I had a blast covering the 2018 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament for IA Wrestle again this year. What an awesome atmosphere! This is my 6th? (gosh I’ve lost count!) year covering the tournament and I can’t say how much each year it’s SUCH a rush to photograph! Sports is like nothing else, and...
It’s been since 2012 that I was able to shoot the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament but I returned Thursday AM to Wells Fargo Arena for 1A to shooting for the amazing IA Wreslte! One of our past grooms founded IA Wrestle, he’s turned it into such a great site with a big following! So great to pursue...
Apparently the IHSAA State Wrestling tournament has snuck up on us this year and we forgot to put in for a press pass again (BOO!). But just wanted to share a few faves from past years, what a fun event to attend, I’ve photographed for them for two years in the past. Just a few of...
I had a blast photographing the 2014 Drake Relays for an afternoon. Such a great annual event in the Des Moines area. If you haven’t been, be sure to check it out in 2015! I must say the long jump is probably my new favorite thing to photograph, loved all the flying sand!
Just a few quick photos from a day spent at the 2013 Drake Relays! I had a blast going and it was such a gorgeous day. Maybe someday I will get time to sift through the 700+ photos I took on Saturday! If you live in Des Moines and haven’t been to the Relays be sure to...
Tanner put together these seriously awesome composites of Buena Vista University athletes over the last few weeks. His goal was to portray them larger than life and attract a feeling of pride, especially in BVU conveyed by the photos. The athletes pics were all taken with three alien bee strobes to create an image that...
A few months ago Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting the local NBA Development League team here in Des Moines, the Iowa Energy. We have shot plenty of high school and college basketball through the years but shooting for the NBA D League is a whole new game. Holy cow those boys move!...
Thursday night I had the pleasure of shooting some of the 2A and most of the 1A Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena a few blocks from my loft. Holy cow is it one super fast paced tournament! Super pleased with the results. Sports are such a different ballgame to...
The November 16th football game was the last BVU game of the 2011 year as well as senior day. The team posted a win with a final score of 28-0 over Loras College. Pretty decent way to wrap up the 2011 season Beavers! The weather was pretty delightful for the middle of November. The photos below...
Tanner and I headed down to Simpson College a few weeks ago to shoot the Buena Vista University vs Sipmson College football game. We haven’t made it to many BVU football games this year since we had so many weddings and engagement shoots scheduled on Saturdays the last few months. Although BVU didn’t post up...
Hello Beaver Football 2011! Just a few pics from todays homecoming game. There are more photos up on our print site at http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Sports/BVU-FOOTBALL/BVU-Homecoming-2011 Final score: BVU 44 Cornell 10
Tanners older brother coaches football at Denison High School so on the 16th we went to his game vs Storm Lake. Just a few snaps from the game below. You can see the entire group of shots on our print site at http://www.ztsphoto.smugmug.com
Just wanted to share a sneak peak photo from our senior session last weekend with Chayton, a 2012 senior at Spencer High School.
Alright! Just one more from our senior session with Miranda that Tanner shot last night in the Forest City High School gym. Pretty stoked about this one!
On Sunday we hit up the local Iowa Cubs minor league baseball game vs Tucson Padres at Principal Park just down the road from my loft. The day was gorgeous and it is so nice to get out and enjoy the sun and watch some ball. Just a few faves from the baseball game Sunday...
Finally finished editing the massive amount of photos I took at the class 2A opener at the 2011 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament yesterday! Seriously had such an incredibly tough time picking out my favorites for the blog. The sensation that comes along with state wrestling is just crazy. From weeping on one side and...
If you grew up here in Iowa chances are you went to the Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament through out your high school career to cheer on your school. It is BIG here, were talking entire towns shut down to come support their athletes every year. Something that is so awesome to watch and be...
Winter is a great time to reflect on our past year and dive in to learn new and try new things. Normally we use Lightroom for about 99% of our images but decided to dive a bit more into Photoshop tonight. Just a quick before and after edits of one of our gorgeous seniors from...
If your viewing this on Facebook head over to our blog at www.ztsblog.com for the full post! We shot the last Buena Vista University home football game of the year with a Canon 1D MK IV and a 300mm f/2.8 USM IS lens from CPS. I must say…WOW. We need two MK IV’s stat! We...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Ahh Fall sports are finally back in swing! Tanner snapped these photos and videos all last night at the BVU Volleyball game in Storm Lake, IA. These are all taken with a Canon 5D MK II and a 135L F/2 lens....
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Growing up in Indianola I just assumed it average to have hot air balloons landing in your backyard daily in the summer. August brought the National Balloon Classic in Indianola every year. Last night I went out to Fire in the...
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at: https://ztsphoto.com Tanner went to watch his cousin’s softball game last week and snapped some great action pics with the 70-200mm f/2.8. She is a to-be junior at Forest City High School in northern Iowa. Sports pics are always fun! We have been...
To best view this post (if your viewing this on facebook ) visit our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Tanner went down to shoot some sports pics with our new 70-200 f/2.8 lens and got some sweet shots at the Buena Vista University softball & baseball games on Tuesday at BVU. Baseball was vs. Central College and...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Last Thursday I headed down to the Iowa Cubs home opener at Principal Park. I received free tickets through work at Visionary we purchased a sweet banner on the Cub’s dugout. With this visionary got two season tickets for us to...
