The World Food Prize | GYI Oxfam Hunger Banquet | Des Moines, Iowa Commercial Events Photographer
I had a blast photographing for The World Food Prize foundation covering the GYI Oxfam Hunger Banquet for the Global Youth Institute. What an eventual night it was! If you aren’t familiar with the event feel free to check out the links above, honestly it was for high school age children from all over the globe here […]
J+D Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photos | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I had such a blast with this March engagement session! We lucked out with just the best day. You never know in Iowa what the weather will be (and wind!) in March so we had a blast enjoying the sunshine! Can’t wait for J+D’s big day this fall at one of our favorite wedding venues […]
Des Moines, Iowa Award Winning Wedding Photographers ZTS Photo by Tanner & Sarah Urich | Wedding Wire Couples Choice Award Winner 2018
Stoked to have wrapped up our 2017 wedding season (our 9th one at that!) with an ANOTHER award for 2018 with a Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award!!! Based SOELY on client reviews. Tanner and I say it often, we never really intended as two young college kids at BVU to have ZTS Photo grow into […]
Curate Des Moines Open House | East Village Des Moines Wedding Venue | Des Moines Wedding Venue
I had the pleasure of photographing the new Curate event venue open house this past Friday in East Village. The new venue created by the wonderful ladies behind Taste to Go catering here in Des Moines. What a BUSY night it was! Such a great new space in East Village here in Des Moines. Just […]
Olson Wedding September 8th, 2017 | Sticks Event Center Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Jess and Taylor had a picture perfect wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. They started out getting ready at the new AC Hotel by Marriott in the East Village. I can’t say enough great things about the AC Hotel, what a great venue for getting ready! I highly suggest all wedding couples pick a getting ready […]
Erica + Jordan Engaged | Iowa Cubs Baseball Stadium Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographers
Erica and Jordan are HUGE Chicago Cubs baseball fans so when they came to me with the idea to do their engagement photos at Principal Park home of the Iowa Cubs how could I say no!? A Cubs themed engagement shoot, sign me up! It was so fun wandering around the stadium for photos at […]
Jones Wedding June 3rd 2017 | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer | Iowa State Historical Building Wedding East Village
Rachel and Sam had such a fun June wedding day surrounded by their closest family and friends. You can truly tell so much about a couple by spending their wedding way with them and they have some awesome people in their lives! They were actually married by Sam’s father (the first ever father we’ve had […]
Heathman Wedding May 27, 2017 | Des Moines, Iowa Embassy Club West Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Alyssa and Cameron had the most beautiful wedding! The Embassy Club and Embassy Club West wedding venues in Des Moines are always such a pleasure to shoot at and we are SO thankful the rain decided to stop just in time for photos. How lucky were we! We started off the day with the girls […]
Voted Des Moines, Iowa Best Wedding Photographer for 2017
Always fun getting e-mails saying we won things! Thanks Des Moines, Iowa Center Award Online Awarded for selecting Tanner and I as your “Best of 2017 Des Moines Awards” for the Wedding Photographer category! How fun is that! Tanner and I have had a great adventure being wedding photographers together since summer 2009, meet some […]
Basic Invite | Wedding Invitations Review
Basic Invite reached out to us a few weeks ago asking if we would do a product review for them on social media. Getting married ourselves in 2014 we know first hand how hard it is to find a quality product that lets you completely customize all the different features that is actually within your […]
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 […]
Meg & Eric Downtown Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
I had a great (but cold holy cow!) January engagement session with Eric & Meg. You’d never know it was 30 degrees, and I swear they didn’t stop smiling the entire session. You can tell Meg is originally from Wisconsin, she just braved the cold no questions asked! You two are so adorable together! I’ve known […]
Scherer Wedding January 21, 2017 | Five Island Bay in Emmetsburg, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kicking off 2017 with the wonderful Scherers! Maggie and Michael had the best wedding day, we couldn’t have asked for a better winter wedding to kick off 2017! We had the pleasure of shooting Maggie’s sisters wedding last April, and Maggie literally hours after she got engaged she Facebook messaged me she HAD to hire […]
