The Columbia Club: Field Notes on Photographing a Private Club
A private club in a tall early-twentieth-century building on Monument Circle, Indianapolis, with panelled rooms and a main ballroom.
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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 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: Who This Venue Suits
Opened 1997 in downtown Santa Fe, a museum devoted to Georgia O'Keeffe, in adobe-form buildings with a small courtyard and intimate galleries.
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The Aria, Minneapolis: Photographing Brick Under Chandeliers
A Minneapolis event venue combining exposed brick walls with high soaring ceilings and large chandeliers.
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The Chase Park Plaza: A Walk-Through of a 1920s Grand Hotel
Opened 1922 in the Central West End, a grand hotel with the ornate Khorassan Ballroom, a rooftop, and Forest Park directly across the street.
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The Boston Athenaeum: Planning the Shot List
Founded in 1807, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States, in an 1849 building on Beacon Street beside the State House. Books, busts and balconies.
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Highland Brewing Company: Field Notes on a Brewery Venue
Founded 1994 as Asheville's first legal brewery, now a large site east of the city with an event centre, rooftop, meadow and working production floor.
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The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis: How the Light Moves
A modern theatre on the Mississippi riverfront in Minneapolis, with glazed public spaces and river outlook.
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The Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville: The Light Through a Day
A modern Louisville museum near the Ohio, taken hour by hour through a wedding day.
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The Eiteljorg Museum: One Decision About Which Way You Face
A museum of Western and Native art in White River State Park, Indianapolis, with parkland on one side and the downtown skyline on the other.
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The Windsor Court: Lighting a Hotel Full of Art and Antiques
A luxury hotel in New Orleans's Central Business District, near the French Quarter, known for its substantial collection of art and antiques throughout the public rooms.
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