Paris: Through the Lens
By John Hoke
/ March 28, 2023
Paris, known as the “City of Light,” has long been a sought-after destination for photographers seeking to capture the essence…
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The tree jumped out in front of me … honest officer Flying the Phantom UAV around after work, playing with the controls, got a bit more comfortable so I took it up between 350 and 400 feet and out into the forest somewhere around 500 feet. Got a couple good images, which I cleaned up in […]
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Francis E. Walter Dam This morning, I got up and headed out to shoot some video and get some more flight time on the Phantom. Most of the parks nearby had activities going on, so I headed out to a quiet spot I ride my motorcycle to now and then for some ‘down time’ – […]
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I’m lookin’ at you lookin’ at me lookin’ at you… Still learning how to fly the Phantom and control it with fine grained actions. I took the bird up to the FAA limit of 400′ above ground, and then came down in a nice tight spiral till I stopped right in front of me and […]
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Phantom 3 – What went up … … didn’t crash 🙂 As posted earlier, I picked up my Phantom 3 the other day, and lo’ and behold, I have a vacation day today – funny how that happens 🙂 Today, I went to try and fly at Beltzville State Park, as I found a page at the […]
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First Flight @ Home So, I got a chance to take the Phantom 3 out before the sun went completely down and took a quick video from about 225 feet over the house and a bunch of photos at varying heights … Not a cinematic masterpiece by any means or stretch of the word, but […]
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Phantom 3 Advanced: Boys and their toys … Ok, I fully admit it, I have a need for gadgets… and I just got one of the best gadgets I’ve had in a while 🙂 I picked up the Phantom 3 over at Stroud Photo in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; a great shop and the people are amazing […]
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Dog Days of Summer Today is National Dog Day and we interrupt your regularly scheduled photoblog to wish the two best dogs in the world, my furkids, a happy National Dog Day! I know its a bit ridiculous, but to be honest, I don’t really care 🙂 These to crazy dogs have personalities that are completely different, […]
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Mátyás-templom (Saint Matthias Church) I’ve posted other photos of Saint Matthias Church in my Budapest photo gallery, but I really did like the way this image came out. This building has had a long, somewhat crazy, history. Tradition holds Saint Stephen founded the church as the Church of Mary in 1015 AD, and this original […]
John P. Hoke
Cyber Security Professional, Photographer, Coffee Junkie, Mac Addict, Craft Beer & Whiskey connoisseur, all around curmudgeon and generally sarcastic SOB – Not necessarily in that order.
The opinions expressed on this blog are mine alone and not those of my employer, family, pets, the voices in my head, or anyone else for that matter … hell in an hour they may not be mine either 🙂
Recent Posts
Barcelona: Through the Lens
By John Hoke
/ March 27, 2023
Barcelona, the vibrant and artistic capital of Catalonia, offers a treasure trove of photographic opportunities for both amateur and professional…
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Flickr once again
By John Hoke
/ March 24, 2023
Flickr again, or never say “Never” Just a quick post. I have started using Flickr again to publish my photos…
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ChatGPT-4: not always what you ask
By John Hoke
/ March 24, 2023
Shall we play a game? In my continuing saga of messing around with OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Large Language…
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Information Security Training: Why & How
By John Hoke
/ March 22, 2023
Empowering Your Workforce to Safeguard Your Organization’s Digital Assets Introduction In today’s regulatory, litigious and online world, information security is…
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NY Transit Museum – Moving in Time
By John Hoke
/ March 21, 2023
I am still going through and processing photos taken last month at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. This…
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ChatGPT 4.0 – more blogging via Artificial Intelligence
By John Hoke
/ March 17, 2023
[Author’s Note] The following was part of my testing of artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT’s) ability to write technical blog posts…
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Fooling around with ChatGPT 4.0
By John Hoke
/ March 17, 2023
Messing around with ChatGPT 4.0 So, like a lot of people I have been intrigued by ChatGPT and now that…
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Rust, Decay and Beauty
By John Hoke
/ March 16, 2023
About six months ago I moved to Bethlehem, PA from the Pocono Mountains. My new place is on the South…
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Rebuilding and Redesigning this site
By John Hoke
/ March 15, 2023
Sometimes the best way out of a slump is to gut the project and redesigning it from the ground up…
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