John P. Hoke: Random Non-Sequiturs: Most Recent Blog Posts

Color HDR Image of Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland

Trinity College Library “Long Room”, Dublin Ireland

January 25, 2020January 24, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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A couple different takes on a shot I took at the Trinity College Library while visiting Dublin in October. This shot of "The Long Room" is a wide angle image of the library with a Laowa 15mm f/2 lens with multiple brackets and processed the HDR in On1 Photo Raw.…

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Lisbon Portugal, short trip and photos

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Last fall I spent about a week in Lisbon, Portugal on business. While walking around to and from the office my camera never left my hand. There was so much to see and shoot, but I had a limited time and caught what I could. Mostly, I walked aimlessly around…

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Black and White image of a corset designed by Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier – Corset

January 18, 2020January 23, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Jean Paul Gaultier announced this week that he is retiring from the runway after 50 years in fashion. Le Enfant Terrible is saying au revoir to haute couture after his next and final show on January 22nd. https://twitter.com/JPGaultier/status/1218207108312764421?s=20 In July of 2015 I was in Paris on business and visited…

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Long Exposure of Bear Creek Waterfall - White Haven, Pennsylvania

Bear Creek Falls II

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Earlier this week someone contacted me on Instagram to purchase this photo I took at Bear Creek Falls in White Haven, Pennsylvania in 2018. While the Instagram image was fine, I did need to adjust it for printing. To be honest, it wasn't one of my favorite shots from this…

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Spiral Staircase Trinity College Library - Dublin Ireland

Photos from the Stairway to Book Heaven

January 16, 2020January 24, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Last fall I took a trip to Dublin, Ireland and spent a day in Book Heaven - Trinity College Library. While there, I visited the Book of Kells exhibit. Unfortunately (but understandably) the library did not allow photography inside the exhibit at all. After spending some time in the exhibit,…

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Virtual House Cleaning

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Rejiggering the site (a.k.a. virtual house cleaning 101). Now that I've gone and changed a ton of crap on the website, go the start of an online shop going for my photos, and did it all without pulling out my hair, it is about time that I go through the…

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Long Exposure shot of Bear Creek Falls in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania

Bear Creek Falls, Pennsylvania

January 13, 2020January 23, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Going through some shots I took over the past year or so and realizing a few things. Firstly holy hell I took a metric crap-ton of photos, and secondly, I really have progressed a lot in my photography skills. I have always been a good hack, but I am impressed…

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New Year, New Look

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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So, first of all, Happy New Year! I took a fairly long break from blogging in 2019 ... it was a hellacious year for me personally and professionally. Lets just leave it at that. I was quite bored with the old theme, the layout, the hassle of keeping it functional,…

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