Big Chill Beach Club, Bethany Beach: The Problem and Four Ways Out of It
A beachfront venue between the Atlantic and an inlet, on a coast that faces east — which reverses what most people expect.
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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.
South Coastal Library, Bethany Beach: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A public library a short distance from the Delaware shore, where one decision — books in or out — settles every frame.
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The Cape May–Lewes Ferry, Lewes: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A working ferry across the mouth of Delaware Bay, where the only decision that matters is whether the vessel is moving.
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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A du Pont country house and a very large naturalistic woodland garden in the Brandywine Valley — two venues on one estate.
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Andaz Maui at Wailea: A Walk Through the Site
A contemporary resort terraced down a south Maui slope to the beach, where the architecture is geometry rather than decoration.
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The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A resort set back and above the shore at Kapalua, where the bluff and the beach are two different venues.
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Montage Kapalua Bay, Maui: Field Notes, Problem and Solution
A resort on a sheltered crescent bay at Maui's north-west tip, where the water is calm and the headlands are not.
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Sheraton Kaua’i Resort, Poipu: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A resort directly on the sand at Poipu, on a south-facing shore where the sun crosses rather than sets into the water.
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Grand Hyatt Kaua’i, Koloa: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A large resort on Kaua'i's south shore — semi-arid, in the rain shadow of one of the wettest mountains on earth.
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Waikoloa Beach Marriott: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A resort on a sheltered crescent bay on the Kohala Coast, with ancient fishponds behind the beach and palms along it.
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