Molly + Mitch April 14, 2017 | DesLux Hotel | Iowa State Capital Wedding

Last Friday I had the pleasure of photographing Mitch and Molly’s wedding at the Iowa Capital. Sadly we had some CRAZY thunderstorms but thankfully even though they were great sports and got soaked mid ceremony…it cleared long enough for some amazing portraits after! We started the day getting ready at DesLux Hotel in Downtown Des […]

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 […]

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 […]

ZTS Photo Updates June 2011

In light of the fact our awesome engagement session we had planned for this past Sunday was rained out here is a photo snapped from two weeks ago at the Des Moines River a few blocks from the loft. Spring along with lots of crazy storms has finally arrived! This was hand held 5 second […]

Finally Spring in Des Moines!

Spring has arrived in Des Moines! Finally an entire day with no ran and the thermometer reading over 60 degrees. For those of you who don’t live in Iowa right now it basically has been raining (or snowing depending on where you live) for a few weeks now daily and I believe we were all […]

Jen + James Engagement Photos | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

What I love most about Jen and James is that they can laugh at anything and everything together! We had the pleasure of shooting some engagement photos for them with a group of other Des Moines area photographers. The day was rather dreary but I think that the natural settings and the wide open field […]

Rainbow & a Killer Sunset!

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com to view this post! Last night I emerged from grabbing up some groceries for dinner after my workout at Dahl’s grocery store on 86th in Johnston to find a killer rainbow in the sky! Not just a ‘one-tailed’ rainbow or a […]

Iowa Spring!

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to the blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Spring is finally here in Iowa! The grass is green and the tulips (here in East Village where I work) are blooming. After one of the worst winters that I can remember having an 80 degree day in the middle of […]