SteelStacks – Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Bethlehem Steel Stacks HDR Image

SteelStacks in HDR It’s been a bit of a slog getting back into photography. Picking up the camera again has been difficult, tedious and ultimately rewarding. This morning I took a drive down to Bethlehem and stopped at SteelStacks to get a few shots to ‘reboot’ my creativity. I ended up staying for an hour […]

Photos from Sagrada Familia – Barcelona

HDR Image looking up into Sagrada Familia's apse and the riot of colors created by the stained glass

Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia – Barcelona Last week I was in Barcelona, Spain on business and although I had a miserable head cold, I did have tickets to visit Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s unfinished masterwork. I forced myself out with camera and gear in tow and grabbed a bunch of shots. Two of […]

Holyrood Palace Panorama

Holyrood Panorama

Holyrood Palace – Edinburgh Scotland I am going through some photos I took on a trip to Edinburgh back in October… Yes I am procrastinating as always 🙂 I found a series of shots I took to create an HDR panorama of Holyrood Palace, so I had some time while downloading software and wanted to […]

Lake Wakatipu New Zealand

Glenorchy NZ - Barn Shed

Photos at Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand Last month I was on a business trip to New Zealand, and while I was laid out sick most of the trip, I did get out for some photos. I went for a drive through the countryside outside Queenstown with a couple of colleagues from work and stopped at […]

Longwood Gardens – Nightscape

Night Water - Lillies at Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens at Night Yesterday was my birthday, and my wife and I spent the night in Philadelphia so that we could attend the Longwood Gardens Nightscape event – a sound and light show using the natural surroundings as a backdrop and canvas put together by Klip Collective. As for the show, it was ok, nothing to rant […]

Dublin Ireland – Teeling and Guinness

Ireland - Dublin - Inside the Teeling Distillery, Dublin Ireland

Dublin Ireland – Teeling and Guinness! The second in a handful of photo posts from a recent trip to Dublin Ireland –  a few days holiday, and a few days of business meetings and reviews. This post is of images from the Teeling Distillery and Guinness Storehouse. So, Jen and I took a few tours while in […]

Rock of Cashel

Fallen Celtic Cross - Rock of Cashel - fallen_cross-20160611-john-p-hoke

Rock of Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland The first in a couple of posts from a recent trip to Ireland – a mixed trip consisting of a few days holiday, and a few days of business meetings and reviews. On one day of the trip, we took a tourbus to Blarney Castle and the Rock of Cashel […]

Jester and King Cake

Riverwalk Jester

Court Jester at New Orleans Riverwalk Another photo, this one of a Jester,  from our trip to New Orleans French Quarter last weekend. American Airlines lost our checked luggage for two days, and they were kind enough to pay for Jen to go on a small shopping trip to pick up a few “necessary and reasonable” items […]

St. Roch – Campo Santo

Sundial in St. Roch\'s Campo Santo, New Orleans, Lousianna

St. Roch New Orleans – Sundial Last weekend, Jen & I got some much-needed downtime and spent the weekend in New Orleans. As St. Louis cemeteries now require tour guides and you cannot explore as easily due to vandalism that has taken place, we ventured on up in St. Roch’s Campo Santo cemetery a bit north […]

Happy Easter and La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia - Crucifixion - 20150808 - john-p-hoke

La Sagrada Familia – Happy Easter Happy Easter Weekend everyone. Here is a photo of La Sagrada Familia (the Church of the Holy Family) taken on my last trip to Barcelona. I’ve been going through a bunch of photos taken for a project of prints I am working on and this caught my eye and begged […]