Tag: ZTS Photo

L Portraits | Des Moines, Iowa Portrait Photographer

I had a wonderful holiday portrait session last week. We had a blast exploring the elaborately decorated East Village in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.   It was so fun to explore and I just love how they decorate this area up for the holiday season each year. If you haven’t been down to EV lately, do […]

Des Moines Commercial Photographer | Law Firm Photos

Had a wonderful session with a local law firm the other day for some updated website photos and head-shots. Always love doing commercial work. Feel free to let us know (info@ztsphoto.com) if you would like to schedule an office visit for head-shots and general social media photos in the Des Moines area. We would love to […]

Megan & Wade Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

Our marathon of awesome Des Moines fall engagement sessions continue with Megan and Wade! What a great session filled with so many smiles and laughs. We just can’t wait for the wedding at the Embassy Club Downtown next spring, and seriously, what a great fall it’s been for photos! Thanks so much for choosing us to […]

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 […]

Katie + Dustin Engaged | Des Moines, Iowa Fall Engagement Photographer

What a great fall engagement session recently in Des Moines with Katie & Dustin! Lately the weather for shoots has been more than ideal, just simply perfect! Iowa has really cooperated this October weather wise. Thanks so much for choosing us to be your photographers! I had a blast with you two shooting these. Can’t […]

Breanne + Nic Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

Des Moines fall engagement sessions are in full swing the last few weeks of October. This engagement session could be straight out of Pinterest, how adorable are these two!?! Can’t wait for their August 2016 Clear Lake wedding at a brand new venue in Clear Lake, Diamond Oak Events. It looks like just the perfect location for a late summer […]

W Family | Des Moines, Iowa Photographer

I had a great fall family session with the W family recently, just how adorable are the 6 month old twins! Complete with a fall pumpkin photo. Really though, I just can’t get over how cute they are! We’ve been insanely swamped lately with weddings, engagements and family sessions. Expect lots and lots of blogs […]

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 […]

R/F Familiy | Des Moines Family Photographer

Had a great family photo session with the R/F family a few weeks ago. This little dude was so adorable! Sad he wasn’t about photos solo, maybe another time! [: Great morning for a session, you guys were awesome to work with, as always!    

Des Moines Farmers’ Market 2015

I had a blast this AM at the local Des Moines Farmers’ Market, if you live anywhere near here go! You won’t regret it! Such a fun and wonderful experience. I ran into so many old friends, past brides and grooms and adorable puppies. Ate some delicious pasteries and grabbed some delightful fresh coffee before […]

Drake Relays Street Painting 2015

I had a blast photographing and street painting for the 2015 Drake Relays last week on Court Ave for Visionary! Also loved meeting the beautiful Porterhouses Choice bulldog Steve, what a little cutie. If you know us we sure love our fur child bulldog, so great to see an event that features lots of beautiful […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tilt-Shift Downtown Des Moines Throwback | Iowa Landscapes

Being a photographer you find yourself taking thousands of photos, and never editing the ‘fun ones’ or ‘not paid shoots’ aka years later you find all these awesome RAW files and editing them like “OH MAN HOW DID I NEVER FIND THE TIME FOR THIS!” Well, January years later is the perfect time! While searching to put together […]

Landscapes of Des Moines, Iowa | Wall Art Galore

Occasionally for fun we venture out and take a few landscapes after shoots or on a weekend we aren’t busy. Over the years I’ve been asked alot where people can buy our fun photos of Des Moines, well wait no longer! The gallery is located here: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Landscapes-by-ZTS-Photo/ Great for your office, home or a gift! Why […]

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 […]

LM + C Engaged | Des Moines Iowa Wedding Photographers

  I’ve known Laura May for several years now, she’s incredibly smart and so sweet. She also has the biggest heart for fur children (or dogs as normal people would probably say, ha!). I couldn’t be more excited for her and Chase to have meet and fallen in love the past few years! We ended […]

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 […]

Baby A | Des Moines Newborn Photographer

I had such a great newborn session with little miss A and her cousin that was visiting from Colorado last week. Always so fun to see and capture past bride and grooms families grow. She’s just too perfect! And those lips. Just adorable. Nothing as cute as a brand new baby!

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 […]

Breanne + Ryan 7.12.14 | Embassy Club West Wedding | West Des Moines, Iowa

Breanne and Ryan’s wedding day kicked off at Breanne’s condo for the girls hair and makeup. From there we jotted off to the Beautiful Savior Church in West Des Moines. From there we took a party bus around West Des Monies ending up at Wellman’s Rooftop for a final drink before the reception. The night ended […]

Roy Wedding 06.20.14 | Summerset Winery Wedding | Indianola, Iowa

Natalie and Michael had the most gorgeous wedding day! Tanner and I were thrilled to be able to capture it for them. Winery weddings might just be our new favorites! The day started off with Natalie and her ladies getting ready at the fantastic Estilo Salon in West Des Moines. From there we traveled to […]

Aria + Tyler Engaged | Des Moines Engagement Photographer

Aria and Tyler are one of our 2014 wedding couples, they are getting married this November in Clear Lake (at the Surf Ballroom, how fun is that!). They traveled down to Des Moines for their engagement photos and I seriously can’t wait for their big day. These two are just so much fun! Thanks for […]

AO Wealth Advisory | Des Moines Commercial Photographer

I had a great time photographing some corporate photos for AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. AO Wealth Advisory provides financial planning and investment management  services. If you are in need of some fun and friendly social media photos or just to update your website photos in the Des Moines area let us know, we would love […]

J + C | Kansas City, Missouri Engagement

Tanner and I headed to Kansas City for an awesome Spring engagement shoot a few weeks ago. J + C were awesome hosts (Dexter our bulldog even came along for the weekend!) showing us a great time on the town. We even managed to squeeze in some great engagement photos! 😉 We started off at […]

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 […]

Commercial Photography Feature on the Des Moines Business Record COVER!

Always so cool to see our photos used in great ways! Especially when they make the COVER story of the Des Moines Business Record for our Leaning Tower of Pizza shoot. Don’t forget to head on over and check out the whole article featuring our photos and a great article about Visionary in Des Moines. VIEW […]