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!
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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...
Tanner and I had possibly one of the best engagement shoots ever a few weeks ago. I couldn’t even begin to narrow down pick images after, I just loved them all and can’t wait to blog them! One of our awesome 2015 grooms is a professional musician, feel free to go check out his Facebook page here:...
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...
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...
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...
One of our favorite families on the blog tonight from this past fall. Man am I ready for some Spring weather soon! Check out those adorable little smiles!
Something that’s fun and we’ve been doing since 2009 (our first year in business) is looking back on the behind the scenes pics from all our weddings, senior, family, commercial, etc shoots from the year. ZTS started out in 2009 with Tanner and I (then dating) and kind of fun that we are now married...
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...
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...
Micah and Ryan ended our 2014 year of amazing couples with a bang! They both have a passion for the game of golf and decided to have their wedding at the wonderful Tournament Club of Iowa golf course in Polk City just a few minuets North of Des Moines. I must say Tanner and I...
Kali and Kyle were married at the wonderful Prairie Moon Winery in Ames, Iowa. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved Prairie Moon! Winery weddings might just be my new favorite thing. So laid-back, romantic and just all around a wonderful spot for a wedding. These two were just awesome to...
What fab timing, our Sakari Sushi photos from last week were featured in the 2014 Best Of Cityview Magazine full page thank you ad! Always awesome to see our work in print. Our bulldog Dexter was all about modeling this, after-all he loves food more than us! 😉 Don’t forget to check out the new...
This little dude is the most adorable 9 month old guy isn’t he! I can’t get over his eyes, just such a handsome little guy!
Tanya & Mike were married in Iowa City at the Newman Catholic Student Center at The University of Iowa campus this past October. I adore Iowa City, especially the downtown area. It is just such a fun place to shoot! Tanya is also a fantastic Iowa wedding photographer, make sure you check out her work...
We had an awesome engagement session with one of our July bride and grooms and finally lucked out with some awesome weather. About time Iowa! Jacob and Brita you two were a blast to shoot and just naturals behind the camera. Few more weeks and we will be shooting your wedding, can’t wait!
Taylor and Suzy had such a gorgeous wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. Crazy how our first wedding this May had a few inches of SNOW and the Jones wedding was in the upper 90’s! Tanner and I were thrilled they choose us to photograph the big day and their little boy Oliver...
Peggy and Andy had an awesome wedding day surrounded by family and friends. They even got a very rare May snowstorm the two days prior, let us all thank Iowa that it didn’t happen on the 4th. Ha! Tanner and I made the trek up to Decorah, Iowa last Friday and I must say we were more...
We kicked off our 2013 wedding season with Peggy and Andy in Decorah, IA this past weekend and I wanted to share a few of our favorite portraits from the day below. Peggy and I have been friends for years and were roommates our freshman year at Buena Vista University. I was truly honored when Andy told...
I had a great engagement session in downtown Des Moines yesterday with Adam and Kelsey. Can’t wait to sit down and edit the rest of these, so many great photos and we found some fun locations! This is actually where Adam proposed to Kelsey a few months ago, how cool is that! I just loved...
This fall we had the pleasure of shooting another local Des Moines, Iowa photographers wedding in the back yard garden of his childhood home in Ankeny. Feel free to check out and become a fan of Ryan’s photography on his Facebook fan page here RYAN DAMMAN PHOTOGRAPHY. He really has some fantastic work! Their day was so...
Just a few from a fantastic December 1st wedding this weekend in Muscatine with Kayla & Shawn. I can’t wait to share the rest of these, she did such an utterly fabulous job planning and we have some awesome images to share soon. Make sure to check back soon!
Saturday we had the pleasure of heading down to Indianola, Iowa for Lucas and Jenn’s wedding. The day completely copperated weather wise, despite the fact that during their engagement session this past fall we had chatted about the possibility of snow! Just wanted to share a quick shot of the two of them just before...
Miranda is a 2012 senior at Forest City High School in Forest City, IA. Last Sunday we found some awesome locations for her senior session around Northern Iowa. Last night Tanner finished up her session with some more awesome photos at the gym in town. Can’t wait to share all of these soon!
Seniors rock! Most of what we shoot these days are engagements and weddings but the occasional senior throws some spice and variety into the mix. They are just a complete 360 degree change of pace from our norm. They are always so excited to try new things with us and who wouldn’t enjoy shooting 2...
Last Sunday night we had the pleasure of photographing a local 2012 senior, Morgan from Southeast Polk High School. Just wanted to post a sneak peek from one of my favorites from the start of her session. I just LOVE seniors! Can’t wait to share these soon!
Keeping up with the full wedding posts from our weddings next up in the line up are the fantastic Katelyn and Taylor! After our frigid engagement session in January it was a drastic turn to wedding photos on an 80 degree day. Thy sky was just awesome and the weather cooperated perfectly. Not sure we...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com for the full post! Sunday we headed down to the Fitch Building for our first e-session of the year! The Catchlight Studio we shot in is primarily used for commercial photography work here in Des Moines and beyond. They have a...
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...
We headed to my hometown of Indianola this past Sunday for Lauren & Bills engagement session. We started off the shoot at Simpson College track where Bill played Football for the Simpson Storm and Lauren ran Track. Then trekked across the gorgeous fall leaves of the Simpson College campus to Buxton Park. The leaves were...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Yesterday we meet up with Jamie who is a Senior at Martensdale St Marys High School in Martensdale, IA for a senior photo session here in Des Moines. We hit several locations to shoot at including Water Works Park, some great...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com This past weekend we shot the Wilkin wedding in Cedar Raipds, Iowa. Wow the day was just perfect! Upper 70’s, fantastic sky, beautiful rich late summer colors. Really couldn’t ask for a better day to shoot a wedding. (Or a cooler...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Just a quick snapshot from the session last night with 2011 senior Jasmine from Forest City High School in Forest City, IA. Tanner and I found some amazing locations for the shoot and WOW we got some cool shots! Below is...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com We love to do the non-traditional shots at ever senior session with trying something new and unique with each senior. Whether it is a variety of fun locations that they help us pick out, or some different lighting setups, seniors are...
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