The Windmill Winery, Florence: A Walk Through the Site
A barn, a constructed lake and planted vines on the open desert floor — a site that imports everything it has.
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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 StoneHouse Venue, Prescott: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
A stone venue in ponderosa pine country at 5,400 feet — an Arizona that has snow, seasons and real shade.
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The Cave at Lake Pleasant, Peoria: The One Decision That Governs Everything
An enclosed, low-light venue above a desert reservoir — and open desert outside it. Two opposite lighting worlds, thirty feet apart.
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Copper Sky, Maricopa: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A contemporary municipal complex on open desert ground south of Phoenix, where the schedule is the whole photographic decision.
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The Garden at The Orchard, Queen Creek: The Light Through the Day
A garden set in a working citrus orchard east of Phoenix — the one place in the low desert with genuine overhead cover.
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The Vineyard at Florence: The Light Through the Day
A vineyard planted in the Sonoran Desert, where the light is harder and the rows are the only structure.
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The Sanctuary Resort, Paradise Valley: Field Notes
A mid-century resort terraced into the north slope of Camelback Mountain, where the slope and the glass set most of the problems.
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El Chorro, Paradise Valley: The Venue’s Own Logic
A historic low adobe property below Camelback Mountain, built for a season that runs from November to April.
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The Silverleaf Club, Scottsdale: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A private club high on the McDowell bajada, where the whole photographic question is which way you point the camera.
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The McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale: Field Notes
A lakeside property in central Scottsdale, where the water is engineered and behaves accordingly.
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