The Venetian, Garfield: The Building’s Own Logic
A grand spectacle venue in northern New Jersey — built to impress, which is a coherent logic and a demanding one.
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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 Terrace, Paramus: Field Notes
A banquet venue in Bergen County whose principal outdoor space is a paved terrace — a hard, bright, reflective surface with its own rules.
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Royal Manor, Garfield: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A banquet venue with a ceremony garden in Bergen County — and one decision that changes the whole character of the pictures.
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Renaissance Woodbridge: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A full-service hotel in central New Jersey — and one decision about where the portraits come from that settles the whole running order.
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Morristown Hyatt: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A modern hotel in a historic New Jersey town — comfortable, capable and visually anonymous, which is a solvable problem.
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Grand Marquis, Old Bridge: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A banquet venue in central New Jersey where the entire day happens under artificial light of several different colours.
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The Fiesta, Wood-Ridge: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A large banquet venue in northern New Jersey where almost every surface reflects — which is a genuine problem and a genuine resource.
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Meadow Wood, Randolph: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A banquet venue with a small lake and wooded edges in northern New Jersey — water is a real asset and it has rules of its own.
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Park Savoy, Florham Park: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A single-event estate venue in northern New Jersey — exclusive but compact, which suits some weddings and not others.
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The Rockleigh, Rockleigh: Field Notes
A multi-ballroom venue in northern New Jersey — several weddings at once, on a shared property, which is its own photographic problem.
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