R+R Proposal | Des Moines Proposal Photographer | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
We kicked off our 2017 with an amazing marriage proposal last weekend at the Iowa Capital downtown. We couldn’t have asked for better January weather for it either, and that sunset at the end. How perfect was that! How cute are these two! We had such a blast shooting their big moment. Thanks so much […]
2017 Couples Choice Award Winner | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Tanner and I are SUPER stoked to announce for the 6th time we have been selected based on our amazing client reviews to win the Couples Choice Award through Wedding Wire! And oh gosh NO this isn’t a paid thing…it’s solely based in kind words from our wonderful couples! Thanks again to everyone for an awesome 2016, […]
Johnson Wedding November 26, 216 | Des Moines Social Club Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
What a wonderful late November day for a wedding! You just can’t get much better than nearly 60 and sun in Iowa for November 26! We’d never shot a wedding at the Des Moines Social Club, what a great venue for a wedding in downtown Des Moines. Olivia and Jessica gave us SO MUCH amazing […]
Petersen Wedding November 5, 2016 | Simpson College and Palmer Hall Indianola Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
What a beautiful November day in Indianola for a wedding! A few weeks ago we traveled to Indianola for Alex & Lindsay’s big day. We’ve shot many weddings at Smith Chapel located on the beautiful Simpson College campus. We were so glad fall stuck around till November for those amazing leaves! The day started out […]
Megan + Tim Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Engagement Photographer | Iowa Fall Engagement Session
OH MY GOSH how cute are these two?! They just rocked their fall engagement session! Thanks for listening to my crazy ideas and checking out some new places with us for photos. I can’t believe this beautiful fall weather has stuck around so long this year, 60+ in November in Iowa is unheard of. Can’t […]
Robinson Wedding | Central College Pella, Iowa Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Tanner and I had a great time capturing the Robinson wedding a few weeks ago in Pella, Iowa. We started off getting ready with the girls at the church, ironically Tanner and I shot one of our first ever weddings at the same church in oh gosh 2009? 2010? It’s so fun to return back […]
J+M Engaged | Fall Des Moines Engagement Session | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
What a fun fall engagement session recently. This is one of our awesome May 2017 couples, and we can’t wait for their big day at the Downtown Des Moines Marriott. I had a blast exploring the Papa John Sculpture Park, the Women of Achievement bridge with that epic sunset glow of mist off the river […]
Steckelberg Wedding October 8, 2016 | Honey Creek Resort Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
Last Saturday we headed down to the beautiful Honey Creek Resort on Lake Rathbun, Iowa for Piper and Jared’s big day. As always Honey Creek is on point with amazing service and friendly smiles. We love working there and highly suggest it to all brides looking for a beautiful location that allows guests to have […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine Feature Megan + Wade Wedding | Fall 2016 Issue
GUYS!!!! Super stoked to have another fab wedding featured in Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine this fall! Megan and Wade had the most fun day with the best vendors around. You can grab your own copy at any local Hy-Vee in the Des Moines Metro (or anywhere that has those fun fab free magazines!). You can […]
Herring Wedding 8.27.16 | Holiday Inn West Des Moines | Des Moines Wedding Photographer
What a beautiful August day for a wedding! I was so excited when Morgan and Matt told us about the vintage fire truck for portraits. I mean how cool is that! Matt is a volunteer firefighter for the City of West Des Moines. Apparently someone donated the beautiful vintage fire truck for firefighters to use […]
Reed Wedding Preview Video 08.20.16 | Diamond Oaks Event Center Wedding | Clear Lake, Iowa Wedding
Tanner put together a fun little drone wedding video preview from Saturday’s gorgeous wedding at Diamond Oaks Event Center in Clear Lake, Iowa. I still can’t get over the RAINBOW we had at sunset. Seriously if rain is good luck on a wedding day a rainbow has to be the best luck ever! Congrats Nic & […]
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 […]
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 […]
Courtney & Jeremy Engaged | Glen Oaks Country Club Engagement | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Tanner and I had a great engagement session with Courtney & Jeremy last week at the beyond beautiful Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines. Always love shooting engagement sessions on golf courses. Thanks for having us out and best of luck with all your wedding planning! And also thanks for being so patient […]
