Tag: iowa

P Family | Des Moines Family Photographer

We had a great fall family session in Des Moines recently with the P family. Their little guy Vance is so handsome, right?! I wish it could be fall all year long! !

MintL.A. Boutique Des Moines Fall 2013 Fashion | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

This was our third year shooting fall fashions for the amazing local clothing shop MintL.A. Boutique located in West Glen Town Center near Jordan Creek Mall and their all new location in Ankeny, Iowa. It is always such a blast working for the owner Rebekah as well as these two fantastic ladies, they just make shooting so […]

C Family | Des Moines Family Photographer

I had a delightful family session recently with our past wedding clients Kelsi and Todd and their adorable little boy Ben. Seriously he is such a little ham, I am not sure he could be any cuter! 

Micah + Ryan | Tournament Club of Iowa Golf Course Engagement Session

We had a delightful fall engagement shoot with Micah and Ryan at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City. Can I just add this tree pictured above on the course is AMAZING. Holy cow I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a sweet tree in Iowa. Can’t wait to shoot your wedding next December […]

Breanne + Ryan Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

We had a great fall engagement session with Breanne and Ryan recently. We started off at Grey’s lake and then headed to downtown Des Moines and to some fun spots in East Village. Can’t wait to photograph your wedding next July and so incredibly glad the rain finally held off for your session!

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 […]

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!

S Family | Des Moines Family Photographer

I had a fantastic family session with these guys earlier this week. Their little man has grown up so incredibly much in the past year. I had a blast working with you all and shooting around East Village, thanks for letting me capture your laughs and smiles!

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 […]

Hawley Wedding | Scottish Rite Consistory | Des Moines, Iowa

Ted and Kate couldn’t have asked for a better day to get married in July! I don’t even know where to begin with these two, they had one of the coolest weddings we have ever had the pleasure to photograph. They meet at one of the bars Ted owns Heroes downtown here in Des Moines […]

Baby Ben | Des Moines Child Photographer

Oh gosh this guy has the BEST laugh! I had the pleasure of taking a former bride and groom from 2010’s little guys 3 months photos last night. He is just absolutely adorable!

Hawley Wedding Preview | Scottish Rite Des Moines Wedding

Just a few from favorites from our recent wedding with Ted and Kate at The Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory in downtown Des Moines. I don’t even know where to begin with these two, they threw one heck of a wedding! Congratulations guys, we had such a fun time shooting your big day! Stay tuned […]

Brita & Jacob | Bos Landen Golf Club Wedding | Pella, Iowa

Tanner and I had a blast photographing Jacob & Brita’s big day in Pella. If you haven’t been to Pella, Iowa you should really make it a priority to visit the awesome little town less than an hour out of Des Moines to the East! Getting ready took place at A Beautiful You salon followed […]

Wedding First Looks…

First looks at weddings usually are something I love to watch! Bride and groom seeing each other for the first time on the day of the wedding, so special and so memorable. Something that we had not had before was a grandmother first look, we have had many father daughter ones but never one like […]

Oyen Wedding Preview {072013}

Tanner and I had a delightful time photographing Brita & Jacob’s wedding day in Pella, Iowa this past Saturday. Brita can I just add your grandmother made my day quite a few times, she is such a fantastic lady! Stay tuned for an entire blog post soon! Brita I don’t think I have ever seen […]

Halfway 2 Heaven {2013} Golf Tournament

I had the pleasure of shooting the Halfway 2 Heaven memorial golf tournament yesterday in Garner, IA in memory of Tanner’s father Bernie Urich. Feel free to swing by and check out some great pics from the day on our print site at: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Business/H2H-Golf-Tourney-2013/29894346_xtjhLq Don’t forget to keep the 2014 bike ride and golf tournament […]

Jones Wedding | Sticks Event Center | Des Moines, Iowa

Taylor and Suzy had such a gorgeous wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. Crazy how our first wedding this May had a few inches of SNOW and the Jones wedding was in the upper 90’s! Tanner and I were thrilled they choose us to photograph the big day and their little boy Oliver […]

Megan + Lucas {married} | Spring 2013 Iowa Wedding

I meet Lucas his freshman year at BVU and we have stayed in touch ever since. From the day he sent me a text message last year with the photo of a gorgeous engagement ring and told me he was going to propose to Megan I was so excited for them! Tanner and I were […]

Miller Wedding | May 4, 2013 | Decorah, Iowa

  Peggy and Andy had an awesome wedding day surrounded by family and friends. They even got a very rare May snowstorm the two days prior, let us all thank Iowa that it didn’t happen on the 4th. Ha! Tanner and I made the trek up to Decorah, Iowa last Friday and I must say we were more […]

