Giles Hoover, Photographer

Last week not only served up a Cocktail Hour hosted by Creighton (aka the Originator) and Carolyn, but in a Thursday-Friday two-fer, Dan Zook’s 42nd birthday. I took a very few photographs on Thursday, spending more time chatting with some new folks (as the various school seasons get underway, the new teachers and professors have [...]

In keeping with the narrative: as mentioned last time, I rolled back into town — from a great weekend in South Carolina — just in time to catch the last performance of Bragg Jam. Sweet. Bragg Jam 2009 covered a bunch of venues and dozens if not hundreds of musicians, with an estimated 5,000 attendees [...]

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 [...]

Enjoyed dinner and porch time with Dan, Connor, and Thad Friday evening, keeping two dads company while their wives are out of town this weekend. I didn’t know that Thad could play a guitar (let alone how well) — but Connor knew, and was especially happy: Thad and Connor #2 (Kisses) After keeping up with [...]

…are not only wonderful people, they, together with Martha Kelly — Trish’s amazing Mom — hosted this week’s Cocktail Hour. As expected, it was fantastic. The happy couple: Miles and Trish (Enjoying their Cocktail Hour) Couldn’t stay the duration, alas, and can only look at a few of the photographs from tonight before getting back [...]

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, [...]

…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.

Enjoyed the show tonight — and perhaps more importantly, came away with a few decent photos. My favorites: Magnificent Bastard, Onstage Dan, Emotional (Blur) Chris and Miles #1 Dan and Miles #1 Many thanks to Dan, Chris, Justin, and Miles for access — and a great performance — tonight. No bastards in my book, LOL! [...]

Well, yeah, especially when they’re friends, or are now — met a few new folks I hope become more a regular part of “the fold.” Came away with a few photos I like very much, too. Not necessarily perfectly on-topic, alas; I was distracted by Conner, Dan and Monica’s young son, who has advanced tremendously [...]