Keller Brick Barn | Rustic Barn Wedding Venue | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
A few weeks ago Kady Godfrey one of the owners of the Keller Brick Barn wedding venue in Dallas Center messaged me for some fun venue photos. It is located just a few min Northwest of the Des Moines metro and what a gorgeous spot for a wedding! They even have air conditioning…which if you […]
Thomas Wedding April 30th 2016|Tournament Club of Iowa Golf Course Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Lucy & Nathan’s big day wins the award for rainiest wedding we’ve ever shot in the past 8 years! It literally rained the entire Saturday, which they say is good luck…but not always so much for photos, ha! They still made the best of it and braved the rain THREE times with us for quick portraits […]
Justin & Laura Engaged | Iowa Farm Engagement | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Could these two be more adorable?! Tanner and I had a blast returning to the farm for a wonderful engagement session for Laura and Justin last weekend. We are so stoked for their wedding this Sept and I couldn’t even begin to pick what to blog. I love them all. You two knocked these out […]
Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine Feature | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We are incredibly excited to announce we are featured on the COVER and feature story for the Early Spring 2016 edition of the wonderful Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine with this amazing Fall 2015 wedding! This is my last one to blog and of-course I knew we were being published since December so I held off on […]
Kelsy & David Married | Hilton Garden Inn West Des Moines Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
Kelsy & David had the most beautiful fall wedding day. We started out with hair at Aveda Serenity Couture Valley West Salon/Spa at Valley West Mall. From there we headed out to makeup and getting ready at the Adel First Christian Church. Post ceremony we found a gorgeous nature preserve with an awesome weeping willow for […]
Laura May + Chase Married | Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Wedding | Des Moines Wedding Photographers
Loved this gorgeous fall day with Laura May & Chase! I promised myself I’d get all the blogs from the last 5 weddings pumped out before our first April wedding this year, ha! So here we go with another wonderful day to share! The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is newly remodeled with an perfect garden space for […]
When Wedding Photographers Take Snow Selfies…
Well our new wireless lighting system is a go! I fully approve! Tanner and I played with our new setup in our backyard the other night during a light snowstorm and I couldn’t be happier with the ease of use to turn the power up and down fast and results. We are ready to go for […]
Laura + Justin Mini Winter Engagement Session | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
We had a fun mini-engagement session with one of our awesome 2016 couples recently! They were serious troopers, it was way below zero but they knocked these out of the park! Can’t wait for their full session in May and man Des Moines looks great at night. Plus our new wireless flash system knocked it out of […]
Jenkins Wedding | Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
You would never know it from the photos but it basically rained all day on Tim & Annie’s big day. They were rockstars and even got pretty wet at our 2nd to last stop for some quick photos! We started out the day getting ready at Bella Salon Spa, such a wonderful natural light space […]
Jenna & John Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Session
To wrap up our 2015 Des Moines engagement season marathon I’m happy to share this awesome November session with Jenna and John! It ended with the most perfect sunset over the Des Moines skyline. These two are getting married next spring on a beach (lucky!) how awesome is that! Thanks so much for choosing us […]
Kaitlynn + Darrell Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer
I had a great fall engagement session with Kaitlynn & Darrell the other day, another one of our awesome 2016 couples! How cool is it that they meet at Zombie Burger too?! Des Moines weather this last month has just been perfect for engagement photos. We started off with some fall photos in the woods and […]
Jared & Piper Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Fall Engagement Photos
More fall engagements! I know, holy overload of love. 😉 Had a great engagement session recently with Jared, Piper and their sassy fur kid Morgan. Morgan is a few month old Corgi puppy, how cute is she! We ended the session at this awesome location I’ve been dying to shoot at for awhile, it doesn’t even […]