The Kauffman Center: Photographing a Glass Curtain and Curved Halls
A contemporary performing arts centre in Kansas City, Missouri, with a curved glass lobby, theatre halls and terraces over the city.
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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.
Acadia National Park, Maine: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
Acadia as a wedding location — where a photographer controls nothing, and four ways to work within that.
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The Audubon Tea Room, New Orleans: Photographing a Park Pavilion
An event pavilion within Audubon Park, New Orleans, combining historic city character with a serene park setting.
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The National WWI Museum: Making the Tower and Skyline Frame
A memorial museum on a hill south of downtown Kansas City, with a stone memorial tower, a grand staircase and views across the city.
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The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: Four Ways Out of the Gallery Problem
A Baltimore art museum combining majestic historic architecture with extensive art collections across several buildings.
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The Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker: Field Notes on a Large Hotel Ballroom
A large full-service hotel in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, with extensive ballroom and meeting space and guest floors above.
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The Bar Harbor Inn, Maine: A Venue Built Facing the Water
A Bar Harbor inn facing east over cold water — and what that orientation, the fog and the tide decide.
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St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A historic church in Baltimore where daylight filtering through stained glass casts coloured light through the nave.
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The Nebraska History Museum: Working Under Conservation Lighting
A state history museum in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, with conservation-lit galleries and public spaces near the Capitol.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum: One Decision About Which Building You Use
An art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, combining a 1933 neoclassical building, a contemporary glass wing and a large sculpture lawn.
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