Giles Hoover, Photographer

Terrell’s been mentioned here many times, most recently last week when he hosted Mark Brooker’s good-bye party at his downtown Macon gallery, the SoChi. I returned there this afternoon to do a portrait session of him together with his two kids, in search of a photograph for a Macon Food and Culture magazine article on [...]

In terms of image quality, I honestly feel that the Hay Day photography is a disappointment; I’m rarely good in a “formal” setting, as the superior quality of the [all too few —Ed.] candids in that set prove (along with that one carefully-planned group shot). I’ve been wondering if I’m getting too fixed in my [...]

Updated 4x. This past weekend, I spent some time updating the site’s “look,” with a new theme and, especially, bigger photographs in the posts themselves. It’ll be a few days — even a week or two — before all of the kinks are worked out, so please forgive if things are a little wonky. Indeed, [...]

Please note: I’ve been working on Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, literally, all week. It takes time to sort and develop the best of six hundred photographs, and despite being behind on posting, I needed a break. Thanks for bearing with me. Update: 73 more photographs are uploading as I type this — check the gallery [...]

I’ve gotten questions this week regarding what I mean when I refer to “a slightly different focus.” Delighted to illustrate. Starting with a photograph that … doesn’t suck, actually: The Nuts and Bolts (of a Garden Ornament) Good composition, nice shadows, the bits of green are a plus, etc. Almost — almost — suggests a sense [...]

Gerald and I headed up to Atlanta Friday, mostly to check a specific camera store for some look-and-touch you just can’t get online — and he hit a great deal on something he’d been thinking about for a long time. Thus, instead of spending the day wandering around Atlanta, we finished up our other stops [...]

Back in the day, photographers like Ansel Adams were part of something called Group f/64. Go ahead and read that if you’re not familiar. I’ll wait…;) Now, dare I suggest I’m in that sort of company? No, certainly not. But one can have aspirations. But “aspirations” also suggests similarity. Ansel Adams produced these amazing, long-view [...]