The 2023 Land Investment Expo at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa by ZTS Photo Sarah Urich
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What a fun farm engagement session for one of our 2019 August couples! I had a blast traveling to Stuart, Iowa and wandering around town to multiple locations with them for photos. Can’t wait for your big day and despite the crazy wind we captured so many great pics! August will be here before we...
Saturday we headed down to one of our very favorite venues in the Des Moines area for a wedding, Red Acre Barn! If you are looking for a barn run by owners who truly care about your big day, look no further! They truly pour their heart into their venue. Such a perfect spot for...
I had the pleasure of doing a commercial shoot for The Directors Council earlier this week here in Des Moines. Just a few favorites from our headshot session. Thanks so much for having me!
Kami and Emory were married at The Gateway Hotel & Conference Center at Iowa State University this past Saturday in Ames. Kami was one of our very first ever clients for her senior photos years and years ago and so fun to be able to capture multiple milestones in peoples lives! Their first look involved...
I had a wonderful time doing headshots and group shots yesterday for the Platinum Development Company in Urbandale. Thanks for having me! If you are in need of updated headshot images here in the Des Moines, Iowa area feel free to reach out! We would love to help you create some images that match your marketing...
I had a great time taking some headshots for Visionary yesterday in East Village. What a great day for photos! Welcome to all their new employees and if you are in the market for a new website in the Des Moines, Iowa area reach out to them! They are beyond talented! And if you are...
What a great session recently with one of our ongoing commercial clients. If you are in need of updated marketing images feel free to reach out! We would love to update your headshots or work with you to create some fresh images that portray you and your brand in a happy positive manner! Thanks as always...
What an amazing proposal we had the pleasure of capturing this weekend at the Iowa Capital with the best view of the city of Des Moines. The groom was so incredibly thoughtful and included the brides friend and parents as well as their fur kids to come after he got down on one knee to...
I had a wonderful time covering the Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa Sate University for the World Food Prize Foundation a few weeks ago featuring speakers such as Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Administrator and Acting Deputy Under Secretary REE, USDA and Kim Reynolds, the governor of the state of Iowa, Wendy Wintersteen the 16th president of Iowa Sate...
It was such a perfect night for an engagement session! Thanks for having me C+C and we can’t wait to photograph your big day this October at one of our favorite wedding venues with a view here in Des Moines, the Embassy Club downtown!
We had the privilege of photographing the 24 high school students that The World Food Prize Foundation will send abroad for the Borlaug-Ruan International Internship program at the renowned international research centers and NGOs this summer. The students are from Iowa and twelve other states and will delve into issues related to global hunger and...
What a busy week it’s been! A wedding followed by an engagement, several commercial shoots and this adorable family session. So excited Spring has finally arrived to Des Moines. Can’t wait for all the amazing sessions soon. Thanks for having me, your little growing family is so adorable! Ses
Courtney and Brad kicked off our 2018 wedding season with the most gorgeous wedding at Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa in the Palace Theater. I can’t say enough great things about these two! Gosh in 2011 we had the pleasure of photographing Brad’s sisters wedding and many sessions for their family since. How fun to...
I had a great marketing photoshoot for Miller Pest & Termite Control here in Des Moines last week! Always so fun to do some new images for social media and branding for companies. If you are in need of new headshots, marketing images for social media or websites or just some detail shots of your...
Kendra and Jesse battled some crazy rain all day off and on for their October wedding at the gorgeous Barnes’ Place barn wedding venue in Adel. They truly made the best of it by utilizing the gorgeous interior of the venue! And their adorable little son just stole the show all day. What a little...
Tasha and Nate were married at one of our favorite venues here in Iowa, the Red Acre Barn. What a PERFECT location for a wedding run by the most amazing owners! They truly pour their heart and soul into running an wonderful venue for your big day! Sadly it literally poured nearly their entire wedding...
I had a blast shooting M+G’s engagement photos with their adorable dog recently. They are one of our awesome 2019 wedding couples for the fantastic Rollins Mansion here in Des Moines. We ended up with the most gorgeous Sunday night for photos!
I had the honor to shoot some images of some local Des Moines teachers and educators for a national education publication recently. With Tanner being a high school teacher, and growing up with my mother in education it’s so awesome to celebrate all the time and effort teachers put into making their students lives better....
Two quick favorites from a recent commercial headshot session for the current and new Presidents of Iowa State Bank here in Des Moines. What an honor to have so many fantastic on-gong commercial clients! If you are in need of new social media marketing images, website photos or simply some updated headshots feel free to...
I had such a blast with this March engagement session! We lucked out with just the best day. You never know in Iowa what the weather will be (and wind!) in March so we had a blast enjoying the sunshine! Can’t wait for J+D’s big day this fall at one of our favorite wedding venues...
