I had a blast photographing the M family last week at the Center Grove Orchard just north of Des Moines. If you are looking for a fun family friendly pumpkin patch look no further! They have all the wonderful activities for kids! Thanks so much for having me and I had a blast with you...
Last Saturday we headed down to the beautiful Honey Creek Resort on Lake Rathbun, Iowa for Piper and Jared’s big day. As always Honey Creek is on point with amazing service and friendly smiles. We love working there and highly suggest it to all brides looking for a beautiful location that allows guests to have...
I had a great time earlier this week photographing a local Des Moines accounting firm. We shot lots of fresh marketing and social media around the office photos. Thanks for having me out! I can’t wait to see these in print and on the web soon. Des Moines companies don’t hesitate to reach out if you...
We ended up rescheduling 3 times due to icky weather and so excited we did! Sunday was the perfect night for fall engagement photos. That fall sunshine is everything! I even found a new location downtown with a great view of the Des Moines skyline for sunset. What a great engagement session with these two...
I had the pleasure of shooting some new commercial head-shots for a dentist earlier this week. Her new practice is opening in Waukee in the upcoming months. How exciting for her! If you are in need of some fresh corporate head shots for your website, social media marketing, advertising, etc in the Des Moines, Iowa...
GUYS!!!! Super stoked to have another fab wedding featured in Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine this fall! Megan and Wade had the most fun day with the best vendors around. You can grab your own copy at any local Hy-Vee in the Des Moines Metro (or anywhere that has those fun fab free magazines!). You can...
What a beautiful August day for a wedding! I was so excited when Morgan and Matt told us about the vintage fire truck for portraits. I mean how cool is that! Matt is a volunteer firefighter for the City of West Des Moines. Apparently someone donated the beautiful vintage fire truck for firefighters to use...
A few weekends ago Tanner and I headed to Dubuque for Lindsey & Matt’s big day. And what a gorgeous day it was! They found the coolest spots overlook the river for us to take photos at and I can’t believe the weather was only in the upper 70’s with no breeze for July. Post...
Lindsey & Matt had the most gorgeous wedding day! SERIOUSLY guys I can’t even begin to tell you how awesome it was. July in Iowa can be HOT and I mean HOT and HUMID and they somehow lucked out with honestly probably the best weather we’ve ever had for a wedding. High 70’s, perfect sky,...
I had the most fun fitness photo-shoot earlier this week here in Des Moines. Love shooting things out of the norm and this mom of THREE has poured in so much hard work. A big thanks to the Anytime Fitness Downtown on MLK for allowing us to use their amazing rustic gym space. If you...
I’ve always tried to share a little bit of our personal life with photos on our blog over the last 8 years. To keep up with this trend I thought I’d share a few fun photos from our “real” cameras (and video) from our week long 4th of July vacation at the family lake house in Long...
With this post I’m officially all caught up for our vacation starting tomorrow night! WOO! We had a wonderful (BUT 95+ degree HOT) engagement session last week. These two are so much fun! We can’t wait until their (hopefully cooler) wedding this November in Indianola. June is just so perfect for a wonderful sunset and...
Another awesome June engagement session with Jared & Alecia last week. They are one of our (many) May 2017 wedding couples! We started out at the Des Moines Art Center for many different looks, the light was just PERFECT and I was so impressed with the crazy sun through the trees. June is amazing! From...
Tanner and I had a great engagement session with Courtney & Jeremy last week at the beyond beautiful Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines. Always love shooting engagement sessions on golf courses. Thanks for having us out and best of luck with all your wedding planning! And also thanks for being so patient...
We had another great shoot yesterday with one of our ongoing commercial photography clients Central Bank (check out our awesome landscape images on their site also!). Thanks so much for having us out! And if you are in need of some new fresh headshot images or social media marketing images in Des Moines let us know,...
Oh my gosh I am officially all caught up!!!! Until 7pm tonight when we have another engagement session, woo! Ha! (Those of you that know how photog life works from May-October we basically are never caught up, ha!) Holy Rollins Mansion is BEAUTIFUL! I felt like we were in a Disney movie all day at...
A few weeks ago Kady Godfrey one of the owners of the Keller Brick Barn wedding venue in Dallas Center messaged me for some fun venue photos. It is located just a few min Northwest of the Des Moines metro and what a gorgeous spot for a wedding! They even have air conditioning…which if you...
I had a great backyard photo-shoot in Ankeny with these two adorable brothers last week. You just can’t beat a little bubble blowing, trampoline bouncing and endless smiles. Thanks for having me I’m not sure who had more fun…the boys or I! Ha!
Katie and Dustin had THE PERFECT wedding day. The weather was just…beyond! Everything just absolutely cooperated for them. We were back at the wonderful Tournament Club of Iowa golf course for their day, this time thankfully without a monsoon all day. SO much fun to get out and explore all the Spring growth on the...
