Bear Creek Winery, Ketchikan: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A winery in the temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska — one of the wettest places in the country, which is the whole story.
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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.
ZJ Ranch, Delta Junction: The Light Through the Day
A ranch in the Alaskan interior — farmland under the Alaska Range, with the most extreme year and the longest days in this guide.
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Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Skwentna: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A fly-in lodge in the Alaska Range foothills — where the aircraft, not the light, decides what is possible.
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Stillpoint Lodge, Halibut Cove: A Walk Through the Site
A lodge across Kachemak Bay reached only by boat — which changes the logistics of a wedding more than it changes the light.
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Glacier View Lodge, Glacier View: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A lodge in the Matanuska valley with a glacier in view — and the one frame that exists nowhere else in this guide.
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Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage: A Walk Through the Site
A botanical garden in the boreal forest at Anchorage — a very short season, and a latitude that changes what light does.
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Alyeska Resort, Girdwood: The Light Through the Day
A mountain resort in coastal Alaskan rainforest — where the sun never gets high, the cloud often sits below the summit, and rain is the default.
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Venue at Willow Creek, Huntsville: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
A venue at the edge of a growing north Alabama city — rural in character, with development at the property line.
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Springs at the 191, Clanton: Field Notes
A spring-fed site in central Alabama — where the water is clear rather than brown, which changes everything about how it photographs.
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Retreat at Yellowhammer, Athens: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A purpose-built outdoor venue in the Tennessee valley — designed for weddings, which cuts both ways.
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