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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 […]

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!

Merle Hay Lanes Bowling | ZTS Commercial Photography

Some of our fantastic commercial photography for Merle Hay Lanes has landed on their newly redesigned website designed by Visionary. Don’t forget to stop by and check out the site as well as visit for some bowling goodness if you are in the Des Moines area. I had such a blast hanging out and taking  photos during league […]

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 | Cityview Featured Article 2013

Lots of ZTS Photo goodness today apparently! A featured story on us sponsored by Dr. Braxton Pulley of Pulley Chiropractic this week in Cityview Magazine. Don’t forget to pick up your copy and check us out. Thanks so much Braxton!

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!

2013 Wedding Wire Brides Choice Award Winner | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

For the 3rd year in a row Tanner and I are proud to have received the Wedding Wire Brides Choice award for 2013 for rave reviews from past brides in 2012! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness […]

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 […]

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 […]

Werner Wedding | 12.01.12 | Muscatine, Iowa

Kayla and Shawn were married in Muscatine Iowa on December 1st at the gorgeous St Mary & Mathias Catholic Parish. Following the ceremony we stopped quick by the Mississippi River for group portraits and then walked across the street to the best little bar The Pearl Bar & Lounge,  just off the main highway into Muscatine. They knew […]

Des Moines Landscapes

I have decided since this is probably our last year living in East Village that it would be cool to do a fun landscape project of Des Moines. More of a personal project for a few months as we really aren’t that busy with weddings again until late spring. This was taken awhile ago of the Des […]

Werner Wedding Preview 12.01.12 | Muscatine Iowa Wedding

Just a few from a fantastic December 1st wedding this weekend in Muscatine with Kayla & Shawn. I can’t wait to share the rest of these, she did such an utterly fabulous job planning and we have some awesome images to share soon. Make sure to check back soon!

Teddy + Katie | Des Moines Engagement Session

We are so incredibly excited to shoot Teddy & Katie’s wedding day next July at the Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory. I have known Teddy for years as he went to BVU and Katie couldn’t be any more perfect for him, she is just the coolest! We started out the session at Greys Lake Park […]

Pluggabugg | ZTS Commercial Product Photography

I had the pleasure last Friday of snapping some more photos of the Pluggabug for web use and just wanted to share a few of my favorites from the session. Feel free to check out their website (and some of our photos!) here PLUGGABUGG and grab one up from Amazon here. As always fun to […]

East Village Sunset

Just a gorgeous capture from our lawn tonight in East Village. Fall in Iowa truly has some of the best sunsets!

Tanya + Mike | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Session Preview

We had a delightful late fall session today with one of our fab wedding couples for October of 2013 Tanya and Mike. Tanya is actually an amazing photographer herself based out of Iowa City, feel free to check out her work and show her some love too Tanya Schulte Photography. Lots more to come soon, […]

The Bake Shoppe | Baby Boomers Cookies

Monday morning I had the pleasure of spending at The Bake Shoppe Des Moines photographing the process of making Baby Boomers Cookies for the new website design by Visionary Services that should be rolling out soon! I can’t say how much I truly miss Baby Boomers Cafe that used to be located here in East […]

Ross Wedding | Renaissance Des Moines Savery Wedding

Jenni and Eric’s day started out rather bla and rainy but don’t let that fool you! Jenni was full of laughter and joy all morning at the salon despite the rain drops that were falling outside! The girls started getting ready at Blondie’s Beauty Parlor and then headed off to the Des Moines Renaissance Savery […]

Breton Wedding | Des Moines Hy-Vee Conference Center Wedding

Kris and Matt had the perfect late September fall wedding day. The girls started getting ready at Bella Salon with hair and makeup then headed off to the Grace Lutheran Church here in Des Moines for finishing touches, first look and ceremony. Post wedding we headed a few spots downtown for photos and then off […]

Kelcie | 2012 Senior

I LOVE SENIORS! A few from a session recently with a 2012 senior Kelcie here in Des Moines.

Merle Hay Lanes | Des Moines Commercial Bowling Alley Photos

A few weeks ago I shot some fun photos of Merel Hay Lanes bowling alley located below Merle Hay Mall here in Des Moines. I’ve never had so much fun shooting at a commercial shoot! These teams bowling that Tuesday night were just so much fun to joke around with and had no problem showing me […]

Two Iowa Weddings Published! | Scrapbook Etc Magazine

How cool is this?! Two of our 2011 weddings were recently published in Scrapbooks Etc magazine, a Better Homes and Gardens publication! We made the cover with Chelsea & Zach’s wedding and inside with Michelle & Steve and again with Chelsea and Zach! So cool to see our past weddings in print. And our name in print […]

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday all! Just wanted to share a quick snapshot of our Dexter from last night, ha! He’s such an odd little bulldog with a personality that is truly beyond words.  (See photo for proof!) Stay tuned we have 3 weddings to post soon, a few commercial sessions and a senior! Plus several e-sessions and […]