Lucy & Nathan’s big day wins the award for rainiest wedding we’ve ever shot in the past 8 years! It literally rained the entire Saturday, which they say is good luck…but not always so much for photos, ha! They still made the best of it and braved the rain THREE times with us for quick portraits...
Could these two be more adorable?! Tanner and I had a blast returning to the farm for a wonderful engagement session for Laura and Justin last weekend. We are so stoked for their wedding this Sept and I couldn’t even begin to pick what to blog. I love them all. You two knocked these out...
Kicking off Friday with a bang! First 2016 ZTS Photo wedding of the year, woo! Audrey and Zach’s big day was awesome. It might have won the award for the windiest wedding we’ve ever shot but by the photos you would never know. Their friends and family you can tell truly support them and you...
I’ve waited to blog this gorgeous Sept 2015 wedding featuring Ali and Damon until last as it was set to be published with the wonderful Heartland Wedding Ideas Magazine! But since it debut a few weeks ago I think it’s more than time to share this beyond beautiful day. Seriously these two were so incredibly...
I had a wonderful time photographing for Adam Obrecht and team of AO Wealth Advisory in Urbandale recently. They have a new beautiful location at 2570 106th Street Suite A in Urbandale, IA. Thanks so much for being wonderful supporters of ZTS over the years, we truly appreciate it. Always wonderful to get e-mails from past clients needing updated...
Next up are Courtney and Jordan’s big day this past fall. The ceremony took place at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in the small town of Britt Iowa in North Iowa. Following the ceremony we headed out for some photos at a nearby nature preserve and the reception that ended the night was held at...
Kelsy & David had the most beautiful fall wedding day. We started out with hair at Aveda Serenity Couture Valley West Salon/Spa at Valley West Mall. From there we headed out to makeup and getting ready at the Adel First Christian Church. Post ceremony we found a gorgeous nature preserve with an awesome weeping willow for...
Loved this gorgeous fall day with Laura May & Chase! I promised myself I’d get all the blogs from the last 5 weddings pumped out before our first April wedding this year, ha! So here we go with another wonderful day to share! The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is newly remodeled with an perfect garden space for...
Well our new wireless lighting system is a go! I fully approve! Tanner and I played with our new setup in our backyard the other night during a light snowstorm and I couldn’t be happier with the ease of use to turn the power up and down fast and results. We are ready to go for...
You would never know it from the photos but it basically rained all day on Tim & Annie’s big day. They were rockstars and even got pretty wet at our 2nd to last stop for some quick photos! We started out the day getting ready at Bella Salon Spa, such a wonderful natural light space...
Trisha and Brendan were seriously just a blast to work with! I mean how do you even begin to describe this day full of smiles, laughter and German beer! They were even up for snapping photos in the pouring rain with us at the reception! You really can’t beat that! We kicked off the morning with hair and...
Catching up on blogging all our wonderful 2015 weddings this Spring! Loved this gorgeous summer day with the wonderful Mallory & Cody at Honey Creek Resort Wedding on Lake Rathbun, Iowa. What a great venue for a ceremony and reception right on the lake! And such a fun place for kids to stay and play too with...
I had such a blast taking some photos for our gym on Friday night. Anytime Fitness Downtown had their public grand opening ribbon cutting and celebration as well as wanted a few overall photos of the awesome new space. What a great location downtown in Des Moines. I sure wish this would have been open when we lived...
Pretty stoked to announce for the 5th time we were awarded the Wedding Wire Couples Choice award based on positive client reviews!!! Thanks to all our 2015 wedding couples for the kind words. It was a blast working with you all! What a way to close out our 7th season shooting weddings and we have another awesome lineup...
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...
More fall engagements! I know, holy overload of love. 😉 Had a great engagement session recently with Jared, Piper and their sassy fur kid Morgan. Morgan is a few month old Corgi puppy, how cute is she! We ended the session at this awesome location I’ve been dying to shoot at for awhile, it doesn’t even...
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...
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...
I’ve been pretty stoked about this wedding for awhile now! East Village in downtown Des Moines is just my favorite. Tanner and I even lived here for a few years, so it holds a special place for us. It’s just the perfect spot for unique weddings! It’s always great too working with wedding planners, especially...
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!
We kicked off our busy 2015 wedding season a few weekends ago in Stuart/Lake Panorama Iowa. It may have been a dreary day weather wise but it was sure full of endless smiles and laughter! Jami and Trevor were married in Stuart at Saints Center. Saints Center is one of the coolest places I’ve been in...
We had a blast shooting this spring engagement session downtown a few weeks ago. The flowers had JUST bloomed on the trees and it was a delightful 80 degrees out. Also I’ve been dying to shoot at a few of these new fun spots around East Village that popped up over the winter, so many...
