Blog update...
John here.
I am making some changes to when updates are sent out for a while. I am going to send out updates on Monday mornings instead of when I create a blog post. It will be a weekly update on my blog posts. I will be able to make more posts and not spam your inbox.
This upcoming week is going to be a busy one for me. I am going to a conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday and won’t be back home until Thursday afternoon. I will not be posting on here but I will be posting pictures on Instagram and Twitter. If you haven’t subscribed to either of these, please do so. It would be greatly appreciated.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week.
Sunset from August of 2015 south of Eunice, Louisiana
Ground to cloud lightning with stars...
John here.
Last night, my youngest daughter sent me a text asking if I was watching the lightning to the south (I wasn’t). I checked my radar and saw the whole coast of Louisiana had storms. I got dressed in my photography clothes (long pants, long sleeve shirt, and a hat to help ward off mosquitoes) and went outside to see what I could see. I noticed flashes but couldn’t see anything because of the trees in the yard. I walked to get a good view of the south and saw the lightning. It was strobeing, constant flashes. I got in my car and drove to my favorite area to spot storms. I took over 35 minutes of video, seven minutes of timelapse video and 84 still shots. This shot was the best of the batch, a ground to cloud bolt.
This particular edit was requested by my wife. She thought it would be cool to show the lightning and the stars so here it is.
I am going through my content to see what I have. I will be posting more soon.
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I’m outta here.
John
Lightning from September 10 2016
John here.
I had a storm pop up just east of my house and I was able to capture this beauty from it. The storm built up for a little bit and then it dissipated. I will have a short timelapse video of the storm up soon.
Lightning from June 28 2016
John here.
I was going through my pictures this evening to see what content I have. I found this lightning strike from a storm chase. This is a hand-held shot (which is hard to capture).
Hand held lightning strike
"Lost Pictures"
John here.
I recently started organizing my pictures on my computer. I have been shooting on and off for over 10 years now and I have pictures in lots of different places. I found an 8TB external hard drive at Best Buy this past weekend and put it to good use. I have moved most of my files onto it and started the daunting task of organizing my pictures.
I was going through some of the RAW files I have and found some storm shots I forgot about. I started editing because there were some pretty epic lightning shots. Below is one of those shots.
Taken 080416 from my yard
I am going to be editing and posting more “lost shots” so stay tuned and I hope you like them.
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I am outta here.
John
Trip to New Orleans
John here.
This past weekend, my family and I, to include my Mom, went to New Orleans. My Mom has never been and we wanted to go again. One of the places we went to was St Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. If you have never been to New Orleans, that is one place you need to visit. I was able to take my Samsung Gear 360 camera and get a 360 shot inside the church.
Tiny planet of inside St Louis Cathedral shot with a Samsung Gear 360 camera.