Navy Pier: Photographing a Wedding Out Over the Lake
A historic pier extending into Lake Michigan from the Chicago lakefront, with the skyline behind and open water on three sides.
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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 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: How the Light Moves
A botanical garden in Brooklyn with designed landscapes, distinct garden areas and a rare quiet within the city.
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The Palmer House: How the Frescoed Ceiling Frame Is Actually Made
A grand hotel in the Chicago Loop, known for its frescoed lobby ceiling and sweeping staircase.
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The Carlyle, New York: Photographing a Hotel of Individual Rooms
A New York hotel where each room has a distinct character, from a chandeliered ballroom to smaller intimate suites.
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The Drake Hotel: A Grand Ballroom and a Lake Michigan Window
A 1920s grand hotel where Michigan Avenue meets Lake Shore Drive, with ballrooms facing Lake Michigan.
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The Plaza Hotel, New York: Photographing a Grand Ballroom
A grand New York hotel whose Grand Ballroom is its defining wedding space, with period public rooms beyond it.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photographing a Very Large Museum
A very large art museum in New York, with a monumental Great Hall, grand stairs and collections spanning many wings.
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Garfield Park Conservatory: Field Notes on Photographing Under Glass
A large early-1900s glasshouse on Chicago's West Side, with palm and fern rooms under expanses of glass.
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The Field Museum: Four Ways Out of the Big-Room Problem
A classical natural history museum on the Museum Campus, built around a vast stone central hall.
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The Westin Book Cadillac, Detroit: A Walk Up Through a Restored 1924 Hotel
A 1924 Detroit hotel restored to its original grandeur, with period function rooms and a tower above them.
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