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 […]