Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Social Media Marketing Photos
Another great commercial photography shoot in the books from Urbandale earlier this week. Thanks for having me out and the new office space looks wonderful! If you are in need of some new social media marketing images, advertising photos, professional head shots, office interior and exterior photos in the Des Moines, Iowa area feel free […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
AO Wealth Advisory | Des Moines Commercial Photographer
I had a great time photographing some corporate photos for AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. AO Wealth Advisory provides financial planning and investment management services. If you are in need of some fun and friendly social media photos or just to update your website photos in the Des Moines area let us know, we would love […]
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!
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
H Family Preview | Des Moines Iowa Family Photographer
Just a quick one from a session recently with the H family. Isn’t their daughter the cutest?!
Tanya + Mike | Des Moines Engagement Session
A recent engagement session here in Des Moines with the always fab Tanya and Mike!
The President in our neighborhood! | East Village Obama Visit 2012
It isn’t everyday the President swings by your back yard! Headed out tonight to snap a few photos of the madness here in East Village before and the speech. Wished I would have waited in line from 4pm-10pm for legit seats but I’d say for going outside right before he started I got a pretty […]
Indianola Balloon Festival 2012 | National Balloon Classic
On Wed night Tanner and I headed down to my hometown of Indianola for the National Balloon Classic. If you live in the Des Moines area and haven’t been you should definitely make it a priority to go some year in the near future! It runs through this weekend, so you still have a chance this year as well! […]
Urich Family | Des Moines Iowa Familiy Photographer
If we had woods like this in Iowa oh would I be so excited! We took these last week on vacation of Tanner’s family in Wisconsin, gorgeous light and what a fun week!
Buena Vista University HDR Athlete Composites | BVU Sports
Tanner put together these seriously awesome composites of Buena Vista University athletes over the last few weeks. His goal was to portray them larger than life and attract a feeling of pride, especially in BVU conveyed by the photos. The athletes pics were all taken with three alien bee strobes to create an image that […]
Des Moines Farmers Market | Saturday May 10th, 2012
One of the fun perks of living in East Village here in Des Moines is the ability to walk to the Des Moines Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. I probably can not attend to too many this year due to shooting weddings on many Saturdays but last weekend was open and the market was just delightful! I […]
Sunde Family Portraits | Forest City Iowa
A few weekends ago Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting with the Sunde family in Forest City, Iowa. We found some great locations and the day was just awesome for the first part of April. Below are just a few of our favorites from the session.
2012 Iowa High School State 1A and 2A Wrestling Photos | ZTS Photo
Thursday night I had the pleasure of shooting some of the 2A and most of the 1A Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena a few blocks from my loft. Holy cow is it one super fast paced tournament! Super pleased with the results. Sports are such a different ballgame to […]
Hager New Year’s Eve Wedding | Tuscany Event Center | Des Moines, Iowa
Tony and Steph’s wedding was a fantastic end to our 2011 season as well as kickoff to our 2012! They couldn’t have received better weather for the 31st of December in Iowa. Mid 50’s and glorious. I meet Tony when I was in my senior year of High School in Indianola way back in the […]
Buena Vista University vs Simpson College Football 2011
Tanner and I headed down to Simpson College a few weeks ago to shoot the Buena Vista University vs Sipmson College football game. We haven’t made it to many BVU football games this year since we had so many weddings and engagement shoots scheduled on Saturdays the last few months. Although BVU didn’t post up […]
Q Construction | ZTS Commercial
We had the privilege of shooting some recently finished projects for a Spencer Iowa construction company a few weekends ago.Props to Tanner for putting together some awesome HDRs!
Megan + Bryan Engaged
Finally the rest of the engagement session from last week with Megan and Bryan here in Des Moines. Such a fun afternoon!
Buena Vista University Homecoming 2011
Hello Beaver Football 2011! Just a few pics from todays homecoming game. There are more photos up on our print site at http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/BVU-FOOTBALL/BVU-Homecoming-2011 Final score: BVU 44 Cornell 10
Desiree + Randall | Blank Park Zoo Engagement Session
We meet up with Desiree and Randall of Carlisle last Friday at the local Blank Park Zoo here in Des Moines for an engagement session. We second shot the Brown Wedding reception there last July and were so excited to go back and shoot there again! Oh my has it completely changed in the last year, I […]
Iowa Cubs Baseball vs Tuscon Padres
On Sunday we hit up the local Iowa Cubs minor league baseball game vs Tucson Padres at Principal Park just down the road from my loft. The day was gorgeous and it is so nice to get out and enjoy the sun and watch some ball. Just a few faves from the baseball game Sunday […]
Shelby + Paul Engaged | Storm Lake, Iowa
Happy Friday all! Here is the final post of our favorite images from Shelby and Paul’s engagement session in Storm Lake. We started the session at the Storm Lake baseball field with the Twins jerseys as they are both HUGE Twins fans. From there ventured off to this awesome field we found just out of […]
Sarah + Eric Married | Forest City Iowa Wedding Photographers
Tanner and Eric grew up together with their families being friends through the years. When he and Sarah contacted him about us shooting their wedding we were thrilled. Their big day took place with the wedding ceremony at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City, Iowa. The wedding reception following the ceremony was at a […]
Elissa + Matt Engaged | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement Photographers | ZTS Photo
We kicked off our engagement session for Elissa and Matt one of our 2011 wedding couples at Circle Park located on the lake in Storm Lake Iowa this past Saturday. They are getting married this October 8th. The sun was shining and it was the real first warm spring day in Iowa. From there we […]
2011 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament | Iowa Sports Photography
If you grew up here in Iowa chances are you went to the Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament through out your high school career to cheer on your school. It is BIG here, were talking entire towns shut down to come support their athletes every year. Something that is so awesome to watch and be […]
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 […]
Jamie Preview | 2011 Martensdale-St. Marys High School Senior | Des Moines Iowa Senior Photographer
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Yesterday we meet up with Jamie who is a Senior at Martensdale St Marys High School in Martensdale, IA for a senior photo session here in Des Moines. We hit several locations to shoot at including Water Works Park, some great […]
Vandusseldorp Family | Garner Iowa Photographers
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Tanner and I shot a few family photos for the Vandusseldorph family out of Garner, Iowa a few weekends ago. Here are some of the favorite images from the day:
Iowa Senior Session Sneek Peak!
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over out our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com BUSY weekend! We shot a wonderful wedding on Saturday in Mason City and senior session on Sunday in Garner. Here is just a sneak peak of one of the images from senior session below. More to come soon! Enjoy!