Giles Hoover, Photographer

…I note the passing of singer and civil rights activist Odetta. Had the honor of seeing her live once (many moons ago, now), and will definitely be doing some listening today. Next post Friday or Saturday soon. Have a good week — and thanks for checking back.

…to some so-called “modern conveniences:” I’ve joined FaceBook. Much pressure to do MySpace, too, but resisting. For now…;) Update: FaceBook has this tool which mines your email for potential contacts — very cool. While I admit, I was a little concerned about entering said password on another site, it wound up finding and sending out [...]

Last — but certainly not least — comes the long-overdue “quickies” post. Except that I’ve decided to call “quickies” something else: “snapshots.” Seems appropriate, given that this photographer draws a distinction between photography, the art of taking photographs, and snapshots, those quick-and-dirty, non-art-driven takes on a scene. Thus, some “quick and dirty,” snapshot links: Sailing [...]

As I’ve said many times, one of the primany reasons I live in Macon is the people I’ve come to know and appreciate. Case in point: Thanksgiving. I’m delighted to be amongst friends here in Macon. As one of those friends, Dan (who happened to host today’s get-together), assured another guest earlier tonight, I can [...]

Finally, almost current: photographs from a trip this past weekend along the Flint River, near Albany, Georgia. In the spirit of “a slightly different focus,” let me get my favorite shot out of the way immediately: Canoes (with Grass) Yeah. Meanwhile, there was much more to the trip — including a better-than-amazing campground the second [...]

Barack Hussein Obama, a black man, has been elected the 44th president of the United States. Wow. I’m a Georgia Voter Congrats also to Congressman Marshall. Despite some disagreements, I’m happy to see Jim prevail — in a very tough environment. Shame that Jim Martin seems not to have joined the party. Two outta three [...]

Hard to believe, but I’ve been here for almost two weeks. One the one hand, I’m eager to get back to Macon. I miss my kids cats, my community, and my home. On the other, being here has been pretty magical. Take this photograph from a just-after-tropical-storm coastline, for instance: Post-Storm Surf Right place, right [...]

In Maine, that is: Ogunquit Beach, Across the River The view from my room. Not too shabby, even in extreme wide-angle…;) More over the next few weeks days. Thanks for checking back. Update: ‘Nuther, from Sunday: Perkins Cove Boats, Ogunquit Definitely some emotion in this, well, homecoming (for lack of a better term). I didn’t [...]

Okay, let’s get this out of the way up front: I haven’t been posting — or photographing — enough recently. But, there’s a good reason, one regular readers of this site know — equipment that’s not up to snuff. So some changes have been in order. As of yesterday, those changes are nearly complete. It’s [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates to the blog recently; been behind the work curve. On the positive side, my internet issues seem to have cleared up…. An interesting — and pretty accurate, IMHO — take on the photography business right now: The Cloud is Falling. Weddings, indeed…;) Rolling Stone is switching to a “regular” [...]