East Village Des Moines Rainbow | ZTS Photo

Gorgeous rainbow after the rain storm tonight here in East Village. Obviously you could find me in the few sprinkles still falling laying in the middle of the E Locust street on my belly taking photos of the rainbow over the Iowa Capital.

Lucas + Megan Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

Lucas aka “Catfish” as he was nicknamed in college has been one of my very best guy friends since my college days at BVU. I was more than thrilled when he text me and told me he was going to pop the question to the lovely Megan that weekend with a photo of the ring attached! And even more […]

ZTS Photo | The Photographers

This is our 4th season shooting weddings for Tanner and I and every time we head out for a shoot I think to myself really, this job is just so awesome! I can’t believe we have come this far and sometimes reflecting back I am just so proud of us for starting a business at […]

Ashworth Vision Clinic | ZTS Commercial

I had the pleasure to photograph Ashworth Vision Clinic last night for their chamber of commerce ribbon cutting as well as staff portraits and photos for their website Visionary is making for their new office location!  

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! […]

Geelan Wedding 07.21.12 | Garner, Iowa | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer

Last Saturday we headed up to Garner, Iowa to shoot one of Tanner’s former college roomate Brett’s big day. Actually Brett and Amanda are both Buena Vista University alums, small world! They actually didn’t meet until after college but you can tell they are just absolutely perfect together. The day started at Styles in Motion […]

Hughes Wedding | Marina Inn Conference Center Wedding | Sioux City, Iowa

Natalie and Brady were just so much fun to work with! Tanner and I went to BVU with Natalie, which is always fun meeting up with old college classmates and sharing in their big day years later. They meet when Natalie’s oldest brother Jeff was college roommates with Brady years ago at UNI and have […]

Geelan Wedding Preview | 072112

The morning rain let up yesterday just in time for some outdoor formals for Brett & Amanda. We had such a great day celebrating with you two!

Vacation 2012 | Hazelhurst Wisconsin

Just wanted to share a few photos from vacation this past week on the lake in Hazelhurst, Wisconsin. Seriously SO incredibly gorgeous up there!   Knew it was meant to be when we got there and they had Hawkeye stuff hanging from the trees! Our dock for the week!The cabin, complete with creepy “murder doors” […]

Urich Family Preview

While on vacation this past week in Northern Wisconsin we took some awesome family photos of Tanner’s family. This is of his brother and his wife and their son, who may I add is the cutest little dude in the world. These tree s were just so awesome too! I wish we had trees like this in Des […]

Hager Family Photos | Des Moines Family Portrait Photographers

Just wrapped up editing two weddings an engagement session and a family session. Expect lots on the blog in the next few days to come! Tony and Steph are one of our favorite 2011 wedding couples. We meet up with them and their awesome pups for some photos a few nights ago and so excited […]

Meredith + Adam Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographers

Tanner and I meet up with Meredith and Adam for an awesome engagement session here in Des Moines last week. We just missed hitting these 100 degree days we have going on by one and thank goodness! You two were a blast to work with and hope you love your photos!

Hager Family | Des Moines Photographers

We met up with the lovely Hager family and their pups tonight for some gorgeous family photos. Just wanted to share one of my faves from the very end of their session.

Pete | Des Moines 2012 Senior Photos

Earlier this week we had the pleasure of heading down to Indianola for a double senior session on Pete & Kim’s family farm. Just wanted to share a few favorites from Pete’s senior session.

Kim + Pete | 2012 Sibling Seniors Session

Last night we traveled down to Indianola for a double senior session on Kim & Petes family farm. Just wanted to share one of the last frames of the session, can’t wait to edit these!

Hughes Wedding Preview | 060212 | Marina Inn Conference Center Sioux City

We had the pleasure of shooting Natalie and Brady’s wedding this past weekend in Sioux City at the Marina Inn Hotel & Conference Center. Natalie you made such a gorgeous bride and your first dance hands down tops anything I’ve ever seen at a wedding! You two are awesome. More to come soon!

Simpson Wedding | The Bridge Church | Hilton Garden Inn

Brandon and Megan were married on May 5th at The Bridge church in Johnston, Iowa. Megan has to be one of our most fun brides. She was completely full of laughter and smiles the entire day. The photos below are proof of that! I went to Buena Vista University with Megan and she simply hasn’t […]

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 […]

Dexter The Olde English Bulldogge | 7 Months

I haven’t blogged about our little puppy Dexter lately but if you follow me on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook you probably see enough of the little guy! [C’mon we don’t have kids…you know you love him too!] Well OK, truly he isn’t so little anymore! Dex is almost 8 months old and just one happy 50+ […]

Simpson Wedding Preview 05.05.12 | Des Moines Iowa Wedding

Saturday we spent with the wonderful Megan & Brandon here in Des Moines with their wedding at The Bridge in Johnston and reception at The Hilton Garden Inn West. Just wanted to share a few from their portrait session from the wedding, wow there are SO many fun photos to share from this I can’t […]

Tacker Wedding | Indianola Iowa

Jenn contacted us last June that her and her fiancé Lucas were in search of wedding photographers for their big day the following spring. I grew up with Jenn and attended elementary-high school with her in Indianola as well as tumbled through the years together at Joyce Gymnastics. I couldn’t have been more thrilled when […]

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.

Sunde Family | Forest City, Iowa

This afternoon we had a great family portrait session with the Sunde family in Forest City, Iowa. Just wanted to share a quick one from the last shot of the night. May I add those hats on the little guys are just awesome!  

Tacker Wedding 03.31.12 | Indianola, Iowa

Saturday we had the pleasure of heading down to Indianola, Iowa for Lucas and Jenn’s wedding. The day completely copperated weather wise, despite the fact that during their engagement session this past fall we had chatted about the possibility of snow! Just wanted to share a quick shot of the two of them just before […]

Lyndon Headshots | Des Moines Portrait Photographer

Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting up with Lyndon, a local entrepreneur here in the Des Moines area. You may know him as the owner of the Des Moines Wedding Savvy , a local site to help brides plan their wedding in the Des Moines area. Or you could have heard of his awesome services as the […]