Tag: iowa

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

C Family Photos | Iowa Family and Child Photographer

I had a blast photographing Mr. Ben and family for his big 1 year photo session. I can’t get over how much he has changed in the last few months! We started off with some family photos at the park and then he showed me his favorite lawn mowers.Ending the night with a blowing bubbles […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bohn Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers

JoAnn and Brandon were married on a chilly day in January, but by the way they braved the outdoor photos you would never know just how cold it was! JoAnn contacted us in December that they had just got engaged and were planning a VERY short engagement looking to get married in January. Wow this […]

Park Wedding | DIY Country Fairmont Minnesota Wedding

Courtney contacted me in summer of 2011, she was adamant from the start that she had just gotten engaged and was set on hiring Tanner and I to photograph their big day. I really never could get tired of hearing that! Terrance and Courtney were married this past fall on a gorgeous crisp day in […]

For Sale! 13 inch i7 MacBookPro

It is that time of the year again! Time to upgrade and sell things. Our awesome 13 inch MacBookPro is up for sale, details below: 13 inch MBP for sale! $1300 OBO with $60 Incase Perf Hard Case included. 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 processor 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory 750GB HardDrive Purchased in December 2011 at […]

Happy Holidays from ZTS Photo

It has been a while since we posted a personal post and this was just too cute to pass up! Happy holidays from our happy little bulldog Dexter, he is loving the fireplace weather and Christmas tree! Our last commercial shoot of 2013 was today and can’t wait to share quite a few fall weddings […]

Grease The Musical | Chariton High School Musical

Tanner and I traveled to Chariton High School to photograph an awesome musical a few weeks ago. These CHS high-school students nailed Grease! I totally wasn’t expecting what we witnessed, great job guys! The photos are all edited and available for purchase of prints and digital files and viewing at http://www.ztsphoto.smugmug.com, feel free to pop […]