Giles Hoover, Photographer

…but have been otherwise occupied. Thus, there are a few stacked up. Next time you have a moment, pull up to the computer with your favorite beverage and enjoy: Metallophile, my favorite font in a while — nice. This has been around for a while, but it’s still a great storm photograph. Just wow. Also [...]

…was, as always, a great time. Many thanks to Tagg and Angelic for hosting. Yeah, Angelic: Angelic’s Party A great time. Many thanks to all. More photos Friday and then again Monday/Tuesday. (Update: Done. 10 photographs in all.) Thanks for your patience.

…for the weekend consumption: The Online Photographer has an interesting post up on what might have also been my favorite digital camera — Sony’s 707. (For the record, I had an 828, as well — but it was exactly as Mike describes, ultimately leading me into Nikon territory.) That same site also leads us to [...]

Update 2, Sunday morning (6/1): The balance of the photographs have been posted. The last set took longer than anticipated, as seating the guests of honor in front of a [very bright —Ed.] window meant more time developing the photographs of the gift-opening session. (Backlighting can be, uh, problematic.) 28 photos in all — enjoy. [...]

Long weekends are always supposed to be about catching up. Shame it usually doesn’t work that way. Meanwhile: Some amazing time-lapse photography from Alexey Titarenko, via Kottke. Also from Kottke, something potentially relevant here in Macon: Time-lapse cherry trees. Yeah. Maps of all the streets in the lower 48 states — no, not topography, not [...]

A selection of things that have caught my eye recently: Have you ever heard of a memristor? Get used to the term — it might well replace “transistor.” Seriously, this is huge. Ars on why. A leftover from my book and graphic design days: Hefler Frere-Jones — aka Typography.com — on the ampersand. Nice. Ars [...]