Giles Hoover, Photographer

It’s been a screwy couple of weeks, with unexpected details finishing up construction around the house, several folks falling down stairs — including yours truly, hereafter known as “Mr. Grace” (not), and sweet Trish, who did some damage to herself on the trip down (no pun intended) — and an all-too-short visit to Florida. Get [...]

Sorry for the quiet; been running, running in about fifteen directions the past few months — most of them not near the web site. More on that in a few weeks. Meanwhile…. Enjoyed the heck out of a session with the local band MagTard last week. Posted up a few photographs yesterday, but am only [...]

This past week, I got a chance to visit a MagTard practice session — specifically such that I could take some photographs of the band at work. It was in the Zook’s “band room,” and usually for a practice, the front curtains were open. That was at my request, such that with a fast lens [...]

I’ve been out and about recently, but arrived back in town just in time to meet up with the friends that make up the band called Magnificent Bastard. Except that isn’t correct any more; there’s a new drummer, whom I didn’t know, and an “official” name change to go with that switch — to MagTard. [...]

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 [...]

As my blog readers know, I’ve been having some equipment problems recently. For Independence Day, however, my camera raised a flag and celebrated the long-overdue Unity — out of 446 photographs Friday (taken in about three hours of straight shooting), I kept 309, starred 185, and multi-starred 90. Remarkable. More: The first four-star images in, [...]

Miles has given me permission to display this photo: My favorite candid portrait in a long while. Thanks, Miles. From our New Year’s Eve get-together, which meant that, until now, it’s lived in the “invite-only” section. I’ve rearranged the galleries slightly such that it’s not behind a password. Enjoy.