The Foundry Hotel: Reading the Light in a Converted Steel Works
A converted early twentieth-century steel foundry in downtown Asheville's Block, now a hotel with exposed brick, steel structure and a courtyard.
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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.
Eastern Market, Detroit: Field Notes on a Historic Market Shed
A historic market shed in Detroit, with clear-span structure, open sides and the character of a working market district.
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The Audubon Aquarium: Field Notes on Photographing Through Glass
On the Mississippi riverfront at the edge of the French Quarter, with a walk-through Gulf of Mexico tunnel and large viewing windows.
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The Nines: A Walk-Through for Wedding Photographs
Built inside the upper floors of the historic Meier & Frank department store, with a glass-roofed atrium at its centre. The atrium is the whole photographic story.
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Planters Inn: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
A small historic inn directly on Reynolds Square in Savannah's historic district, with period rooms and one of the city's oldest squares at the door.
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The Portland Harbor Hotel: Working an Old Port Courtyard
A hotel in the heart of Portland's Old Port, with function space and a walled garden courtyard enclosed by brick, a short walk from the working waterfront.
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Monmouth Historic Inn: What Changes When Everyone Stays On Site
An antebellum house on landscaped grounds in Natchez, operating as an inn with accommodation across the property.
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The Thomas Edison House: Field Notes on a Shotgun Cottage
An 1850s shotgun-style cottage in Louisville's Butchertown, where Thomas Edison lodged as a young telegraph operator. Very small, very characterful.
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Union Plaza: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A downtown Tulsa venue with industrial character and adjoining outdoor plaza space, in a city with an exceptional stock of Art Deco architecture nearby.
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The Fox Theatre, Detroit: One Frame and How It Is Made
A 1920s picture palace in Detroit, with a lavishly decorated grand lobby and a large auditorium.
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