Hustedt Wedding First Dance | Iowa Wedding Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com What is better to spend your day surrounded by love. This wedding just proved more to me why I LOVE to shoot weddings and just to be a part of a couples lives on their wedding day. Tanner and I spent […]

Trevor + Whitney Married | Mason City Iowa Wedding Reception Extravaganza!

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Rare is the occasion that we are guests at a wedding these days! Tanner’s brother was married last weekend and the photographer was only hired to stay through the toasts. Immediately following his departure family members kept asking us to haul […]

ZTS PHOTO | MOVING TO EAST VILLAGE DES MOINES!

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com It’s official…I am moving! AND ZTS has a new studio space! 333 E Grand in Des Moines, IA. Located in the heart of East Village in East Village Square. Since last winter we have been wanting to get a studio space […]

Tessa Senior Sneek Peak | Forest City 2011 Senior

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Summer has been crazy busy for us lately! We had a wedding Friday in Clear Lake, went to a wedding Saturday as guests (how odd to NOT be in charge! ha!) and shot a wonderful senior session with Tessa from Forest […]

Janssen Wedding Football Pics | Forest City Iowa Wedding

Tanner and I shot Eric and Sarah’s wedding a few weeks ago in Forest City, Iowa and finally finished up editing all the fabulous pictures last night! Definitely out-shot ourselves ending up with a bit over 1,800 final images. Phew! Eric played football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa so we ventured out with […]

ZTS Photo | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Ironically this weekend we don’t have ANY weddings scheduled! First weekend off from shooting in months. When Jill Fleming posted on Facebook that her second shooter’s grandmother had passed on and needed someone to help her out ASAP we jumped on […]

Vandusseldorp Family | Garner Iowa Photographers

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Tanner and I shot a few family photos for the Vandusseldorph family out of Garner, Iowa a few weekends ago. Here are some of the favorite images from the day:

Janssen Wedding Preview | 07.10.10 | Forest City Iowa Wedding

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sarah and Eric tied the knot in Forest City, Iowa this past weekend. Here is a snapshot of the bridal party after the ceremony at the football field where Eric played football for the last four years at Waldorf College in […]

Jaz + Bailey | Forest City, Iowa | Senior Photographer 2011

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Pushing our limits and growing as photographers is something Tanner and I really strive to do often. We try to be unique and different from every other photographer out there by trying out new ideas, using lenses that most don’t, and […]

4th of July | Clear Lake, IA

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The 4th of July has been THE favorite holiday of mine for as long as I can remember. I love sparklers, smoke bombs, snakes, fireworks, m80’s, basically anything I can light on fire and looks pretty counts. Especially when pictures are […]

Jenna Garner-Hayfield 2011 Senior | Iowa Senior Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sunday evining we meet up with Jenna for some pictures. She is a to-be senior at Garner-Hayfield High School in northern Iowa and has aspirations to become a nurse after high school. Tanner edited all of these and I don’t know […]

Finzen Wedding | Ventura Iowa Wedding 01.31.10

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com In an attempt to post blog posts from pre ZTS blog era here is a wedding we captured last January in Ventura for Arthur and Anna who have now been happily married for almost 6 months! I started off the day […]

Rupe Wedding Preview | Mason City Wedding Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Just a quick snapshot from the Mujucia/Rupe wedding we shot on Saturday in Mason City, IA. The day was steaming HOT reaching the mid 90’s. Phew! We got some AWESOME images so stay tuned for a full blog post soon!

Iowa Senior Session Sneek Peak!

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over out our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com BUSY weekend! We shot a wonderful wedding on Saturday in Mason City and senior session on Sunday in Garner. Here is just a sneak peak of one of the images from senior session below. More to come soon! Enjoy!

Thiele Wedding 05.30.10 | Jasper Winery Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com The second wedding of double Memorial Day ZTS wedding weekend started off Sunday afternoon here in Des Moines. Karin and Brad originally hired us last fall to shoot just their wedding reception as they were getting married this spring in Hawaii, […]

Long Exposure + Sparklers + Car…

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com This is what happens when Tanner and I get bored…we outline a car with sparklers! Last summer we were experimenting with light and long exposures and what better to do that play with sparklers! We headed off to a remote gravel […]

Kami Garner Senior 2011 | Iowa Senior Photographer

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com Kami was just so much fun to shoot with! She is going to be a senior this fall at Garner-Hayfield High School in Garner, IA. She is a lifeguard in town at the local pool and her father is a fire […]

Forest City High School Girls Softball | ZTS Photo

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com Tanner went to watch his cousin’s softball game last week and snapped some great action pics with the 70-200mm f/2.8. She is a to-be junior at Forest City High School in northern Iowa. Sports pics are always fun! We have been […]

2nd Annual Halfway to Heaven Scholarship Bike Ride | Iowa Commercial Photographers

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com June 5th we had the pleasure of shooting the 2nd Annual Halfway to Heaven Scholarship Bike-ride in memory of Tanner’s father Bernie. Some of his biggest passions were biking and music and the proceeds raised from the event help to fund […]

