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 [...]

…and let me bring a camera. More than that: it was a big party. Their “85th,” or their combined birthday (and cumulative years) celebration, at SoChi, downtown Macon. With his band, MagTard. And guest performers, Flaco Torres and Mother Cunt. [Not a typo. —Ed.] Hell, yes. The associated gallery was posted last week, but due [...]

Please note: After eight months stuck working on the house, I got on the road. In other words, I’ve got three months’ worth of photography trips to post — and will do just that over the next few weeks. Thanks for checking back. Sapelo is one of my favorite places on Earth. My good friends [...]

I embarked on “some work on the house” about seven months ago now. Somewhere in there, it turned into a major remodel. We started around the first of October, with a tight schedule aiming for Thanksgiving. Within a couple of weeks, we were hoping for the New Year. Then January, then February. Things were mostly [...]

Mucho behind on blog posts. Apologies. Been incredibly busy the past few weeks, mostly precluding the more “leisurely” activities. Amongst which — for me, at least — includes blogging. Like I said, sorry. Most recently, I promised a Maine update soon. Alas, no; try as I could, the sum of those thousands of photographs is [...]

Appreciated a good time with Tagg and Angelic as hosts of this week’s get-together. As I’ve said so many times before, Cocktail Hour — and the friends it offers up regularly — is one of the reasons I enjoy Macon so much. So, this Friday the thirteenth, I offer up thirteen Cocktail Hour photographs … [...]

Enjoyed a great photostroll with Gerald and Phillip last Saturday, starting with a quick stop in Preston, Georgia, followed by a longer-than-expected stop in Plains (home of President Jimmy Carter), Americus, and finally a shorter-than-expected stop in Andersonville. (We settled in just as they closed. Sheesh.) It was especially interesting to visit the Carter visitor’s [...]

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 [...]

About bloody time. …And, unfortunately a bit of a hoop to get working, according to Rob Galbriath. He doesn’t mention the required registration with Mozilla, either — but does include step-by-step instructions and a handy screenshot. For viewing the gileshoover.com site and galleries, highly recommended. (Or use Safari, which comes with it already.) Thank you. [...]

It occurs to me that, stupidly, I haven’t been updating the blog every time I’ve been updating the site. Need to cross-post. Host at Kitchen Table Thanks, Jim! It was nice knowing I could bring my mother along, and much appreciated her feeling welcome. Just a brief gallery — nine photos. Check ’em out. Edit: [...]