The Moonrise Hotel: A Season-by-Season Guide
A boutique hotel on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis, space-themed, with a rooftop terrace and bar and a large rotating moon sculpture on the roof.
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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 Pines at Creston: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
A mountain wedding venue in the North Carolina high country north of Asheville, with long-range Blue Ridge views and open ground at elevation.
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The Detroit Club: Photographing a Restored Private Club
A historic private club building in Detroit, restored with modern amenities alongside its period interiors.
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Leftbank Annex: Field Notes on an Industrial Venue
A big, raw, open industrial space near the Willamette on Portland's inner east side. Total creative freedom, and a room that gives a photographer nothing for free.
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Los Poblanos: What Adobe and Lavender Do to a Photograph
A historic adobe inn and working lavender farm in Albuquerque's North Valley, in the Rio Grande cottonwood bosque.
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Whitefish Mountain Resort: One Decision Governs the Whole Day
A ski resort on Big Mountain above Whitefish, Montana, with summit views across the Flathead Valley toward Glacier.
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The Cotton Sail Hotel: Building the Shot List on River Street
A nineteenth-century cotton warehouse on River Street converted to a hotel, with exposed brick and timber and a rooftop terrace overlooking the Savannah River.
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The State Theatre: Field Notes on a 1929 Movie Palace
Opened 1929 on Congress Street in Portland, Maine, a movie palace with Spanish-influenced detailing, now operating as a standing-room music venue.
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The Frazier History Museum: A Walk-Through for Wedding Photographs
A converted nineteenth-century warehouse at the west end of Main Street's Whiskey Row, with a tall glass frontage, atrium and a rooftop event space.
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Tulsa Country Club: Field Notes on a 1908 Club
Founded 1908 and generally described as Oklahoma's oldest country club, with a mature golf course and a substantial clubhouse in midtown Tulsa.
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