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.
Firework from July 4th Celebration
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.
Merged shot of three fireworks
Single firework…
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
Lightning Compilation
John here.
Below is a video of a compilation of the best strikes from the storm chase this past Friday evening. I hope you enjoy it.
I have more footage from this chase and from Thursday night in Lafayette, Louisiana. I will be going through the footage and posting a video.
I’m outta here.
John
Storm chase
John here.
I was able to go on a storm chase Friday evening. I checked my radar and noticed some nice storms to the east. I got my family (minus my youngest daughter) and headed towards the storms. We made a pit stop for supper at Subway and realized the storms were heading back towards the house. After we ate, we headed back towards the house. We went a different way and ended up in one of my spots where I storm spot.
Here is one of the lightning strikes I got.
I have several short videos from the chase. I will be posting them to Instagram throughout the week.
I hope you have a wonderful week. Talk to you soon.
I’m outta here.
John