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...
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...
Once a month the Des Moines Area Monthly Photographer Meet-Up takes place. It was started and still organized by the fantastic Sarah & Chris Davis of Lucky Soda Photography here in Des Moines. It is great to meet other individuals in the area who shoot everything from commercial architecture to weddings. Also it is a...
Last night Tanner and I shot a family session followed by an engagement session that started at Chautauqua Park in Storm Lake. Just wanted to post a quick pic from the beginning of the session. Light this time of year is just starting to get awesome and so excited for a few other upcoming e-sessions...
Excited to welcome a new member to our glass lineup with the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II! Pretty stoked to have a fast wide zoom that is sharp as a tack. At first when Tanner brought up the idea I was against it saying we should upgrade our Sigma 14mm f/2.8 or purchase a 45mm...
A few days ago we received an awesome comment on our ZTS Photo Facebook fan page from a local wedding blogger inquiring if she could share our engagement session we shot last weekend on her blog. Of course we said yes! Today some of our images from Elissa and Matt’s session were featured on her...
Storing and backing up photos is key to any photo business. You never know when a hard-drive might crash. We take no risks in having our data in several mediums and locations for peace of mind. This weekend we invested in yet another safe guard and system for our 2011 wedding season. We believe strongly...
First things first we have two new lights along with light-stands and soft-boxes on the way! We ordered two more Alien Bee 800’s to join our 1600 that are set to arrive in a week or so. No they won’t be hot pink unfortunately. I seriously pushed hard for some hot pink lights! Tanner has...
A little over two weeks ago I shipped my camera off to get cleaned and tuned up for our upcoming engagement, weddings and senior sessions. I must tell you living without my camera for just under two weeks was almost unbearable! We are a member of something called Canon Professional Services or CPS which for...
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 on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com We get Facebook messages and comments pretty regularly from other photographers from topics about: contracts, how to register for sales tax, what equipment to purchase next, insurance and the list goes on and on! There are SO many things to consider...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com for more info! This may be a bit delayed as we designed and ordered these this past summer BUT nevertheless….hello to our new business cards! Glossy, double sided, bold colors, rounded corners, fun photos, unique and super thick!
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com What’s in our bag January 2011 We posted one of these last year but just for fun thought we should do it yearly in the spring since it seems to change so often! Normally we get questions on ‘Oh my! What...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com for the full post! Today we woke-up to a pretty cool e-mail from one of our wedding vendor companies WeddingWire. The e-mail (photo below) informed us that we had been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Running a photography business is a TON of work. Seriously, OH my! When Tanner and I jumped the gun and filed for our EIN number in 2009 truthfully had no idea what we were in for. It has sure been an...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com We are in the process of making a giant “BEST OF 2010” album to show clients when we meet for wedding consultations. This sucker is going to be HUGE and hopefully encompass a bit of every shoot we’ve done this year....
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Cheers to the newest member of the ZTS Photo gear lineup! A 100mm f/2.8L IS macro! We have an engagement session this weekend and can’t wait to try this little booger out. The IS will be awesome for low lit wedding...
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to the blog at https://ztsphoto.com for the full post. Having a wee bit of a sell-a-thon to end up 2010! We recently got a 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM macro and thus the handy dandy 100mm f/2.8 macro is up for sale! Also the 28mm f/1.8 lens...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com for the full post! 2011 has been an extraordinarily HUGE year for us. Tanner and I have learned so much this year. We have learned a large amount about not only photography and how to efficiently run a legal business but...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to the ZTS Blog at https://ztsphoto.com This past week we were asked by a fantastic local wedding blogger Rachel Sweerin of Des Moines Wedding Savvy for images from weddings we had photographed at the local winery here in Des Moines Jasper Winery. Of course we said...
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.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...
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com for the full post. Just wanted to share a few new designs for projects we’ve been working on the new iPad wallpaper (OK new as in new from this summer! We’ve been super busy!) and the first page of our our...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com We have an awesome new meeting place for clients and I have a new loft! (Ok honestly been there since August we’ve just been crazy busy with stuff so haven’t had time to post!) Welcome to the new ZTS digs. Were...
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 We have been BUSSSSSY lately. WOW! Just wanted to throw out a quick update of things in the ZTS life. This weekend we are off to Carroll, Iowa to shoot the wonderful wedding of Amy and Jon-Michael. It is supposed to...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Just another quick photo from a senior session last weekend out of Forest City, Iowa. We have some really awesome pictures of you Jasmine! I am sure your anxious to see them. We will have them all up in the gallery...
If your viewing this on facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com We officially finished up a wedding last night from last Saturday! Oh wow were booking it being so productive lately. You can view and share and purchase the wedding photos here: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Weddings/Hustedt-Wedding-073110 Feel free to pass out the link to family...
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com It’s official…I am moving! AND ZTS has a new studio space! 333 E Grand in Des Moines, IA. Located in the heart of East Village in East Village Square. Since last winter we have been wanting to get a studio space...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Summer has been crazy busy for us lately! We had a wedding Friday in Clear Lake, went to a wedding Saturday as guests (how odd to NOT be in charge! ha!) and shot a wonderful senior session with Tessa from Forest...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: http://www.ztsphoto.com Tanner put together an awesome HD slide-show awhile ago for Kami one of our 2011 seniors from Garner, Iowa. Tanner is in the process of burning her a CD which we think would be awesome to be played at grad parties!...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: HTTP://ztsphoto.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!...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at: https://ztsphoto.com Finally after well over a month of waiting for it WE GOT OUR 3G iPad! We have actually had it a few weeks now but it is still pretty new to us! Having internet in the middle of a corn field...
If your viewing this from Facebook click here to head over to our blog! https://ztsphoto.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...
If your viewing this on Facebook head over to our blog! http://www.ztsphoto.com I’ve had this written and the pictures taken for well over a month but here it goes! I love reading blogs about what photographers shoot with, we often snoop in Flickr in the details of photos to see the settings the photo was...
Welcome to our NEW blog! Update your RSS feed! Tanner and I felt it was time to make our blog more user friendly, a bit funky, as well as add some links to our Facebook page & Twitter account. We wanted our blog to represent us as well as match our new website! Mainly overall...
Very cool images. Love the silhouette.
Thanks Chris! Probably one our all time favorites. 🙂