Tanner shot a great fall family session late last week. Holy gorgeous Des Moines weather lately!
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Lucas aka “Catfish” as he was nicknamed in college has been one of my very best guy friends since my college days at BVU. I was more than thrilled when he text me and told me he was going to pop the question to the lovely Megan that weekend with a photo of the ring attached! And even more...
Tanner took some great photos of this little chick last Friday. Isn’t she just adorable!
Elizabeth and Nick have THE BEST story of how they meet and fell in love! I was in awe and absolutely loved it when I heard it too. Elizabeth was in Colorado dog sitting for a family friend and Nick was in town on vacation with his best friend. They at random meet at a...
Just wanted to share a few from our family session tonight. Tanner and I meet up with Anderson and Kris at a local park just out of downtown Des Moines. Anderson you have the cutest little hot pink sunglasses!
While on vacation this past week in Northern Wisconsin we took some awesome family photos of Tanner’s family. This is of his brother and his wife and their son, who may I add is the cutest little dude in the world. These tree s were just so awesome too! I wish we had trees like this in Des...
One of the fun perks of living in East Village here in Des Moines is the ability to walk to the Des Moines Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. I probably can not attend to too many this year due to shooting weddings on many Saturdays but last weekend was open and the market was just delightful! I...
Saturday we spent with the wonderful Megan & Brandon here in Des Moines with their wedding at The Bridge in Johnston and reception at The Hilton Garden Inn West. Just wanted to share a few from their portrait session from the wedding, wow there are SO many fun photos to share from this I can’t...
This afternoon we had a great family portrait session with the Sunde family in Forest City, Iowa. Just wanted to share a quick one from the last shot of the night. May I add those hats on the little guys are just awesome!
Winter really has been pretty non-existent here in Des Moines this year however where Tanner is in Storm Lake they have had a few snow storms. This was taken by Tanner a few weeks ago during the blizzard that occurred in mid-February. Of-course the best thing to do during a sweet snow storm is hop in your car and go...
Just wanted to share a photo from our engagement session this past weekend in Forest City with Brett & Amanda. Oh my goodness do we have some sweet photos to share in the next few days from this session! Brett & Amanda you two can pose with the best of them. This is also one...
Last night we put up and decorated a little tree in the loft. Decided that it was the perfect opportunity to bring out the camera and snap a few holiday photos, I just love this time of year! Below shot with the 50L f/1.2, 100L macro f/2.8 and 15mm f/2.8 fisheye Happy holidays all!
Last week I had the pleasure of heading over to the Jansen household for some fun family photos. The second I stepped in the door of their gorgeous home my eye went directly to the delightful Christmas decorations and lovely tree. Christmas really is just around the corner, 2011 has just flown by so incredibly...
We had the privilege of shooting some recently finished projects for a Spencer Iowa construction company a few weekends ago.Props to Tanner for putting together some awesome HDRs!
Fall has to be my favorite time of year to take photos. Between the glorious colors and falling leaves there is just something so magical and different about shooting in late October in Iowa. Tonight I finished up the rest of the family session with the Brady family and just wanted to post a few...
Can’t resist sharing just one as I edit from Danielle and Sean’s engagement session this past Sunday evening. They were decked out in some spectacular Iowa Hawkeye gear for the last spot on their engagement session overlooking the Des Moines skyline. Also…GO HAWKS! 🙂
Just a quick photo as I edit from the session tonight with the Lee family here in Des Moines. Isn’t Michael the cutest little dude!
Finally the rest of the engagement session from last week with Megan and Bryan here in Des Moines. Such a fun afternoon!
Shelby and Paul were married at the Summit Church in Alta, Iowa on 9.10.11. The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a wedding! Tanner and I got to spend lots of time with the details which lead to some gorgeous dress shots, ring shots and other wedding details many of which Shelby ordered off...
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!
Just a few favorites from our family session with the Allderings family that took place in Storm Lake a few weekends ago!
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...
Amy and JM’s wedding took place in Carroll Iowa towards the end of August. The sky was a vivid blue and the dance they had afterward was full of pure awesomeness. we started our day with them at the church where JM sent Amy some gorgeous roses with a romantic little note. After the ceremony...
Tanner and Eric grew up together with their families being friends through the years. When he and Sarah contacted him about us shooting their wedding we were thrilled. Their big day took place with the wedding ceremony at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City, Iowa. The wedding reception following the ceremony was at a...
Lindsey and I have been friends since she moved to Indianola when we were in high school what seems like lifetimes ago. I remember many summer days of taking her little sisters to the pool and late night drives cruising around town in her Sunfire with the sunroof open chatting about everything in life. Lindsey...
Working and living in the East Village here in downtown Des Moines can be so much fun! It is full of great little shops and food joints as well as locations to shoot for photo sessions. Last night it was pouring down rain and decided to snap a photo of the inside of my doorway...
We kicked off our engagement session for Elissa and Matt one of our 2011 wedding couples at Circle Park located on the lake in Storm Lake Iowa this past Saturday. They are getting married this October 8th. The sun was shining and it was the real first warm spring day in Iowa. From there we...
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...
Wednesday in the blazing heat and the best part (my birthday, YAY!) we had a wonderful (and HOT heat wise) engagement session with Chelsea and Zach! We started out shooting at the sea wall in Clear Lake and then to a few spots in Mason City and then back to some sunset shots on the...
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Rare is the occasion that we are guests at a wedding these days! Tanner’s brother was married last weekend and the photographer was only hired to stay through the toasts. Immediately following his departure family members kept asking us to haul...
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 A bit over a week ago we got an e-mail from a wonderful couple from Minneapolis who were having a small wedding ceremony on Friday July 23rd at the gorgeous Central Gardens in Clear Lake, Iowa. They were unsure as to...
Tanner and I shot Eric and Sarah’s wedding a few weeks ago in Forest City, Iowa and finally finished up editing all the fabulous pictures last night! Definitely out-shot ourselves ending up with a bit over 1,800 final images. Phew! Eric played football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa so we ventured out with...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Sunday evining we meet up with Jenna for some pictures. She is a to-be senior at Garner-Hayfield High School in northern Iowa and has aspirations to become a nurse after high school. Tanner edited all of these and I don’t know...
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Just a quick snapshot from the Mujucia/Rupe wedding we shot on Saturday in Mason City, IA. The day was steaming HOT reaching the mid 90’s. Phew! We got some AWESOME images so stay tuned for a full blog post soon!
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over out our blog at https://ztsphoto.com BUSY weekend! We shot a wonderful wedding on Saturday in Mason City and senior session on Sunday in Garner. Here is just a sneak peak of one of the images from senior session below. More to come soon! Enjoy!
If your viewing this on Facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com The second wedding of double Memorial Day ZTS wedding weekend started off Sunday afternoon here in Des Moines. Karin and Brad originally hired us last fall to shoot just their wedding reception as they were getting married this spring in Hawaii,...
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com Saturday we meet up with Sarah and Nick in East Village just outside of downtown Des Moines. It is great when we just instantly click with our couples and it feels like we have been friends for years. Really makes our...
If your viewing this on facebook head on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com I’ll admit it. We have an addiction problem. If you live within driving distance of a Costco please go join. Not only do they have memory cards (8gb sandisk) for $35 (were talking the same ones at bbuy that are $80)...
If your viewing this on Facebook shoot on over to our blog at https://ztsphoto.com to view the images better! Saturday afternoon we meet up to shoot with Shelby who is a senior to-be (in a few weeks!) gymnast and cheerleader at Waukee High School just outside of Des Moines. She has such a wonderful smile...
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