Happy New Year (and Screw You 2020!)

Sunset over the Remarkables, New Zealand

So it is a couple days into 2021, the hangovers and parties are done with. Here we are, a weekend of settling into the New Year has come and gone. The past 12 months have been a whirlwind of a dumpster fire, haven’t they. Well, I am going to try and leave all that behind […]

COVID-19 Isolation at Bear Creek Falls

Bear Creek Falls taken during COVID-19 Isolation

Yet another Groundhogs Day of Sparkling Isolation. Today I went out for a drive to maintain #socialdistance while trying to retain my sanity and escape my house. The weather was fairly nice early, so I stopped by Bear Creek Falls, one of my regular shooting locations here in the Pocono Mountains. I have been itching […]

Bear Creek Falls, Pennsylvania

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

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 that I have improved so […]

Bear Creek Falls Pennsylvania – Photography & Lesson Learned

Bear Creek Falls - ©2018 John P. Hoke

Bear Creek Falls Waterfall I like to ride my motorcycle through the Poconos, and I regularly pass the Bear Creek Falls on my ride around the Francis Lewis Dam. It is usually a trickle of water falling down the step like rocks, but we have been deluged with rain for a couple of weeks and […]