I had the pleasure of shooting the Halfway 2 Heaven memorial golf tournament yesterday in Garner, IA in memory of Tanner’s father Bernie Urich. Feel free to swing by and check out some great pics from the day on our print site at: http://ztsphoto.smugmug.com/Business/H2H-Golf-Tourney-2013/29894346_xtjhLq Don’t forget to keep the 2014 bike ride and golf tournament...
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...
One of my favorites from tonights session with our July bride and groom to be Jacob and Brita. You two rocked and were so comfortable the entire session! Glad the weather finally worked out and more to come very soon!
Lots of ZTS Photo goodness today apparently! A featured story on us sponsored by Dr. Braxton Pulley of Pulley Chiropractic this week in Cityview Magazine. Don’t forget to pick up your copy and check us out. Thanks so much Braxton!
We received an e-mail a few weeks ago about one of our amazing 2012 wedding couples being featured in the Des Moines Juice Magazine “The 2013 Wedding Guide” edition. Needless to say we were stoked to share our images and have them published. However today when I went to grab a copy I had no...
For the 3rd year in a row Tanner and I are proud to have received the Wedding Wire Brides Choice award for 2013 for rave reviews from past brides in 2012! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness...
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!
We are so incredibly excited to shoot Teddy & Katie’s wedding day next July at the Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory. I have known Teddy for years as he went to BVU and Katie couldn’t be any more perfect for him, she is just the coolest! We started out the session at Greys Lake Park...
Just a few from our e-session tonight with the awesome Teddy & Katie. Isn’t she just gorgeous!?
We had a delightful late fall session today with one of our fab wedding couples for October of 2013 Tanya and Mike. Tanya is actually an amazing photographer herself based out of Iowa City, feel free to check out her work and show her some love too Tanya Schulte Photography. Lots more to come soon,...
Just a few from Nicole & Tony’s wedding yesterday in Cedar Falls. We had a blast shooting your big day and more to come soon!
I LOVE SENIORS! A few from a session recently with a 2012 senior Kelcie here in Des Moines.
How cool is this?! Two of our 2011 weddings were recently published in Scrapbooks Etc magazine, a Better Homes and Gardens publication! We made the cover with Chelsea & Zach’s wedding and inside with Michelle & Steve and again with Chelsea and Zach! So cool to see our past weddings in print. And our name in print...
More of our work on the Leaning Tower of Pizza website as well! Check them out if you are ever in the Ankeny area, they have DELICIOUS pizza and pasta!
Tanners family purchased a cabin in Birchwood Wisconsin a few weeks ago and this weekend was our first trip up there! I can’t wait to see what they do with the place, they have so many plans for remodeling and making it just that much more awesome. The sunsets there are FANTASTIC. Seriously blow your...
Megan has been a close friend of mine since our business classes days at BVU. I was so excited for her when she told me last summer that her and her at the time boyfriend Bryan were going to look at rings! And even more excited for them when she told me it was official...
Sunday brought wedding #2 of 2 this weekend with Sam & Ryan. Shooting two weddings two days is a row is both a challenge and a joy. This wedding truly blew me away! Sam, the bride, was so incredibly stunning. Just check out the photos below for proof! Plus the couple gave us an incredible...
Recently had an awesome corporate headshot session in East Village. If you are in need of some quick professional head-shots feel free to let us know, we would love to help you out!
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...
Danielle & Sean meet at the University of Iowa their freshman year and have been in love ever since. (Go Hawks!) They had such a gorgeous and fun wedding day surrounded by great friends and family. You can truly tell you two love each other more than anything! Tanner and I had a blast shooting your wedding and...
Tonight I meet up with handsome little Mr. Miles for a fun photo-shoot and hokey pokey dance party. You are one happy little dude Miles!
Last Saturday we headed up to Garner, Iowa to shoot one of Tanner’s former college roomate Brett’s big day. Actually Brett and Amanda are both Buena Vista University alums, small world! They actually didn’t meet until after college but you can tell they are just absolutely perfect together. The day started at Styles in Motion...
Natalie and Brady were just so much fun to work with! Tanner and I went to BVU with Natalie, which is always fun meeting up with old college classmates and sharing in their big day years later. They meet when Natalie’s oldest brother Jeff was college roommates with Brady years ago at UNI and have...
If we had woods like this in Iowa oh would I be so excited! We took these last week on vacation of Tanner’s family in Wisconsin, gorgeous light and what a fun week!
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...
We met up with the lovely Hager family and their pups tonight for some gorgeous family photos. Just wanted to share one of my faves from the very end of their session.
Last night we traveled down to Indianola for a double senior session on Kim & Petes family farm. Just wanted to share one of the last frames of the session, can’t wait to edit these!
We had the pleasure of shooting Natalie and Brady’s wedding this past weekend in Sioux City at the Marina Inn Hotel & Conference Center. Natalie you made such a gorgeous bride and your first dance hands down tops anything I’ve ever seen at a wedding! You two are awesome. More to come soon!
Brandon and Megan were married on May 5th at The Bridge church in Johnston, Iowa. Megan has to be one of our most fun brides. She was completely full of laughter and smiles the entire day. The photos below are proof of that! I went to Buena Vista University with Megan and she simply hasn’t...
I haven’t blogged about our little puppy Dexter lately but if you follow me on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook you probably see enough of the little guy! [C’mon we don’t have kids…you know you love him too!] Well OK, truly he isn’t so little anymore! Dex is almost 8 months old and just one happy 50+...
Jenn contacted us last June that her and her fiancé Lucas were in search of wedding photographers for their big day the following spring. I grew up with Jenn and attended elementary-high school with her in Indianola as well as tumbled through the years together at Joyce Gymnastics. I couldn’t have been more thrilled when...
A few weekends ago Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting with the Sunde family in Forest City, Iowa. We found some great locations and the day was just awesome for the first part of April. Below are just a few of our favorites from the session.
Last Friday I had the pleasure of photographing some commercial shots for The Leaning Tower of Pizza located at 512 SW 3rd Street in Ankeny, IA. WOW they have some delicious food! If you are looking for some great pizza, pasta and Italian food definately swing by and check this place out. As you can...
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...
Tanner and I went to a studio get together in Nebraska a few weeks ago. Among chatting with some of the local photographers, shooting some studio shots and sharing a few beers we had one of them snap a photo of us in the gorgeous basement studio. Kind of fun to be behind the camera for...
A few months ago Tanner and I had the pleasure of shooting the local NBA Development League team here in Des Moines, the Iowa Energy. We have shot plenty of high school and college basketball through the years but shooting for the NBA D League is a whole new game. Holy cow those boys move!...
Tanner and I had the privilege of working with Tony and Steph for their big day this past New Year’s Eve here in Des Moines. You can see the entire blog post from their amazing day here. Tanner wrapped up the final editing their fusion video awhile ago from their wedding day (video + stills)...
Last weekend we meet up with and shot Brett & Amanda’s engagement session in Forest City. We had such a blast working with you two! Always fun to shoot fellow BVU alum. We found some really awesome and fun locations for the session around Forest City. The wood pile is probably one of my...
