2020 steps up the game

2020 has stepped up the game this month. Southern Louisiana now has two tropical systems heading for our coast. As of writing this post, Louisiana has Tropical Storm Laura and Hurricane Marco on the way. Hurricane Marco will hit first sometime on Tuesday. Southeast Louisiana is the target for this storm. The track has it moving west and I will probably get to see it. Here is the latest graphic from the National Hurricane Center.

The second system, TS Laura, is the one to watch. She has the potential to become a Category 2/Category 3 before landfall. If you look at the graphic below, south central Louisiana is on the east side of the storm. The east side of the storm is the dangerous side of the storm. If she comes in during the day, I will get to see it. Here is the latest on Tropical Storm Laura from the National Hurricane Center.

I will give updates during the week if we don’t lose power/cellphone usage. I’m hoping to get storm footage as each system comes through.

Have a wonderful week. Shalom.

Website Update

Those who have been following my blog/site for a bit, you will notice I made two changes. When you show up to my site, I now have a video instead of pictures. I also changed my blog format. I will shift from Facebook and Instagram to my website. There are too many distractions and I’m not getting any kind of traction, especially on Instagram.

One of my favorite photographers, Dave Morrow, has a video talking about getting off of social media, concentrating on your website and uploading to YouTube. I’m contemplating going that route soon. Here is the video I’m talking about.

Thanks for your support on this site. I appreciate it. My focus will be here showing my photography, videography, and other cool stuff.

Have a good one. Peace.

Vlog #5 is up...

John here.

Vlog #5 is up on YouTube. Here it is.

I hope you enjoy it. If you haven’t, please like, comment and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

Gotta run. I’m outta here.

John

August is going to be busy...

John here.

Yep. Today is August 1st. This is probably going to be the busiest month for me this year. Let me explain everything happening this month. This month is going to fly by.

I start a 365 photography project today. I am going to take a picture everyday for the next year and see where it goes after that. Last time I started a 365 project, I shot for over 1,100 (1,137 days if I’m not mistaken). I’m going to practice things I don’t normally do, like portrait photography. This is going to be a fun project.

School starts in a week. I’m a computer repair technician for a local school board here in Louisiana. Yesterday, we had to shut down the Internet completely because there is some ransomware out there attacking the school districts. Four school districts have been hit here in Louisiana so our governor has declared a state of emergency and steps are being taken to “hopefully defeat this virus.” I will keep everyone updated on this. I have been voluntold to be a cameraman for our convocation or pep-rally next week before school starts. We have 48 sites with technology and five people in my shop. This school year is going to be extremely busy.

There are a couple of birthdays this month - my wife, Melody, Her website is mkrmauthor.com and she is a published author. Check out her site and sign up for her newsletter. My daughter in law has a birthday too. My father in law also has a birthday.

I am going dark on my social media starting August 4th. I’m only active on Instagram and somewhat active on Twitter. I’m going to concentrate on my website and YouTube (maybe start posting on Vimeo). Expect more posts from me starting next week.

Sorry for the long post. I will be posting pictures of my 365 project starting this afternoon. Look out for that posting. I hope everyone has an outstanding rest of the week. The last giveaway is still going until Saturday, August 3rd at midnight.

I’m outta here.

John

New video...

John here.

My newest vlog is up on YouTube. After trying several different places to upload my vlog, I was able to get it uploaded at work. Here it is.

In this vlog, I discuss my photography history and how I got started. I hope you enjoy it. How did you get started in photography (if you are a photographer)? I’m curious.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. A new video will be up this week. I have a feeling I will be doing more videos especially when I start my 365 project on August 1st.

I’m outta here.

John

Giveaway #4 Winner and The Final Giveaway...

John here.

We have a winner!!! Congratulations to Judy for being last week’s giveaway winner. With that, Melody and I are having our last giveaway. Here is Melody’s blog post about it. If you haven’t subscribed to her newsletter, please take the time and do so. It would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the photo for this week’s giveaway.

Taken at Anna Ruby Falls in north Georgia

Good luck to everyone who enters the last giveaway. Please share this giveaway with your family and friends. I hope everyone has an outstanding week.

I’m outta here.

John