McMenamins Kennedy School: Field Notes for a Wedding Photographer
A 1915 schoolhouse in Northeast Portland turned hotel, bar and event space. Enormous character, tungsten light everywhere, and painted walls that will colour-cast your skin tones.
The Cabildo: Building the Shot List on Jackson Square
Completed 1799 on Jackson Square, the Spanish colonial seat of government where the Louisiana Purchase transfer was signed, now a Louisiana State Museum.
Whitehall: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A nineteenth-century house remodelled into a white-columned Classical Revival mansion, with formal gardens and mature trees in Louisville's Highlands.
The Belvedere: The Technical Side of a 1903 Grand Hotel
Opened 1903 in Mount Vernon, a Beaux-Arts grand hotel with ornate ballrooms, a famous mirrored room and a thirteenth-floor rooftop over Baltimore.
The Chase Park Plaza: A Walk-Through of a 1920s Grand Hotel
Opened 1922 in the Central West End, a grand hotel with the ornate Khorassan Ballroom, a rooftop, and Forest Park directly across the street.
The Boston Athenaeum: Planning the Shot List
Founded in 1807, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States, in an 1849 building on Beacon Street beside the State House. Books, busts and balconies.
The Windsor Court: Lighting a Hotel Full of Art and Antiques
A luxury hotel in New Orleans's Central Business District, near the French Quarter, known for its substantial collection of art and antiques throughout the public rooms.
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 Kehoe House: Who This Savannah Inn Suits
An 1892 Renaissance Revival mansion in red brick with cast-iron detailing, on Columbia Square, operating as a small luxury inn.
The Brown Hotel: Reading the Light in a 1923 Grand Hotel
Opened 1923, a Georgian Revival hotel in downtown Louisville with an elaborately plastered lobby and a Crystal Ballroom on an upper floor.