started out at the Des Moines Art Center for many different looks, the light was just PERFECT and I was so impressed with the crazy sun through the trees. June is amazing! From […]
Courtney & Jeremy Engaged | Glen Oaks Country Club Engagement | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Tanner and I had a great engagement session with Courtney & Jeremy last week at the beyond beautiful Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines. Always love shooting engagement sessions on golf courses. Thanks for having us out and best of luck with all your wedding planning! And also thanks for being so patient […]
Sam + Adam June 4th, 2016 Wedding | Rollins Mansion Des Moines | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Oh my gosh I am officially all caught up!!!! Until 7pm tonight when we have another engagement session, woo! Ha! (Those of you that know how photog life works from May-October we basically are never caught up, ha!) Holy Rollins Mansion is BEAUTIFUL! I felt like we were in a Disney movie all day at […]
Scholten Wedding | Downtown Des Moines Embassy Club Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Megan and Wade had the coolest wedding day planned. We absolutely loved shooting at the Embassy Club downtown, what a VIEW!!! Seriously. So cool to be on the 38th floor at sunset overlooking the Des Moines skyline. The day started out with rain but they handled it light a champ, Spring 2016 = the year […]
Katie & Dustin Married | Tournament Club of Iowa Golf Course Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Katie and Dustin had THE PERFECT wedding day. The weather was just…beyond! Everything just absolutely cooperated for them. We were back at the wonderful Tournament Club of Iowa golf course for their day, this time thankfully without a monsoon all day. SO much fun to get out and explore all the Spring growth on the […]
Thomas Wedding April 30th 2016|Tournament Club of Iowa Golf Course Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Lucy & Nathan’s big day wins the award for rainiest wedding we’ve ever shot in the past 8 years! It literally rained the entire Saturday, which they say is good luck…but not always so much for photos, ha! They still made the best of it and braved the rain THREE times with us for quick portraits […]
Audrey & Zach Married | Algona Iowa Spring Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Kicking off Friday with a bang! First 2016 ZTS Photo wedding of the year, woo! Audrey and Zach’s big day was awesome. It might have won the award for the windiest wedding we’ve ever shot but by the photos you would never know. Their friends and family you can tell truly support them and you […]
Kelsy & David Married | Hilton Garden Inn West Des Moines Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kelsy & David had the most beautiful fall wedding day. We started out with hair at Aveda Serenity Couture Valley West Salon/Spa at Valley West Mall. From there we headed out to makeup and getting ready at the Adel First Christian Church. Post ceremony we found a gorgeous nature preserve with an awesome weeping willow for […]
Laura May + Chase Married | Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Loved this gorgeous fall day with Laura May & Chase! I promised myself I’d get all the blogs from the last 5 weddings pumped out before our first April wedding this year, ha! So here we go with another wonderful day to share! The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is newly remodeled with an perfect garden space for […]
When Wedding Photographers Take Snow Selfies…
Well our new wireless lighting system is a go! I fully approve! Tanner and I played with our new setup in our backyard the other night during a light snowstorm and I couldn’t be happier with the ease of use to turn the power up and down fast and results. We are ready to go for […]
Laura + Justin Mini Winter Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We had a fun mini-engagement session with one of our awesome 2016 couples recently! They were serious troopers, it was way below zero but they knocked these out of the park! Can’t wait for their full session in May and man Des Moines looks great at night. Plus our new wireless flash system knocked it out of […]
Jenkins Wedding | Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
You would never know it from the photos but it basically rained all day on Tim & Annie’s big day. They were rockstars and even got pretty wet at our 2nd to last stop for some quick photos! We started out the day getting ready at Bella Salon Spa, such a wonderful natural light space […]
France Wedding | Hope Church, Hessen Haus & Events Center West | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding
Trisha and Brendan were seriously just a blast to work with! I mean how do you even begin to describe this day full of smiles, laughter and German beer! They were even up for snapping photos in the pouring rain with us at the reception! You really can’t beat that! We kicked off the morning with hair and […]
