Rose Test Garden Weddings: A Photographer Answers the Real Questions
Ten thousand rose bushes on a west-facing terrace with the city and Mount Hood behind. Spectacular in June, and the busiest ceremony spot in Portland. The honest answers.
The Portland Observatory: Field Notes on an 1807 Signal Tower
Built 1807 on Munjoy Hill, an octagonal maritime signal tower — the last surviving one in the United States — with views over Portland and Casco Bay.
The Inn and Spa at Loretto: A Walk-Through of a Pueblo Revival Inn
A Pueblo Revival inn built in the 1970s in the form of a multi-storey adobe pueblo, beside the Loretto Chapel in central Santa Fe, with courtyards and terraces.
The Omni Grove Park Inn: A Walk-Through of a 1913 Boulder Hotel
Opened 1913 on Sunset Mountain, built from local granite boulders in the Arts and Crafts manner, with a Great Hall, vast stone fireplaces and mountain views west.
Hoyt Arboretum: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A 190-acre tree museum on a ridge in Washington Park, with twelve miles of trail and a conifer canopy that changes the exposure by three stops in twenty paces.
The Santa Fe Opera: Building the Shot List at an Open-Air Theatre
An open-air theatre on a hillside north of Santa Fe, with a roof but open sides, looking out across the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo ranges.
Claxton Farm: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A farm venue in Weaverville north of Asheville, with a restored barn, open pasture and Blue Ridge mountain views on three sides.
Longue Vue: Reading the Light Across Eight Acres of Gardens
A 1939–1942 Classical Revival house on around eight acres in New Orleans, with gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman including the Spanish Court.
The Forsyth Park Fountain: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
The 1858 cast-iron fountain at the north end of Forsyth Park, framed by live oaks and Spanish moss. Savannah's most photographed spot, for good reason.
The Philbrook Museum: Reading the Light in an Italian Villa and Its Gardens
Waite Phillips' 1927 Italian Renaissance villa in Tulsa, now an art museum, with around 25 acres of formal gardens running down to a tempietto.