№ 08 · Wedding
Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach weddings photographed with the same restraint that defines John's gulf-coast work.
Palm Beach is formal in a way that few American addresses still are, black tie, garden ceremonies, ballroom receptions with the same families that have held them for fifty years. John brings the gulf-coast restraint to the Atlantic-coast formality: small team, candid coverage, family portraits made quickly so the celebration can resume.
These pages collect a single Palm Beach weekend, ceremony, ballroom dinner, and the long quiet hour after the orchestra has packed up.
Palm Beach is formal in a way that few American addresses still are. Black tie is assumed rather than requested, ceremonies are frequently in gardens attached to houses rather than to venues, and the receptions are held by families who have been holding them in the same rooms for fifty years.
Photography in that setting is a guest before it is anything else. The camera is present, it is not the point, and the coverage is built to leave no trace on the evening it is recording.
The approach is the one John brings to Boca Grande and Naples, carried across the state: a small team, available light, family portraits made quickly and then finished for the night.
The Atlantic side lights differently, and it changes the schedule. The sun rises out of the water here and sets behind the house, so the good light on a Palm Beach afternoon arrives earlier and leaves faster than couples expect. Ceremonies get scheduled accordingly.
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