Frizzell Wedding | Ramada Tropics Resort Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers
Jimmy & Megan had the most perfect wedding day surrounded by wonderful family and friends. This one was such a fun one to shoot for us! It started out with a ceremony on Simpson College campus at Smith Chapel. Post ceremony with epic people tunnel exits to the bus we made a few stops for photos […]
Riley Wedding | Embassy Club West Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
It has been one crazy busy (and wonderful) year for us! Finally blogging a bunch of our 2015 weddings we haven’t had time to do so yet! This one is one of my favorites from June with the fantastic Glenda & Brad. Getting ready, ceremony and reception all took place at Embassy Club West. The ceremony […]
Kaitlynn + Darrell Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
I had a great fall engagement session with Kaitlynn & Darrell the other day, another one of our awesome 2016 couples! How cool is it that they meet at Zombie Burger too?! Des Moines weather this last month has just been perfect for engagement photos. We started off with some fall photos in the woods and […]
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 […]
Breanne + Nic Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
Des Moines fall engagement sessions are in full swing the last few weeks of October. This engagement session could be straight out of Pinterest, how adorable are these two!?! Can’t wait for their August 2016 Clear Lake wedding at a brand new venue in Clear Lake, Diamond Oak Events. It looks like just the perfect location for a late summer […]
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 […]
Phil + Maleah Engaged | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers | Gym Engagement Session
Apparently getting married and being wedding photographers = I have literally 20ish sessions from this fall of 2014 to blog! So here we go! Phil and Maleah had the killer idea to end their engagement photos at the gym. After-all they love working out together, how cool is that! Of-course I was all on board, […]
Breanne + Ryan 7.12.14 | Embassy Club West Wedding | West Des Moines, Iowa
Breanne and Ryan’s wedding day kicked off at Breanne’s condo for the girls hair and makeup. From there we jotted off to the Beautiful Savior Church in West Des Moines. From there we took a party bus around West Des Monies ending up at Wellman’s Rooftop for a final drink before the reception. The night ended […]
Megan + Scott Engaged | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Photographers
It is finally Spring in Iowa! Last weekend we photographed one of our awesome August couples for a springtime engagement shoot here in Des Moines. Complete with a picnic and some beautiful flowering trees!
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 […]
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 […]
Tanya + Mike | Coralville Marriott Iowa City, Iowa Wedding
Tanya & Mike were married in Iowa City at the Newman Catholic Student Center at The University of Iowa campus this past October. I adore Iowa City, especially the downtown area. It is just such a fun place to shoot! Tanya is also a fantastic Iowa wedding photographer, make sure you check out her work […]
Bohn Wedding Preview | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
We kicked off the 2014 wedding season with JoAnn and Brandon for a killer winter wedding. Congrats you two! Stay posted for a full post soon as well as a few fab 2013 weddings left to hit the blog!
Park Wedding Preview | Minnesota Fall Country Wedding
These two had SUCH cool details! I seriously can’t even get over how many things the bride Courtney put together, you were a wonder woman girl! Just wanted to share one of the awesome couple just before sunset at a gorgeous barn we found by their reception venue. Congrats to you two and stay tuned for […]
Zach + Missy Engaged | Ledges State Park Engagement Session
We had a fantastic fall Iowa engagement session at Ledges State Park with Missy and Zach earlier this week!
Moeller Wedding | West Des Moines Marriott Jordan Creek Wedding
Hannah and Carsten were Indianola high-school sweethearts, you can tell within just a few moments of being with them that they are simply perfect for each other. Their wedding day may have been dreary and rainy but there sure wasn’t a lack of smiles and laughter! The ceremony took place at the Indianola First United […]
Moeller Wedding Preview | Des Moines Marriott Jordan Creek Wedding
Just a quick preview of Hannah and Carsten’s wedding yesterday, I was blown away by how many friends and family just truly love these two! You can tell the high-school sweethearts were meant to be together! A full post to come soon from this day of smiles and laughter. Stay tuned!