I had such a great family session with the C family and blogging everything from the last few months is making me so excited for SPRING weather soon and all our Spring weddings! What a perfect night it was!
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...
Hands down the coolest event I’ve ever photographed!!! A list celebrity and all! Alec Baldwin was beyond kind. I’ve got to say that was probably the most nervous I’ve ever been to photograph something. I even had the pleasure of snapping a photo with him after the step and repeat! I had the privilege of...
Oh my goodness this winter engagement session!!! What a PERFECT winter day for engagements here in Des Moines, Iowa! And I can’t say how much I enjoyed photographing ice skating engagement photos. Over the years I’ve had so many people inquire about it but we’ve always chosen another route. SO COOL to shoot a session...
Stoked to have wrapped up our 2017 wedding season (our 9th one at that!) with an ANOTHER award for 2018 with a Wedding Wire Couples’ Choice Award!!! Based SOELY on client reviews. Tanner and I say it often, we never really intended as two young college kids at BVU to have ZTS Photo grow into...
I had such a fun in home 6 month photo session with this little sweetheart! He’s one of our 2011 wedding clients little guys, and his eyes I’m just dying over! Thanks so much for having me and he’s seriously just the sweetest happiest baby around!
We were thrilled to photograph the impressive new Brick House Fitness in Bondurant this past weekend. What an amazing new facility! If you live in the Ankeny, Bondurant or Altoona area and are seeking out a new gym this is the place to be! Not only do they offer child care, but they are finishing...
This family session was a huge reminder how important photos are to families. Their poor fur baby sadly passed less than a week after this photoshoot. I am SO thankful as a fur mom myself to have been able to capture some images with their newest addition and their last few days with their fur...
Thankful for repeat clients and amazing friends! Year 4 for this adorable family and their fur kids. This fall was just a whirlwind of weddings, commercial shoots, family photos, engagements and event photography for us. So many great sessions to blog! Thanks everyone for all the support and what a great family session this was!
We have been so lucky to have several wonderful banks and professional institutions to be their primary contact in 2017 for commercial images. What a great headshot session in West Des Moines last week! Feel free to reach out if you are in need of some updated marketing images be it office photos, product photography,...
Oh my goodness can we just talk about what a perfect wedding venue the Salisbury House and Gardens is here in Des Moines?! Tanner and I finally photographed our first wedding there in 9 wedding seasons a few weekends ago. What a PERFECT garden wedding venue. And so much greenery, I can’t say enough great...
We had such an amazing wedding portrait session with these two at sunset a few days ago. Wedding portraits are so incredibly important so it was great to be able to capture some special ones for these two. They literally let us pick any spot we wanted and were so much fun to work with!...
We have an absolute marathon of fall engagements, family shoots, weddings and commercial sessions this October so going to start it off with the amazing W family here in Des Moines! It’s always a pleasure meeting new people, this family literally laughed the entire time. I had so much fun with you all! Thanks for letting...
Jess and Taylor had a picture perfect wedding day at Sticks here in Des Moines. They started out getting ready at the new AC Hotel by Marriott in the East Village. I can’t say enough great things about the AC Hotel, what a great venue for getting ready! I highly suggest all wedding couples pick a getting ready...
It’s always fun seeing past wedding couples and their families grow over the years! I have a marathon of fall sessions and this adorable family kicked it off last night! It’s shocking how much the boys have grown in the last few years. Always a pleasure seeing you guys over the years! If you are...
Sarah and Danny had a beautiful wedding day at the Rollins Mansion here in Des Moines. If you haven’t been it’s the perfect vintage mansion venue for an outdoor garden wedding. The day started off with the gals getting ready in East Village at the wonderful Salon Spa W. From there they headed to...
We had the change to shoot the Apple Tree Inn Motel in Indianola remodel recently. What a fun shot! So fun to see how much the hotel has changed over the years. Thanks for having us back! If you are in need of fresh commercial images of your property, business, etc on social media marketing...
I had the pleasure of taking several corporate on location head shots and group shots for Iowa State Bank here in the Des Moines this week for new marketing materials and social media marketing. If you are in need of new commercial images feel free to reach out! We would love to update your social...
Where to even begin with this one! Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting Megan and Tim’s wedding at Glen Oaks this August. Oh my goodness what a perfect day it was! I can’t say enough great things about Glen Oaks Country Club as a venue here in Des Moines. When brides are looking...
Erica and Jordan are HUGE Chicago Cubs baseball fans so when they came to me with the idea to do their engagement photos at Principal Park home of the Iowa Cubs how could I say no!? A Cubs themed engagement shoot, sign me up! It was so fun wandering around the stadium for photos at...
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