What a weekend...

Oh, where to start? Friday, I was getting ready for work. I adjusted my pants and my back seized up on me. I have been having problems for almost two weeks now with having spasms. This time, it locked up on me. I tried to sit down on my bed and ended up in the praying position, unable to move. My wife brought me an ice pack, and it helped enough so I could lie down on the floor. After being there for about 20 minutes, I was able to stand up and go to my chair. I have been fighting this ever since. I could maneuver around better on Saturday. I could make it out of bed a tad easier this morning without having to roll out like yesterday.

In the afternoon, we had a nice thunderstorm come through the area. I shot video footage of the storm cells coming in and once it passed; I followed it in my car. There was lots of lightning, so I spent over an hour taking storm shots. I made it home, transferred my pictures onto my external hard drive like I do. Got up today, and those images aren’t on my drive. I took some of the best lightning shots and they aren’t there. Poof. I’m trying to recover the pictures. I hoping this works. We shall see.

I was getting footage with my phone. Here is one of the best shots I got. At least I have something to share.

Caught with my phone

Sorry for the long post. This isn’t my norm, but I wanted to get it out there. Please subscribe to my website or to my YouTube channel, if you haven’t. I would appreciate it.

Storm Chase - July 31, 2020

I was able to go on a storm chase Friday evening for the first time in a long time. I was able to get quite a few shots and a nice sunset.

I’m hoping to get more storm pictures here soon. The forecast isn’t promising for storms but here in southern Louisiana, anything can happen.

I hope you have a wonderful week. Take care. Peace.

My phone - my camera with attachable lenses

Since I’m focusing on improving my mobile photography, I invested into some attachable lenses from Moment. I have been following them on YouTube and decided to get some of their lenses and see what I can create with them. They were running a sale at the time, so I got their 1.33 Anamorphic Lens, Wide 18mm Angle Lens, Telephoto 58mm Lens, and Macro 10x Lens. I also got their phone case so the lenses can attach to the phone.

1.33 Anamorphic Lens

Wide 18mm Lens

Tele 58mm Lens

Macro 10x Lens

Galaxy Case

Other Phone cases

I’m having fun with these lenses. My favorite one so far has to be the Macro lens. I’ve really enjoyed figuring this lens out and seeing what it can do.

If you get a chance, grab a case, lens, and have some fun. I will post pictures from each lens so you can see what I was able to capture with them. I am no way affiliated with Moment or their products. I just like their stuff and wanted to share with you.

I hope everyone has a good one. Peace.

Lightning Shots - 3 different ways

We had storms come through here in southern Louisiana yesterday and there was lots of lightning. Once my duty day ended at four o’clock, I got into my car and tried to get some lightning shots. I had my phone shooting video and my Samsung Gear 360 was going in the back of my car. The shots below are from three different ways I was able to capture lightning.

This still shot was taken from a video I took on my Samsung Galaxy S10+

This shot was taken with the Lightning Camera app.

This still shot was taken from a video taken with my Samsung Gear 360 camera.

There are different ways to capture lightning if you have the patience. For example, I took over 40 minutes of video with the 360 camera and this was the best lightning strike I got.

I hope you enjoyed the lightning shots as much as I enjoyed being out there and getting them. I love storm photography.

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My camera - my editor (part 1 - Snapseed)

Recently, I talked about my phone as my camera. I shared most of the camera apps I use on my phone (I forgot some after going through my phone). I also use my phone as my photography and video editor. I’m going to start a series on the different editors I use to edit my pictures and videos. Today I’m going to discuss Snapseed.

Snapseed is a free app for both Android and IOS. It has the capability to edit RAW images, which is a plus when shooting in RAW and needing to get content out quickly. Here is a screen shot of what is available.

As you can see, there are several different options when editing in Snapseed. If you want excellent tutorials on how to use Snapseed, Kenneth Wayne is an expert when it comes to editing in Snapseed. Here is his Instagram and YouTube. Check out his stuff if you want to learn Snapseed.

I hope this helps with an option to edit on your phone. Please like, comment, and subscribe if you haven’t. I hope you have a wonderful day. Peace.

How to Capture Lightning with your Phone

We recently had storms come through south of where I live. I was able to go out and get lightning shots. The video below is a quick tutorial on how I captured lightning with my phone.

I hope this is helpful for someone. If you have any questions, comments, please put them below. If you haven’t subscribed, please do.

Thanks and have a good one.