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Hello out there. I’m back from a long hiatus. Things have been unbelievably busy since I left this blog back in August of last year. Here’s a brief synopsis of what’s been going on.

  • I finished the Hold The Pass challenge from Gibborim at the beginning of September and went right into a Soulcon Challenge. It took me a while to recover from both of them.

  • I started working in the men’s ministry at a local church back in November. The pastor was interested in Soulcon and needed someone to lead it.

If I had to give 2020 a rating, I would give it one and half stars. The only reason it’s this high is because I’m alive and kicking. Let’s see:

  1. Where I work, which is a local school board, there was a cyber attack that crippled us for several weeks.

  2. While we were recovering from the cyber attack, we had to stop working because of the pandemic. Now, I have to answer help desk calls on Thursdays until we are cleared to go back to work.

  3. As of now, our stuck, I mean, stay at home order is until May 15th. I have a feeling this is going to be extended even longer but we shall see.

  4. My oldest daughter went from going to college to being an online college student. It’s a bit difficult when the degree is Industrial Electronics. She’s going to finish up her technical degree this summer.

It’s not all been rough, though.

  • I’ve purchased some photography/videography gear — four Moment lenses for my phone which are fun to use. There’s a 1.33mm Anamorphic lens, 58mm tele lens, 18mm wide lens, and a 10mm macro lens. I’ll be doing a review video on them soon.

  • I also got a new tripod from Neewer. This has been a wonderful purchase. I did a reveal (click on the link) video and it’s posted on my YouTube channel. A review video on this is also in the works.

I’m not sure how often I’m going to post on here. I will post at least once a week. It’ll depend on what’s going on.

Thanks and I’ll talk to you later.

I am not affiliated with any of the companies listed above. I just enjoy their products.

tags: blog, neewer, tripod, moment lenses, cyber attack, photography, videography, video, pandemic
categories: blog, computer, Gibborim, mobile photography, photography, videography, youtube
Wednesday 04.29.20
Posted by John Kittles
 

Hold The Pass Challenge

“After Ehud, Shamgar the son of ‘Anat, who killed 600 P’lishtim with an oxgoad; and he too rescued Isra’el.” Judges 3:31 CJB”

John here.

Let me explain my picture of the day yesterday. A couple of weeks, I joined a group called Gibborim. Gibborim is “most often, it is used to describe men who are ferocious warriors and noble champions.” (from the Gibborim website) The two running it, Author Cliff Graham and Soulcon Founder Cody Bobay, have a podcast on YouTube and podcast streaming applications.

Last week, they presented a challenge for those interested. It’s called “Hold The Pass” challenge based on the above scripture. It’s two weeks, 14 days of physical, mental, spiritual exercises to task yourself beyond what you think you are capable of doing. The tennis ball in yesterday’s picture is a big part of the challenge. Every exercise we do equals 600 repetitions. I will post updates and pictures on how the challenge is going for me. Since I’m not on social media, this is the only avenue to post about the challenge.

I hope everyone has an outstanding week. There is one more week of August and the fall season is almost upon us. Have a good one.

I’m outta here.

John

““Dear friend, I am praying that everything prosper with you and that you be in good health, as I know you are prospering spiritually” 3 John 2 CJB ”
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categories: blog, Gibborim, Hold The Pass, update, youtube
Saturday 08.24.19
Posted by John Kittles
 

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


tags: videography, vlogging, vlog, video, davinci resolve, passion, photography challenge, p, photography, picture, update, 365 project
categories: 365 project, 52 week project, blog, photography, video, videography, youtube
Monday 07.29.19
Posted by John Kittles
Comments: 2
 

New Vlog Post...

John here.

I am getting back into vlogging. The video will explain why. I need to get more comfortable in front of the camera and this is a good way for me to get comfortable. Practice, practice, practice.

I'm back at vlogging. Mr Alex Tech started vlogging and asked for people to join him in vlogging. I accepted the challenge. Here is his channel if you want to check him out. He has some really good content, to include tutorials and reviews.

Please check it out. If you haven’t, please like, comment, and subscribe. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and I’m outta here.

John


tags: videography, passion, vlog, vlogging, youtube, video
categories: blog, videography, youtube, video
Friday 07.19.19
Posted by John Kittles
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