a slightly different focus

Was in Columbus for a job last week — that, unfortunately, was postponed at the last minute. Will hopefully be heading back later this week to do that job.
Meanwhile, Phillip and I took the time we’d planned on taking photographs to … take photographs. We wandered around downtown and riverside on an exceptionally pleasant photostroll.
Including [...]

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In Maine, that is:

Ogunquit Beach, Across the River
The view from my room. Not too shabby, even in extreme wide-angle…;)
More over the next few weeks days. Thanks for checking back.
Update: ‘Nuther, from Sunday:

Perkins Cove Boats, Ogunquit
Definitely some emotion in this, well, homecoming (for lack of a better term). I didn’t expect being back in Maine — [...]

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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, [...]

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This post has lurked about unseen for a couple of days because I hit “save” instead of “publish.” Sorry.
Over Mother’s Day, I enjoyed a visit to Florida.
As we all know, here in Macon, things weren’t so pleasant — and, at the time, I concentrated on things at home rather than the photographs from afar. However, [...]

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This week’s Cocktail Hour was hosted by Heather Braun, at her new place in the Baconsfield area of Macon. Heather has a wonderful home, that she — deservedly — was delighted to show off:

Heather, in Front of New Home
As usual, it was a great time:

Carmen, Enjoying (the Neighborhood)
Carmen purchased Gerald’s house on Laurel — where [...]

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…I’ve filled in the “about” page. Read all about, well, me.

Inundated (Self-Portrait 2008)
Lots of mistakes. Yet, somehow, still glad to be here.
As always, thanks for stopping by.

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Regrets, specifically, came up in four different conversations tonight.
Wow.
Fine — let’s address it, head-on.
My name is Giles Hoover. In a former life, I was a book designer.
A good one, in fact: I knew Chip Kidd (ask Carey, or Google); I did covers and jackets apenty (some well-known, most not); I was on several occasions interviewed [...]

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