A Slightly Different Focus
Photography by Giles Hoover
A long-time book designer, Giles is known for finding amazing details in everyday scenes. The phrase, "a slightly different focus" is used to describe his style in portraiture, event photography, and More →
Two Videos
…in honor of Carey’s 40th.
The first is from the party itself, and the subject of the “post of regrets” earlier — and funny. The bzzzzzzt-oooooHHHOOO sound will be with me for a long while — in a good way…;)
Also, check out the clip on HGTV regarding the WaterWorks. Very cool.
Thanks, Carey!
A Little Housekeeping
Some massaging today:
To all three of Carey’s galleries (One, Two, and Favorites), as one photo was deleted — yeah, we deleted the racy photo — and another added. (Naturally, the photo added was at the beginning, messing up my numbering scheme…;)
To this site’s look, re-adding the entry page back, along with a link to this [...]
Carey’s 40th – Part Two Posted
If the first part is titled, “Black Tie,” it’s only appropriate that the second part be titled, “Feet Up.”
As the evening wore on, it progressed from birthday party to birthday party. Hmmmm — okay!
My favorite photograph from the second set.
Indeed, I’ve upped the favorites count from 16 to 20 — with all but three of [...]
Carey’s 40th – Part One Posted
The final selection of photographs from Carey’s 40th birthday party wound up at an even hundred.
Part One, containing the first fifty, has been posted. (Missed Tuesday by thirty minutes. Sorry…;)
Please enjoy.
Have to say, a hundred final photos is many more than I expected when this got underway Saturday evening. I hope you like them as [...]
Overwhelmed
…with goodness. The final “potentials” folder from Carey’s party is 239 photographs deep.
Oh, [****].
“Everything finished and available by Tuesday,” as implied, will definitely be pushing it.
Further, I have to admit to a big regret:
I have this chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and then again, (here) on the floor. The part in between…? Uh, no. Missed [...]
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Happy b’day!
Wonderful time tonight. Indeed, I’m awash in great photographs.
It’ll be a day or two — Tuesday, probably — before I’ve sorted and uploaded the final set, which will be published here. Stay tuned.
Thanks.
Honesty: You bet there are regrets
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 [...]
(A Very) Magnificent Bastard
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!
See the whole 15-photo set here. [...]
Refresh Almost Complete. New Stuff.
Redid both this blog’s structure and the back end over the past couple of days. Satisfied enough that it’s going to be the site’s front page until I can take the customization to the next level. There’s still some tweaking left to do — the about page, some other static pages, Google stuff, etc. — [...]
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