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B Family Maternity Session | Des Moines Iowa Maternity Photographer

This weekend I had a great wintery maternity session with C+B here in Des Moines. We’ve shot a few maternity sessions over the years and they are just so much fun and a little different from the normal wedding or engagement. Plus so fun to celebrate with some photos that time of life just before the […]

2014 Behind the Scenes | Des Moines Wedding Photographers Tanner & Sarah Urich

Something that’s fun and we’ve been doing since 2009 (our first year in business) is looking back on the behind the scenes pics from all our weddings, senior, family, commercial, etc shoots from the year. ZTS started out in 2009 with Tanner and I (then dating) and kind of fun that we are now married […]

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 […]

K + D Engaged | Adel Soccer Engagement | Des Moines Wedding Photographers

Continuing with our awesome fall of engagement sessions   with Kelsey and David, another one of our great 2015 couples! The day was a bit overcast but they sure made it work! I love when couples come up with ideas such as they meet playing soccer so we returned to the soccer fields in Adel […]

A+K Engaged | Bulldog Engagement Photos | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Photographers

I do suppose the insanely cold January in Iowa weather is the perfect time for blogging! With us getting married this past fall I failed to blog SO MANY awesome engagement/family/commercial sessions so here we go with the delightful Ashlee and Kale AND my 2nd favorite adorable bulldog pal Bruce! (Only because we have a […]

Behne Wedding | 11.22.2014 | The Surf Ballroom Wedding Clear Lake, Iowa

Aria and Tyler had the most gorgeous wedding at The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake two weekends ago. I was SO excited too for snow portraits, thanks so much for being troopers even in the fog and cold weather for trekking into the woods with us! The day started out at Aria’s childhood home for […]

C Family Photos | Iowa Family and Child Photographer

I had a blast photographing Mr. Ben and family for his big 1 year photo session. I can’t get over how much he has changed in the last few months! We started off with some family photos at the park and then he showed me his favorite lawn mowers.Ending the night with a blowing bubbles […]

Des Moines Proposal

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing Phillip and Maleah’s nighttime engagement proposal here in Des Moines. I didn’t cry and I went undetected, so what an for all! Congrats you two, and as difficult as photographing in the pitch black (on a windy bridge) is, you two rocked it. An love […]

Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa aka Pure Awesomeness

Des Moines, Iowa is such a gorgeous place! We have been receiving national attention for the last few  years on just how fantastic it is to live here. Even the Today Show did a great piece on our city! I ventured out and braved the cold the other weekend to capture some landscapes of our […]

Jamie + Jasen | Tournament Club of Iowa Wedding

Can I just say I love shooting weddings at the Tournament Club of Iowa. What a great place for a wedding in the Des Moines area! I can’t ever be opposed to getting to drive around golf carts on a course for photos! The day started with Jamie and her bridesmaids getting hair and makeup […]

Tanya + Mike | Coralville Marriott Iowa City, Iowa Wedding

Tanya & Mike were married in Iowa City at the Newman Catholic Student Center at The University of Iowa campus this past October. I adore Iowa City, especially the downtown area. It is just such a fun place to shoot! Tanya is also a fantastic Iowa wedding photographer, make sure you check out her work […]

Ice Fishing | Wisconsin Cabin Vacation 2014

One of my 2014 New Year’s resolutions was to shoot more landscape photography (and blog more!). We headed up to Tanner’s family’s cabin in Wisconsin for a 4 day vacation this weekend and it was FINALLY warm enough to bring my camera along ice fishing. WOO! Tanner and I on the lake. Please don’t judge […]

Happy Holidays from ZTS Photo

It has been a while since we posted a personal post and this was just too cute to pass up! Happy holidays from our happy little bulldog Dexter, he is loving the fireplace weather and Christmas tree! Our last commercial shoot of 2013 was today and can’t wait to share quite a few fall weddings […]

C Family | Des Moines Family Photographer

I had a delightful family session recently with our past wedding clients Kelsi and Todd and their adorable little boy Ben. Seriously he is such a little ham, I am not sure he could be any cuter! 

