The Castle in the Country, Allegan: The Venue’s Own Logic
A castle-styled inn in the woods of southwest Michigan — a building that quotes an architecture rather than belonging to it.
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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 Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
A museum of American industry under one enormous roof — locomotives, aircraft and automobiles in a hall measured in acres.
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The Lake Bluff Inn & Suites, Mackinaw City: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A waterfront inn at the Straits of Mackinac, with a five-mile suspension bridge dominating the view.
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The Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper, Benton: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A western-themed supper and entertainment venue on the plains near Benton — committed theming, all the way through.
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The Sand Creek Station, Goddard: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A links-style course on the open plains west of Wichita, where mown ground meets native prairie grass.
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The Barn at the Ranch, Goddard: Field Notes
A barn venue west of Wichita — a single large timber volume with one bright end and a lot of dark.
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The Haury Farm, Newton: The Light Through the Day
A farm near Newton, on the open ground of central Kansas where the wheat country begins.
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The Regier Farm, Hillsboro: Field Notes
A working farm in central Kansas wheat country, settled by Mennonites who brought the wheat with them.
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The Historic Elmdale Church, Elmdale: The Venue’s Own Logic
A small historic church in a Flint Hills village — built once, by a community that could afford it once.
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The Lake Afton Observatory, Goddard: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A public observatory on the plains west of Wichita — a building designed to keep light out, with a roof that opens.
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