Miller Wedding Preview {05.04.13} | Decorah, IA

We kicked off our 2013 wedding season with Peggy and Andy in Decorah, IA this past weekend and I wanted to share a few of our favorite portraits from the day below. Peggy and I have been friends for years and were roommates our freshman year at Buena Vista University. I was truly honored when Andy told […]

Kelsey + Adam {engaged} | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement

Kelsey and Adam have been great together forever it seems, I remember sitting with them playing cards at college in BVU gosh…years ago! I was thrilled when Adam asked me to be there when he popped the big question a few months ago and even more thrilled to spend Sunday afternoon with them taking their […]

Drake Relays 2013 {des moines, iowa track awesomeness}

Just a few quick photos from a day spent at the 2013 Drake Relays! I had a blast going and it was such a gorgeous day. Maybe someday I will get time to sift through the 700+ photos I took on Saturday! If you live in Des Moines and haven’t been to the Relays be sure to […]

Adam + Kelsey {engaged} | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Session

I had a great engagement session in downtown Des Moines yesterday with Adam and Kelsey. Can’t wait to sit down and edit the rest of these, so many great photos and we found some fun locations! This is actually where Adam proposed to Kelsey a few months ago, how cool is that! I just loved […]

Shout-out to Makensie | 3rd Shooter Praise!

A little over a year ago Tanner and I started the discussion that with all our gear, lights and craziness that shooting weddings brings that we could REALLY use some help for a few of our big 2012 weddings. Thus began the discussion and adventure of finding a 3rd shooter. We tossed around several ideas for names and no one seemed […]

Des Moines Pano | Downtown Des Moines

I’ve been dying to shoot from this bridge for years but never got around to actually having my camera at the ideal time. Well last week I just happened to have my trusty 70-200 and pulled over for a quick handheld pano of Des Moines. Sometime soon we will have to visit at sunset!

IP International | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

A few weeks ago we had a great session with a local Des Moines company for some product shots of animal food they produce, office photos, detail shots of a few machines they assemble and general photos of employees daily tasks. As always commercial shoots are so much fun and require a completely different mindset […]

Baby H is on the way! | Des Moines Maternity Photographer

You may remember the fantastic Chels and Zach from our 2011 wedding lineup. You can view their amazing wedding here for a refresh if you wish. They are expecting in 5 short weeks and made the treck to Des Moines for a fun snowy maternity session. Enjoy and a HUGE congrats to you two! Can’t […]

Visionary Headshots | Des Moines Commercial Photographers

Recently I had the honor of taking office headshots for the new Visionary website launch. I had a blast shooting everyone and the results are below. If you are in need of head-shots in Des Moines or the Des Moines Iowa area for networking, new website photos or the like feel free to get in touch […]

ZTS Photo | Des Moines Juice 2013 Wedding Guide Featured

We received an e-mail a few weeks ago about one of our amazing 2012 wedding couples being featured in the Des Moines Juice Magazine “The 2013 Wedding Guide” edition. Needless to say we were stoked to share our images and have them published. However today when I went to grab a copy I had no […]

MintL.A. Boutique Des Moines | Spring 2013 Fashions

I had the pleasure last week of shooting some amazing 2013 spring looks for the local MintL.A. Boutique located in West Glen Town Center. I don’t believe the owner, Rebekah Risbeck, could have picked better models for this shoot. Katy & Jolene you two girls made my job so incredibly easy! If you are looking […]

Fab Feb Sunset Des Moines!

Amazing sunset tonight over the city, really going to miss living here in East Village soon! Stay tuned for some awesome commercial shoots to hit the blog in the next few days. Plus I just can’t believe it is almost wedding season, where is 2013 going? Stay tuned!

Damman Ankeny Backyard Garden Wedding | Des Moines Iowa Wedding

This fall we had the pleasure of shooting another local Des Moines, Iowa photographers wedding in the back yard garden of his childhood home in Ankeny. Feel free to check out and become a fan of Ryan’s photography on his Facebook fan page here RYAN DAMMAN PHOTOGRAPHY. He really has some fantastic work! Their day was so […]

Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Proposal

A few weeks ago I was asked if I could be extra sneaky and photograph a proposal for some fellow BVU alums. Of-course I said yes, how cool is that! Congrats to Adam & Kelsey! Also note I totally got away with creeping them without her knowledge, apparently shooting weddings has given me some amazing creeper […]

December 2012 Blizzard

Living in Iowa eventually each winter we are bound to get a whopper of a storm. Last winter was perfect (in my book) lacking one but if it has to snow DUH I have to take my camera out and snap some photos! Walked around East Village tonight as the storm was about 2 hours […]