Breanne + Ryan Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

We had a great fall engagement session with Breanne and Ryan recently. We started off at Grey’s lake and then headed to downtown Des Moines and to some fun spots in East Village. Can’t wait to photograph your wedding next July and so incredibly glad the rain finally held off for your session!

JB & Steph Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer

I grew up with JB and Steph in Indianola, even attending quite a few life changing week long missions trips with JB over my high school years. I was thrilled with Steph reached out about shooting their wedding next summer! When you think of an incredibly happy couple that just love each other beyond words it […]

Baby Ben | Des Moines Child Photographer

Oh gosh this guy has the BEST laugh! I had the pleasure of taking a former bride and groom from 2010’s little guys 3 months photos last night. He is just absolutely adorable!

Hawley Wedding Preview | Scottish Rite Des Moines Wedding

Just a few from favorites from our recent wedding with Ted and Kate at The Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory in downtown Des Moines. I don’t even know where to begin with these two, they threw one heck of a wedding! Congratulations guys, we had such a fun time shooting your big day! Stay tuned […]

Brita & Jacob | Bos Landen Golf Club Wedding | Pella, Iowa

Tanner and I had a blast photographing Jacob & Brita’s big day in Pella. If you haven’t been to Pella, Iowa you should really make it a priority to visit the awesome little town less than an hour out of Des Moines to the East! Getting ready took place at A Beautiful You salon followed […]

Oyen Wedding Preview {072013}

Tanner and I had a delightful time photographing Brita & Jacob’s wedding day in Pella, Iowa this past Saturday. Brita can I just add your grandmother made my day quite a few times, she is such a fantastic lady! Stay tuned for an entire blog post soon! Brita I don’t think I have ever seen […]

Jacob + Brita {Des Moines Engagement Session}

We had an awesome engagement session with one of our July bride and grooms and finally lucked out with some awesome weather. About time Iowa! Jacob and Brita you two were a blast to shoot and just naturals behind the camera. Few more weeks and we will be shooting your wedding, can’t wait!

Jones Wedding | Sticks Event Center | Des Moines, Iowa

Taylor and Suzy had such a gorgeous wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. Crazy how our first wedding this May had a few inches of SNOW and the Jones wedding was in the upper 90’s! Tanner and I were thrilled they choose us to photograph the big day and their little boy Oliver […]

Megan + Lucas {married} | Spring 2013 Iowa Wedding

I meet Lucas his freshman year at BVU and we have stayed in touch ever since. From the day he sent me a text message last year with the photo of a gorgeous engagement ring and told me he was going to propose to Megan I was so excited for them! Tanner and I were […]

Miller Wedding | May 4, 2013 | Decorah, Iowa

  Peggy and Andy had an awesome wedding day surrounded by family and friends. They even got a very rare May snowstorm the two days prior, let us all thank Iowa that it didn’t happen on the 4th. Ha! Tanner and I made the trek up to Decorah, Iowa last Friday and I must say we were more […]

Miller Wedding Preview {05.04.13} | Decorah, IA

We kicked off our 2013 wedding season with Peggy and Andy in Decorah, IA this past weekend and I wanted to share a few of our favorite portraits from the day below. Peggy and I have been friends for years and were roommates our freshman year at Buena Vista University. I was truly honored when Andy told […]

Kelsey + Adam {engaged} | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement

Kelsey and Adam have been great together forever it seems, I remember sitting with them playing cards at college in BVU gosh…years ago! I was thrilled when Adam asked me to be there when he popped the big question a few months ago and even more thrilled to spend Sunday afternoon with them taking their […]

Adam + Kelsey {engaged} | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Session

I had a great engagement session in downtown Des Moines yesterday with Adam and Kelsey. Can’t wait to sit down and edit the rest of these, so many great photos and we found some fun locations! This is actually where Adam proposed to Kelsey a few months ago, how cool is that! I just loved […]

Merle Hay Lanes Bowling | ZTS Commercial Photography

Some of our fantastic commercial photography for Merle Hay Lanes has landed on their newly redesigned website designed by Visionary. Don’t forget to stop by and check out the site as well as visit for some bowling goodness if you are in the Des Moines area. I had such a blast hanging out and taking  photos during league […]