The Cliff House, Cape Neddick: The Problem and Four Ways Out of It
A resort on an open Atlantic cliff in southern Maine — no shelter, no shade, and a wind that is the normal condition rather than an event.
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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.
Camden Harbour Inn, Camden: How the Light Moves Over a Working Harbour
A Victorian inn above Camden harbour, where hills come down to the sea and the tide moves the boats twice a day.
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Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Tremont: The One Decision That Governs Everything
An 1858 light on the granite of Mount Desert Island, where the famous view is from below and the safe ground is above.
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Bug Light Park, South Portland: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A very small ornate lighthouse on a Casco Bay breakwater, with the Portland skyline across the water behind it.
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Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, South Portland: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A lighthouse standing offshore at the end of nine hundred feet of stacked granite blocks. Whether the party walks it decides everything.
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The White Barn Inn, Kennebunkport: The Venue’s Own Logic
A New England barn that has been finished, glazed and lit — which inverts every rule that applies to a working barn.
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Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth: One Frame and How It Is Made
A lighthouse from 1791 standing on granite above the Gulf of Maine, and one frame that depends entirely on where the tide is.
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Paradise Ranch, Emigrant: A Walk Through the Site
A ranch in Paradise Valley beneath a single dominant peak — which is a different photographic problem from a whole range.
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The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough: A Walk Through the Site
A very large working ranch on the Blackfoot River, big enough that the walk between its environments is a drive.
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The Ranch at Rock Creek, Philipsburg: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A ranch in a broad valley in western Montana, with open meadow, a creek, timber buildings and conifer slopes on both sides.
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