ZTS News! | June 2016

After one of our fab engagement sessions last week we stopped by downtown Des Moines on the way home for a quick test of our new (toy) equipment…a DJI Phantom drone! (And YES before you yell at us or lecture us it’s already been registered with the FAA…promise!) We can’t wait to start taking a […]

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 […]

Connecting DSM | Des Moines Central Public Library Event

I had a great time photographing the April Happy Hour event for Connecting DSM at the Des Moines Central Public Library last week! It was put on by a few great local Des Moines wedding planners: Gina Cramer  l  gina@makeithappendsm.com Make it Happen Events Kelly Sparks  l  kelly@socializeevents.com Socialize Event Planning & Management Becky Thomas  l […]

2013 Wedding Wire Brides Choice Award Winner | Des Moines Wedding Photographer

For the 3rd year in a row Tanner and I are proud to have received the Wedding Wire Brides Choice award for 2013 for rave reviews from past brides in 2012! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness […]

The Jansen Family

Last week I had the pleasure of heading over to the Jansen household for some fun family photos. The second I stepped in the door of their gorgeous home my eye went directly to the delightful Christmas decorations and lovely tree. Christmas really is just around the corner, 2011 has just flown by so incredibly […]

Fredrick’s Wedding June 4, 2011 | Forest City Iowa & Diamond Joe Casino

Chelsea and Zach kicked off our crazy fun June of 2011 wedding madness on June 4th in Forest City, Iowa. Chelsea is Tanner’s first cousin so it is always enjoyable to shoot weddings where we know a majority of the people as well as be there to share in their wedding day with them. They […]

Sarah + Eric Married | Forest City Iowa Wedding Photographers

Tanner and Eric grew up together with their families being friends through the years. When he and Sarah contacted him about us shooting their wedding we were thrilled. Their big day took place with the wedding ceremony at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City, Iowa. The wedding reception following the ceremony was at a […]

Jen + James Engagement Photos | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

What I love most about Jen and James is that they can laugh at anything and everything together! We had the pleasure of shooting some engagement photos for them with a group of other Des Moines area photographers. The day was rather dreary but I think that the natural settings and the wide open field […]

Unc’s Cheesecakes, Inc. | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

Last night I had the pleasure of traveling to Blue Moon Piano Bar here in Des Moines to visit the wonderful kitchen of Unc’s Cheesecakes, Inc. Unc’s Cheesecake is run by the fantastic and bubbly Jessica Goodale, originally from Osage, Iowa. Recently Unc’s was chosen to be featured on The Food Network Channel’s Outrageous Food […]

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 Update: June 2010

If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: HTTP://WWW.ZTSBLOG.COM We are swamped. Weddings + seniors + families + engagements + events + commercial shoots + a magazine deal with the Iowan + inquiries like no other! The full on summer swing of things has officially started and we couldn’t be more excited! […]

New Photography Editing Techniques!

If your viewing this from Facebook click here to head over to our blog! https://www.ztsblog.com Recently we’ve really been really focusing on developing some new editing techniques for our post processing of images in Photoshop. We’ve been incorporating the use of some new awesome actions, filters, sharpening techniques, and mainly just trying out some new […]