June Engagement Shootout | Iowa Photographers Meetup

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Sunday evening we headed off to a field just south-west of downtown Des Moines to meet-up with some other local photographers from the area to do a fun group engagement shoot! The other photographers present were: Sarah & Chris Davis of […]

ZTS Slideshows | Iowa Senior and Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: http://www.ztsphoto.com Tanner put together an awesome HD slide-show awhile ago for Kami one of our 2011 seniors from Garner, Iowa. Tanner is in the process of burning her a CD which we think would be awesome to be played at grad parties! […]

Introducing the ZTS Photo iPad! | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com Finally after well over a month of waiting for it WE GOT OUR 3G iPad! We have actually had it a few weeks now but it is still pretty new to us! Having internet in the middle of a corn field […]

Kami Sneek Peek | 2011 Garner Senior

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: https://www.ztsblog.com Tanner and I have been SO incredibly busy lately! Ok that SO is a bit of an understatement! We have a plethora of blogs coming here soon with what we have been up to in the next few days. Two weddings […]

Amy + Jon-Michael | Ledges State Park Engagement Photos

On Saturday Tanner and I made the short trek up to Ledges State Park just out of Boone to snap some fun engagement pictures of Amy and Jon-Michael. We have the pleasure of shooting their wedding at the end of  August in Carroll, IA. At first when Amy approached me about doing an all-nature engagement […]

Weeds Iowa!

If your viewing this on Facebook click here to head on over to our blog: https://www.ztsblog.com The light was just PERFECT the other night on my way back from a run so I bolted upstairs to my condo and grabbed the 5D MK II and our new 100mm f/2.8 macro lens that I have been […]

Shelby 2011 Waukee High School Senior | Des Moines Senior Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com to view the images better! Saturday afternoon we meet up to shoot with Shelby who is a senior to-be (in a few weeks!) gymnast and cheerleader at Waukee High School just outside of Des Moines. She has such a wonderful smile […]

Fisheye Tag

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Last January Tanner and I babysat my little cousin who lives in Johnston…he is SO much fun! Loves the camera, video, etc. I have some other awesome vids of him singing songs and the ABC’s somewhere…to be found at a later […]

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 […]

Jenn + Chad Engaged | Storm Lake Iowa Engagement Photographers

If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog @ https://www.ztsblog.com Last Saturday we headed out in Storm Lake, IA to shoot some engagement pics for an upcoming wedding this July for Jenn and Chad! Jen went to college with us at Buena Vista University and was really involved in basketball and […]

Amber 2010 Garner Senior | Iowa Senior Portrait Photographers

If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Way back in January we had the privilege of shooting Amber & Paige in Mason City, IA. It was so incredibly cold! I remember my fingers felt like they were falling off after being outside for only a short period of […]

Paige Portraits | Iowa Portrait Photographer

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Such a cold Iowa day but we really got some great images! These were all shot in Mason City, IA last January on a day that was far too cold for my liking. (We’re talking temperatures in the teens! Yuck!) See […]

BVU Baseball & BVU Softball | Storm Lake, IA

To best view this post (if your viewing this on facebook ) visit our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com Tanner went down to shoot some sports pics with our new 70-200 f/2.8 lens and got some sweet shots at the Buena Vista University softball & baseball games on Tuesday at BVU. Baseball was vs. Central College and […]

Abandoned Iowa: Granger

If your viewing this on facebook click here https://www.ztsblog.com to head on over to our blog for the full post! As long as I can remember I love grungy locations! You can check out some of my old work from my Flickr account here and here and Tanner’s stuff here. Whenever Tanner drives down from […]

Kristin + Jason Engaged | Pella Iowa Engagement Photographers

These two are just so much fun! Last Saturday Tanner and I headed off to Pella, IA to snap a few fun engagement pictures for Kristin and Jason whom we are shooting their wedding for at the end of May this year. Pella is just full of awesome places to shoot and a crazy amount […]

Katelyn + Taylor Engaged | Iowa Engagement Photographers | Ikonix Studio

In January we rented out Ikonix Studio for an engagement shoot with Katelyn and Taylor! Check out the Ikonix blog above as well as feel free to fan them on facebook because well…they just plain are SO incredibly fun to work with! IKONIX FACEBOOK Tanner and I are shooting their wedding the first weekend in  […]

Amber + Scott Engaged | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Photographers

If your viewing this on facebook to view images & this post better visit our blog at:  https://www.ztsblog.com Last weekend Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting engagement photos for an extremely fun couple! I think they laughed the entire shoot and we got some awesome pictures! They meet when they both worked at […]

It’s 80 degrees in March?! WOO!

So last night we decided to do a fun shoot tonight in Garner with one of Tanner’s friends Logan Clemet! He has some amazing work feel free to look him up and add him on facebook! We just got four new pocket wizards and have been dying to get outside and try them out with […]