The McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A 1911 institutional building on seventy-odd acres, with hand-painted murals on almost every surface inside it.
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Venue Guides
We are writing a photographer’s field guide to every wedding venue we would happily work in, city by city. Each guide covers the light, the timing and the frames that work – and says plainly where we are drawing on craft rather than on having shot there.
The Smith Rock State Park, Terrebonne: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
Volcanic cliffs above a river canyon in Oregon's high desert — no shade, real heat, and a permit for everything.
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The Santa Ana Star Casino, Bernalillo: Suits and Does Not Suit
A casino and event venue in the Rio Grande valley — indoors, weather-proof, and with a mountain range outside the door.
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The Hyatt Regency Tamaya, Bernalillo: The Light Through the Day
A resort in the Rio Grande valley with a cottonwood bosque, an adobe-toned building and a mountain range that turns pink.
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The Farm at Swan’s Crossing, Waynesville: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A farm high in the western North Carolina mountains, where the ridges recede in bands of blue.
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The Barn at Old Fort, Old Fort: The Venue’s Own Logic
A barn at the foot of the Blue Ridge escarpment — a mountain wall on one side and open country on the other.
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The Westin Alexandria, Alexandria: Suits and Does Not Suit
A modern full-service hotel in Alexandria — not in Old Town, which is the first thing to establish.
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The Park City Mountain Resort, Park City: The Venue’s Own Logic
A ski resort above a nineteenth-century silver-mining town — a mountain organised by elevation, with lifts to move between bands.
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The Sioux Falls Convention Center, Sioux Falls: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A convention centre in a city built on pink quartzite, with the river falling over it a short distance away.
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The Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A 1914 shingle-style seaside hotel on a bluff above the Atlantic — and a facade that is lit at dawn and shaded all afternoon.
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