Tag: Iowa Wedding Photographers

PapaJohn Sculpture Park | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers

First things first we have two new lights along with light-stands and soft-boxes on the way! We ordered two more Alien Bee 800’s to join our 1600 that are set to arrive in a week or so. No they won’t be hot pink unfortunately. I seriously pushed hard for some hot pink lights! Tanner has […]

70 Degrees in Iowa…in February! | Iowa Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Last Thursday one of my best friends and I ventured out to snap some photos just West of his house in Grimes, IA. It was a gorgeous 70 degree day in mid February. YES! I said 70 in Iowa in February! […]

Carroll Iowa Sunset | Iowa Wedding Photographers

Yesterday was the first day of 2011 here in Iowa with dazzling weather! It makes me think that summer is just around the corner. Well hopefully! Driving home last night I ended up just north of Carroll, Iowa on highway 71 when the sun was setting. I’ll take 45 degrees and a gorgeous sunset any […]

A sigh of relief! Taxes…Taxes…Taxes 2010!

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Running a photography business is a TON of work. Seriously, OH my! When Tanner and I jumped the gun and filed for our EIN number in 2009 truthfully had no idea what we were in for. It has sure been an […]

M + R Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post! Sunday we headed down to the Fitch Building for our first e-session of the year! The Catchlight Studio we shot in is primarily used for commercial photography work here in Des Moines and beyond. They have a […]

M + S Engaged | Engagement Details

If your viewing this on Facebook click to head over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sunday afternoon Tanner and I headed out to shoot an awesome engagement session at Catchlight Studio located in the Fitch Building in downtown Des Moines. These two were just so much fun! We are in the midst of editing the […]

Downtown Des Moines January 10 Snowfall | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com WOW we have had some serious white stuff falling tonight! Ventured out in the bitterness to take some pictures of the beautiful fluffy stuff falling around downtown Des Moines and East Village. There is just something so beautiful about a new […]

U Family Photos | Clear Lake Iowa Wedding and Portrait Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog for the full post at https://www.ztsblog.com In an attempt to catch up on posting from our super busy 2010 summer stay tuned for some past sessions that never made it to the blog. Below is a photo session that was shot for Tanner’s […]

2011 Wedding PDF Pricing Guide | Iowa Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com for the full post. Just wanted to share a few new designs for projects we’ve been working on the new iPad wallpaper (OK new as in new from this summer! We’ve been super busy!) and the first page of our our […]

Lauren + Bill | Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

We headed to my hometown of Indianola this past Sunday for Lauren & Bills engagement session. We started off the shoot at Simpson College track where Bill played Football for the Simpson Storm and Lauren ran Track. Then trekked across the gorgeous fall leaves of the Simpson College campus to Buxton Park. The leaves were […]

Katie + Tom Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photos

If your viewing this on facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The Alien Bee 1600 light is finally here! Along with a giant octabox, beauty dish and umbrella! We now have two engagement shoots with it under our belt this being the first with the new rockin’ light setup. Oh goodness the […]

Janssen Wedding Football Pics | Forest City Iowa Wedding

Tanner and I shot Eric and Sarah’s wedding a few weeks ago in Forest City, Iowa and finally finished up editing all the fabulous pictures last night! Definitely out-shot ourselves ending up with a bit over 1,800 final images. Phew! Eric played football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa so we ventured out with […]

Cotton-Eyed Joe | Janssen Wedding Forest City, Iowa | 07.10.10

We are by no means video experts but having the ability to record video on our Canon 5D Mark II cameras and boy it is just oh so tempting to shoot a few seconds through out the wedding day. Be it not so great hand held or in a pitch black reception hall but that […]

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 […]

Finzen Wedding | Ventura Iowa Wedding 01.31.10

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com In an attempt to post blog posts from pre ZTS blog era here is a wedding we captured last January in Ventura for Arthur and Anna who have now been happily married for almost 6 months! I started off the day […]

Patel Family Photos | Des Moines Family Portrait Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com A few months ago we were asked by the Patel family out of Indianola to shoot some photos when their daughter and her family were back visiting from England for a few days. We called up our friend Tom from Ikonix […]

ZTS Update: June 2010

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: HTTP://WWW.ZTSBLOG.COM We are swamped. Weddings + seniors + families + engagements + events + commercial shoots + a magazine deal with the Iowan + inquiries like no other! The full on summer swing of things has officially started and we couldn’t be more excited! […]

It’s Almost Summer!

I took these shot years ago…were talking summer of 2006 old school with a Rebel XTi and a lens kit! I still to this day just absolutely just love them! They are un-edited straight out of the camera JPEGS. I was cleaning up my Flickr’ account last night and found these images from the days […]

Fisheye Tag

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Last January Tanner and I babysat my little cousin who lives in Johnston…he is SO much fun! Loves the camera, video, etc. I have some other awesome vids of him singing songs and the ABC’s somewhere…to be found at a later […]

Jenn + Chad Engaged | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement Photographers

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog @ https://www.ztsblog.com Last Saturday we headed out in Storm Lake, IA to shoot some engagement pics for an upcoming wedding this July for Jenn and Chad! Jen went to college with us at Buena Vista University and was really involved in basketball and […]

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  […]

It’s 80 degrees in March?! WOO!

So last night we decided to do a fun shoot tonight in Garner with one of Tanner’s friends Logan Clemet! He has some amazing work feel free to look him up and add him on facebook! We just got four new pocket wizards and have been dying to get outside and try them out with […]