L Family | Des Moines, Iowa Family Photographer | Summer Family Photos

I had a wonderful family session here in Des Moines the other night with the L family. How adorable are their little boys?! Always a pleasure to capture family memories. Kids grow so fast and so wonderful to be able to have wonderful memories of each year of life! Thanks for having me, what a […]

Des Moines, Iowa Family Photographer | Family Photography Des Moines

I had such a fun family session earlier this week, what a cute little family! I’m so excited after all the times we ended up rescheduling the Iowa weather FINALLY turned out just so perfect! 82, sun and little wind. You really can’t get much better than that!!! I had a great time meeting and […]

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 […]

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!

R/F Familiy | Des Moines Family Photographer

Had a great family photo session with the R/F family a few weeks ago. This little dude was so adorable! Sad he wasn’t about photos solo, maybe another time! [: Great morning for a session, you guys were awesome to work with, as always!    

Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa | Wall Art Galore

Occasionally for fun we venture out and take a few landscapes after shoots or on a weekend we aren’t busy. Over the years I’ve been asked alot where people can buy our fun photos of Des Moines, well wait no longer! The gallery is located here: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes-by-ZTS-Photo/ Great for your office, home or a gift! Why […]

T + B Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer

Trisha and Brendan are another one of our awesome 2015 couples, I had blast photographing their engagement session this past fall! We started out at the park for a few outfits then headed down to East Village to wrap up the session. The fall sun though, just amazing! Can’t wait for your wedding this August […]

Kayli + Ryan Engaged | Clear Lake, Iowa

Kayli and Ryan are one of our awesome 2011 wedding couples this year. Their wedding is set for October 1st in gorgeous Clear Lake, Iowa. Yay for fall weddings! We started out at a state park in Clear Lake with lots of awesome shady trees and then headed to an open field and finally down […]

Tilt-Shift Des Moines

I have ALWAYS wanted a tilt-shift. Well for a few weeks we just so happen to have one! I ventured out tonight around the loft in downtown Des Moines and East Village and tried out the 24mm tilt-shift on the city. Below are just a few of my favorites:

It’s Almost Summer!

I took these shot years ago…were talking summer of 2006 old school with a Rebel XTi and a lens kit! I still to this day just absolutely just love them! They are un-edited straight out of the camera JPEGS. I was cleaning up my Flickr’ account last night and found these images from the days […]