The Kansas State University Alumni Center, Manhattan: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A Manhattan venue built of native Kansas limestone — and the one decision that stone forces on a photographer.
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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 Lyon County History Center, Emporia: Field Notes on a Museum Venue
An Emporia county museum in a repurposed historic building — and what its two competing logics ask of a photographer.
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The Granada Theatre, Emporia: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A small historic Emporia theatre — no room to stand, nothing to bounce off, and four ways round both.
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Emporia State University: The Light Through a Prairie Day
A Kansas prairie campus taken hour by hour, where wind matters as much as sun.
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The Flinthills Mall, Emporia: A Building Lit From Above
An Emporia mall venue lit from above rather than from the side — and what that inversion does to every frame.
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Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs: A Walk Through the Site
A woodland garden on a Hot Springs lake peninsula, walked in the order a wedding day uses it.
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The Garden at The Grand, Hot Springs: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A Hot Springs garden venue where one question — which way does it face — governs the whole day.
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The Alexander Mansion, Hot Springs: Field Notes on a Valley House
A historic Hot Springs house in a valley between east–west ridges — and what that unusual geography does to the light.
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The Four Winds Casino, South Bend: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A South Bend casino venue with no daylight in its public spaces — the problem that creates, and four ways out.
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The Studebaker Mansion, South Bend: The Light Through a Day
A grand nineteenth-century South Bend house taken hour by hour through a wedding day.
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