Giles Hoover

Photography and design for print production

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  • New Regional Imagery Gallery: Monroe, Georgia

    New Regional Imagery Gallery: Monroe, Georgia

    July photography in Georgia — even on a day that was “only” hot, as opposed to “scorching” or “overwhelmingly humid” — is a challenge. But yesterday’s photostroll was completely worth the effort.

    Monroe Light Sign, S. Broad St.

    This north-central town is named after James Monroe and is on the way from Athens to Atlanta. Typical of towns of the era, has an old-fashioned town square and 19th-century architecture everywhere you turn:

    Old Monroe City Hall (Roofline Detail), 101 S. Broad St.
    Cast and Classic (Building Detail), 124 N. Broad St.

    It has an excellent selection of stores to choose from:

    Sign to Rinse, 106 S. Broad St.
    Streetfrontages, N. Broad St.

    Chairs to enjoy the ice cream, and plenty more:

    Scoop a Spell, 140 N. Broad St.
    Monroe – Walton Center for the Arts (Building Detail), 205 S. Broad St.
    Crepes A’wash, W. Washington St.
    Monroe – Walton Center for the Arts (Garden #3), 205 S. Broad St.

    I enjoyed the visit — a stop on a trip to “The A-T-L” — very much. I hope you’ll enjoy the results.

    See the whole gallery here.

  • Macon Downtown Gallery Updated

    Macon Downtown Gallery Updated

    Took the TTArtisans 50mm ƒ1.2 for a brief stroll today after lunch with Gerald. Gotta say: this thing is fun:

    Macon Downtown TT Sign

    Note how the sign is into the bokeh practically before you’re through the sign’s second letter. This, too:

    Macon TT Downtown

    Does it begin to challenge Leica, or even Voigtlander? Certainly not — it’s a $98 (!) Chinese manual-focus crop lens shunned by almost all “real” Leica shooters. But for this short-depth-of-field fan, it’s worth the embracing the flaws. The updates are at the bottom of the page, marked, “Macon-Downtown_June-2021-x.” Enjoy.