Ainsworth House: Who This Venue Suits, and Who It Doesn’t
A small 1850s Classical Revival house with mature gardens, half an hour south of Portland. Intimate is the selling point and the constraint. An honest fit assessment.
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 Rawlings Conservatory: A Walk-Through of Glass Houses
Baltimore's 1888 Victorian conservatory in Druid Hill Park — a glass palm house with linked growing houses. Green, humid, and lit entirely through glass.
Lauritzen Gardens: A Season-by-Season Photography Guide
A 100-acre botanical centre south of downtown Omaha, with formal gardens, a conservatory, woodland and a Victorian garden, above the Missouri River.
The Missouri Botanical Garden: Reading the Light Across 79 Acres
Founded 1859 in St. Louis, the oldest continuously operating botanical garden in the United States, with 79 acres, a Japanese garden and the Climatron dome.
Photographing a Wedding at the Portland Japanese Garden
Twelve acres of maple canopy on an east-facing slope in Washington Park. Beautiful, and darker than almost every couple expects. Here is how we plan the light, the timeline...