The Yellowstone Club, Big Sky: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A private Montana mountain club — and the one frame that a high valley gives after the sun has gone.
The Rainbow Ranch Lodge, Big Sky: Field Notes on a Riverside Lodge
A riverside Montana lodge — what timber, water and an early-shadowing canyon ask of a photographer.
The 320 Guest Ranch, Big Sky: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A Montana guest ranch where the mountain controls the timing — and four ways to work with that rather than against it.
Lone Mountain Ranch, Big Sky: The Light Through a Mountain Day
A Montana mountain ranch taken hour by hour, where the valley's own clock runs differently from the sun's.
Big Sky Resort, Montana: A Venue Built Around Winter
A Montana mountain resort organised around winter — and what that logic means for a photographer in any season.
Paradise Ranch, Emigrant: A Walk Through the Site
A ranch in Paradise Valley beneath a single dominant peak — which is a different photographic problem from a whole range.
The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough: A Walk Through the Site
A very large working ranch on the Blackfoot River, big enough that the walk between its environments is a drive.
The Ranch at Rock Creek, Philipsburg: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A ranch in a broad valley in western Montana, with open meadow, a creek, timber buildings and conifer slopes on both sides.
Triple Creek Ranch, Darby: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A small ranch on a forested mountainside in the Bitterroot Valley — intimate, enclosed, and deliberately private.
Yellowstone Valley Lodge, Gardiner: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A lodge on the Yellowstone River at the park's northern gate, in the driest and most open country in this guide.