Stanton Hall: Four Ways Out of the White-Column Problem
A large Greek Revival mansion on its own city block in Natchez, with white-painted columns and mature gardens.
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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 Lensic: Lighting a 1931 Moorish-Spanish Theatre
Opened 1931 on San Francisco Street, a Moorish and Spanish Renaissance movie palace, restored in 2001 as Santa Fe's main performing arts venue.
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The Emery Hotel, Minneapolis: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A Minneapolis hotel offering a grand ballroom alongside smaller, more intimate event spaces.
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The Angad Arts Hotel: Who This Colour-Themed Venue Suits
An arts hotel in the Grand Center district of St. Louis, where guest rooms are themed by saturated single colours and guests choose a room by mood.
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The Harvard Club of Boston: A Season-by-Season Guide
A private club in Back Bay with panelled function rooms, oil portraits and traditional finishes. An indoor venue whose photographs still change completely with the season.
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New Belgium Brewing Asheville: Building the Shot List
New Belgium's Asheville brewery on the French Broad River in the River Arts District, with modern industrial architecture and river frontage.
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The W Minneapolis: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A hotel occupying a historic Minneapolis tower, combining period architecture with a modern ballroom and fittings.
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The Lexington Opera House: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A Victorian Lexington opera house — and the one frame a tiered auditorium exists to give.
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Dunleith Historic Inn: A House With a Good Side at Every Hour
A Greek Revival house on landscaped grounds near Natchez, encircled by colonnaded galleries on all four sides.
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The Audubon Zoo: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
In Audubon Park, Uptown New Orleans, with mature live oaks, a 1920s sea lion pool and grounds laid out among some of the city's oldest trees.
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