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...
Jimmy & Megan had the most perfect wedding day surrounded by wonderful family and friends. This one was such a fun one to shoot for us! It started out with a ceremony on Simpson College campus at Smith Chapel. Post ceremony with epic people tunnel exits to the bus we made a few stops for photos...
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...
Just a few favorites from a mini session with the O family for the annual holiday card. Look how cooperative (and adorable!) Sadie the golden retriever is. She couldn’t get any better at posing if she tried! Swing on by and check out RAGOM the Golden Retriever rescue this awesome family fosters for. Lots of beautiful golden’s of...
Had a wonderful session with a local law firm the other day for some updated website photos and head-shots. Always love doing commercial work. Feel free to let us know (info@ztsphoto.com) if you would like to schedule an office visit for head-shots and general social media photos in the Des Moines area. We would love to...
What a perfect fall for photos this year! Sharing another great November session with the B family from a few weeks ago. Their little dude is probably the most adorable baby ever. Just look at that smile! Also, I promise lots and lots of wedding blogs soon! I have a few more to wrap up and then...
To wrap up our 2015 Des Moines engagement season marathon I’m happy to share this awesome November session with Jenna and John! It ended with the most perfect sunset over the Des Moines skyline. These two are getting married next spring on a beach (lucky!) how awesome is that! Thanks so much for choosing us...
Our marathon of awesome Des Moines fall engagement sessions continue with Megan and Wade! What a great session filled with so many smiles and laughs. We just can’t wait for the wedding at the Embassy Club Downtown next spring, and seriously, what a great fall it’s been for photos! Thanks so much for choosing us to...
I had a great fall engagement session with Kaitlynn & Darrell the other day, another one of our awesome 2016 couples! How cool is it that they meet at Zombie Burger too?! Des Moines weather this last month has just been perfect for engagement photos. We started off with some fall photos in the woods and...
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 had a great fall family session with the W family recently, just how adorable are the 6 month old twins! Complete with a fall pumpkin photo. Really though, I just can’t get over how cute they are! We’ve been insanely swamped lately with weddings, engagements and family sessions. Expect lots and lots of blogs...
Such an honor to photograph our past wedding couples growing families. These two have the most adorable little dudes! It was a blast to stop by their house the other night and snap some pictures of 6 day old Theo. How adorable is he?! Also big brother Ben, he’s doing so well! He adores baby...
Tanner and I had a blast photographing Ashlee & Kale’s wedding recently at the Summerset Winery in Indianola, Iowa. I’ve known Ashlee for years and our olde english bulldogs are even bffs. These two had just the most perfect day full of love, friends and laughter. Thanks so much for letting us photograph it...
We had a great engagement session last weekend with Courtney & Nick at Big Creek. The light was just perfect and it sure feels more like fall out these last few days than I’d like to admit lately, Iowa what is up with that!? But that sunset at the end, pure perfection! Can’t wait to photograph...
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...
Had a great family session at Saylorville recently with these three (soon to be four!). Their little guy is turning two soon, it was so fun to capture him this year in all his running and smiling glory! Thanks for letting me capture your growing family you two, and can’t wait to meet #4 soon!
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...
I had a blast photographing and street painting for the 2015 Drake Relays last week on Court Ave for Visionary! Also loved meeting the beautiful Porterhouses Choice bulldog Steve, what a little cutie. If you know us we sure love our fur child bulldog, so great to see an event that features lots of beautiful...
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:...
I love shooting exciting things, and not much is more exciting than a surprise engagement proposal! Congrats to G+A this weekend on popping the question at the Iowa Capital, what a great view of the city! Note: two photographers = better than one FTW also. Always great to have that 2nd angle or viewpoint of...
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!
I had a blast on the other side of the camera a few weeks ago for the Des Moines Juice Magazine Wedding Guide 2015 by The Des Moines Register modeling 5 unique and non-traditional bridal styles. Check out the article here: 5 Unique and Non-Traditional Bridal Styles. On newsstands as of last night in the Des Moines...
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...
Trisha and Brendan are another one of our awesome 2015 couples, I had blast photographing their engagement session this past fall! We started out at the park for a few outfits then headed down to East Village to wrap up the session. The fall sun though, just amazing! Can’t wait for your wedding this August...
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...
Continuing with our awesome fall of engagement sessions with Kelsey and David, another one of our great 2015 couples! The day was a bit overcast but they sure made it work! I love when couples come up with ideas such as they meet playing soccer so we returned to the soccer fields in Adel...
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...
Micah and Ryan were beyond AWESOME to work with. They both have a passion for the game of golf and decided to have their wedding at the Tournament Club of Iowa golf course in Polk City. I must say Tanner and I apparently have the best luck ever shooting December weddings, every year we seem...
I had such a great newborn session with little miss A and her cousin that was visiting from Colorado last week. Always so fun to see and capture past bride and grooms families grow. She’s just too perfect! And those lips. Just adorable. Nothing as cute as a brand new baby!
