Waiting on Tropical Storm Barry to arrive...

John here.

We are patiently waiting for an unwanted visitor this weekend - Tropical Storm Barry. He has been sitting in the Gulf of Mexico just chilling, taking his sweet time to get here. We had the day off of work because of the potential for severe weather. It was actually a beautiful day. It was nice and breezy which helped make the humidity a bit bearable.

Yesterday evening, we had a nice storm come through. Here is one of the shots I was able to get.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe weekend. The giveaway winner announcement may have to be postponed. It will depend on what happens with Barry. The forecast has us getting lots and lots of rain. We shall see.

I’m outta here.

John

Giveaway #2

John here.

It’s time for the second giveaway with MKRMAuthor. Here is the blog post about the giveaway on MKRMAuthor’s blog. Check out the video announcement for this one.

This giveaway starts on Sunday, July 7th at midnight and runs until Saturday, July 13th at midnight. Good luck.

I’m outta here.

John

Update...

John here.

I wanted to let everyone know I changed from MailerLite to Mail Chimp. Let me explain what happened.

I was having problems with people being able to subscribe to my website so I tried MailerLite, which is similar to Mail Chimp. I noticed people who I knew subscribed to my website weren’t actually subscribed so I switched to Mail Chimp. Those who attempted to subscribed tried it again and it worked.

This morning, I was working on a new subscriber “Thanks for subscribing” email and sent it out. Those who have been with me for a while received a new “Thanks for subscribing” email (my apologies). Now, only new subscribers will be getting that email. I am still doing the weekly update on my blog, which is going to be sent out Monday morning.

Thank you for your patience. It’s a learning process for me. Hopefully things will be smoother in the future.

Thanks again for your patience. Thank you for subscribing to my website. I greatly appreciate it.

I’m outta here.

John

First attempt at fireworks...

John here.

Last night, my family and I went into to town to see the fireworks. I wanted to attempt to get fireworks shots because I have never tried to get them. I set up my Canon 50D for still shots, my phone for video using the Filmic Pro app, and my Samsung Gear 360 camera for tiny planet fireworks. My still shots came out pretty good for a first timer. I had to make some adjustments on the fly after the first ones. The Samsung 360 tiny planet video came out really neat. I have not been able to go through my phone footage yet. I plan to go through that footage this weekend.

Here are a couple of shots.

I will have photos and videos posted on my Instagram page, and videos posted on my YouTube page. (Click on the links to subscribe and stay updated).

Thanks for taking the time and joining me here. Please like, comment, and subscribe (if you haven’t yet). It would be greatly appreciated.

I’m outta here.

John

Upcoming giveaway...

John here.

I wanted to let everyone know, my wife and I are doing a giveaway next month. The details of the giveaway will be on her blog here.

There will be an opportunity to win a book, a print (from me), a paracord key fob and pull tabs (made by me), and a bookmark.

The above video explains the giveaways next month. This video shows what we are giving away for the first week.

Have fun. Talk to you soon.

I’m outta here.

John

Photography Challenge

John here.

I was looking to jump start my photography because I have been in bit of a funk lately. I went looking on the internet for photography challenges. I found one on the Creative Live (link provided) website. They provide different subjects to spark creativity with video instruction for each one. The best part is that it is free. I did my first challenge today - Motion Blur.

I grabbed my camera and went out to the road and took 170 shots before I got the one I liked.

I am going to post the rest of the challenges as I do them. There are 13 of them to accomplish. In your field of interest, what do you do to get yourself out of a funk? I’m curious. Please leave a comment below. Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t. I will talk to you later.

I’m outta here.

John