Giles Hoover, Photographer

Calvin and Allison celebrated their new home last Saturday, and were kind enough to invite me — and my camera. Exploring someone’s house with my camera is one of my favorite activities. When it’s filled with interesting stuff, it’s even better: Joined (in Modern Presentation) The simple stuff works, too: Paper Lamp And they have [...]

A total of 72 photographs have been posted to the full Hay Day 2009 gallery. Enjoy. Before you head on over to the photographs, know that in a couple of places, I made the choice not to crop down the cutout poses — felt the subjects were either better off without, or where it was [...]

Update: Full set posted. More here. Original post: One of those detours I mentioned a while back was an ad for Hay Day, a mini-festival at the beautiful Hay House mansion in downtown Macon: Hay Day was today, and I enjoyed the heck out of it. I didn’t make a big deal, as I’m far [...]

Update: Both the bed race and downtown galleries are now complete (see links below); the parade gallery is in process and should be uploaded Friday. Thanks! Warning: long post ahead. Folks wonder why I’m late with putting stuff up; instead of developing what I already have am behind on, I added 1187 new raw photographs [...]

Thursday means Cocktail Hour, which means that since I was able to go — not always a given — I was out and about with the camera. Heh. Tonight’s Hour, hosted by Thad and Rebecca, was in their home, beautifully decorated for the holidays. (“I spend a little time every day,” Rebecca says.) Which would [...]

…has been posted. I’ve added an additional 41 photographs to the five already there, all but one from the Festa street fair. Sorry to take so long with these. My schedule since getting back to Georgia has included a good deal of craziness. But lots of fun to look through again: Party on.

Wasn’t sure what to expect from an overnight in Dobbs Ferry, New York. What I got was fantastic — not only a great place (including wireless internet), courtesy of a longtime family friend, but a today-only street fair to boot. Once again in the right place at the right time. Further, not twenty minutes into [...]