Ashley + Aaron Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer

We ended up rescheduling 3 times due to icky weather and so excited we did! Sunday was the perfect night for fall engagement photos. That fall sunshine is everything! I even found a new location downtown with a great view of the Des Moines skyline for sunset. What a great engagement session with these two […]

Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Corporate Headshots Iowa

I had the pleasure of shooting some new commercial head-shots for a dentist earlier this week. Her new practice is opening in Waukee in the upcoming months. How exciting for her! If you are in need of some fresh corporate head shots for your website, social media marketing, advertising, etc in the Des Moines, Iowa […]

Rumple Wedding 09.24.16 | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer

We’ve been looking forward to Laura and Justin’s big day for a long time! We had the pleasure of capturing his sisters wedding on the farm where they live last Fall and their friends and family are just a joy to be around. What a wonderful fall day! We can’t say enough about couples that […]

H Family | Des Moines Family Photographer | Fall Family Session

I had the most adorable family session earlier this week with the H family! Little miss 11 month old Ophelia has the best personality. She is beyond adorable! Thanks for letting me capture your memories, I had a blast with you all! (Also note it was 90+ degrees at the end of Sept in Iowa, so they […]

Des Moines, Iowa Landscapes

Out exploring last weekend after a fun shoot. We have a few commercial clients that lease/buy images from us around Iowa so always great to add a few new ones to our portfolio! And as always you can buy your own (I prefer metal prints of these bad boys!) on our print site here. They […]

Ben + Lucy September Proposal | Des Moines Iowa Proposal Photographer

Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting this amazing proposal for Ben & Lucy in downtown Des Moines. All the feels on this one! So sweet! All the onlookers cheered for them when he got down on one knee. She cried happy tears, they shared lots of laughs and hugs. You can tell they are just […]

C Family & 1 Year Old Photos | Des Moines Family & Child Photographer

I had THE MOST ADORABLE 1 year old session with Theo and his family last week. I can’t believe he is 1 already! He and his brother Ben were just full of smiles and laughter. Thanks for letting me capture all your family milestones and adorable adorable adorable! I can’t say it enough!

Des Moines Commercial Photography | Social Media Marketing Photography

Few favorites from some recent commercial photo-shoots over the last week here in Des Moines. Great shoot at a partner meeting for an accounting firm and some general relaxed marketing photography for them of the partners interacting with interns. Plus we had a great corporate natural light head-shots for one of our ongoing bank clients. […]

Des Moines Top Wedding Photographer Award

We were super stoked to get an e-mail last week that out of 251 wedding photographers in Des Moines we were chosen as ONE of the top 19! How cool is that! You can check out the full list on the Expertise website here. They said their decisions are based on reputation, credibility, experience, availability to […]

Long Lake, Wisconsin Vacation | August 2016

Just wanted to share a few more favorites from our few days away in Wisconsin last week before we start our marathons of August-Nov weddings on the books. Long Lake is insanely gorgeous and a photographers dream! We spent a few great days with friends and family. The sunsets and sunrises are out of this […]

A Fitness Photoshoot | Des Moines Photographer

I had the most fun fitness photo-shoot earlier this week here in Des Moines. Love shooting things out of the norm and this mom of THREE has poured in so much hard work. A big thanks to the Anytime Fitness Downtown on MLK for allowing us to use their amazing rustic gym space. If you […]

ZTS News! | June 2016

After one of our fab engagement sessions last week we stopped by downtown Des Moines on the way home for a quick test of our new (toy) equipment…a DJI Phantom drone! (And YES before you yell at us or lecture us it’s already been registered with the FAA…promise!) We can’t wait to start taking a […]

Alecia & Jared Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

Another awesome June engagement session with Jared & Alecia last week. They are one of our (many) May 2017 wedding couples! We started out at the Des Moines Art Center for many different looks, the light was just PERFECT and I was so impressed with the crazy sun through the trees. June is amazing! From […]

Central Bank Headshots | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

We had another great shoot yesterday with one of our ongoing commercial photography clients Central Bank (check out our awesome landscape images on their site also!). Thanks so much for having us out! And if you are in need of some new fresh headshot images or social media marketing images in Des Moines let us know, […]

Dotson Wedding | Iowa Farm Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers

I’ve waited to blog this gorgeous Sept 2015 wedding featuring Ali and Damon until last as it was set to be published with the wonderful Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine! But since it debut a few weeks ago I think it’s more than time to share this beyond beautiful day. Seriously these two were so incredibly […]

Des Moines Commercial Headshots | Des Moines Photographer

We had another great commercial shoot today in Des Moines for a local bank. Thanks so much for the opportunity to photograph new head shots for a few employees. As always if you are in need of new marketing or social media photos here in the Des Moines area feel free to contact us, we […]

AO Wealth Advisory | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

I had a wonderful time photographing for Adam Obrecht and team of AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. They have a new beautiful location at 2570 106th Street Suite A in Urbandale, IA. Thanks so much for being wonderful supporters of ZTS over the years, we truly appreciate it. Always wonderful to get e-mails from past clients needing updated […]