Hoskins Wedding 06.02.2018 | Red Acre Barn Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Saturday we headed down to one of our very favorite venues in the Des Moines area for a wedding, Red Acre Barn! If you are looking for a barn run by owners who truly care about your big day, look no further! They truly pour their heart into their venue. Such a perfect spot for […]
Benskin Wedding July 22, 2017 | Red Acre Barn | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographer
Taylor and Billy had the most beautiful Iowa barn wedding at Red Acre Barn just a few minuets south of Des Moines. The night even ended with quite the bang! They went all out on florals with the amazing Shelly Sarver Designs, as always her arrangements blow us away! Despite the 93 degree day they […]
Vacation Life Wisconsin | ZTS Photo Personal | Des Moines, Iowa Wedding Photographers
I’ve always tried to share a little bit of our personal life with photos on our blog over the last 8 years. To keep up with this trend I thought I’d share a few fun photos from our “real” cameras (and video) from our week long 4th of July vacation at the family lake house in Long […]
Ashlee + Kale | Summerset Iowa Winery Wedding | Indianola, Iowa
Tanner and I had a blast photographing Ashlee & Kale’s wedding recently at the Summerset Winery in Indianola, Iowa. I’ve known Ashlee for years and our olde english bulldogs are even bffs. These two had just the most perfect day full of love, friends and laughter. Thanks so much for letting us photograph it […]
G + A Proposal | Des Moines Iowa Engagement Proposal Photographers
I love shooting exciting things, and not much is more exciting than a surprise engagement proposal! Congrats to G+A this weekend on popping the question at the Iowa Capital, what a great view of the city! Note: two photographers = better than one FTW also. Always great to have that 2nd angle or viewpoint of […]
Hughes Wedding Preview | 060212 | Marina Inn Conference Center Sioux City
We had the pleasure of shooting Natalie and Brady’s wedding this past weekend in Sioux City at the Marina Inn Hotel & Conference Center. Natalie you made such a gorgeous bride and your first dance hands down tops anything I’ve ever seen at a wedding! You two are awesome. More to come soon!
ZTS PHOTO: Wedding Wire Brides Choice Award Winner 2012
We are pleased to announce we are the recipient of the 2012 Brides Choice award from WeddingWire again this year! This means we are in the top 5% of Wedding Pros nationwide! The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and […]
Megan + Brandon | Engaged
We meet up with Megan and Brandon (and their adorable little pups!) for their engagement session in Storm Lake two Sundays ago. I’ve been wanting to shoot at this great fence walkway at one of the local parks forever and luckily there were even some gorgeous fall colored vines growing on it! The session started […]
Allerdings Wedding 09.10.11 | Alta, Iowa
Shelby and Paul were married at the Summit Church in Alta, Iowa on 9.10.11. The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a wedding! Tanner and I got to spend lots of time with the details which lead to some gorgeous dress shots, ring shots and other wedding details many of which Shelby ordered off […]
Lauren + Bill 08.06.11 | The Scottish Rite Consistory Wedding | Des Moines, Iowa
Lauren and Bill’s big day on August 6th took place at the gorgeous downtown Des Moines venue The Scottish Rite Consistory. The couple meet at Simpson College just south of Des Moines in my hometown of Indianola. They kept busy at Simpson with sports as Bill played football for the Storm while Lauren ran track. […]
ZTS June 2011 Update: Wedding Madness!
Tomorrow marks our 3rd wedding for June of 2011. The couple you ask? You may remember the western themed engagement shoot for Matt & Jessi from last fall in Storm Lake, Iowa. If the photo below of the groom to be we snapped at the e-session is any indication of what is to come this […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cherry Beer | Iowa Wedding Photographers
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://www.ztsblog.com While holiday shopping this weekend we snatched this little snazzy guy up at Vintage Wine & Spirit. Sadly I was pretty disappointed with the Strawberry flavor so hoping this one will be a bit better! I often get yelled at for […]