Scott From California

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What's in a Newsletter + what platform to use?

What’s in a Newsletter + what platform to use?

You’re going to want to see my recommendation at the end…the newsletter platform I found is awesome. Newsletters are growing in popularity This actually surprised me a bit because you don’t really hear about newsletters much. At least I hadn’t…until I started researching them. It’s a bit like when you research a certain model car and then you start seeing it everywhere. I guess that is called…

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When a Hobby Becomes a Side Hustle

When a Hobby Becomes a Side Hustle

(then side hustle to full-time job?) Hi my name is Scott and it has been 6 months since I last wrote on my personal site. This is a confession of sorts… A Hobby is Born Jenn (my wife) and I had our own personal hobbies. She was a history nerd turned Historian (graduate degree and all) and I had taken up making videos of the family. For a very long time, I had been the “video/computer guy” in…

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Work Hard, Change Fast

Work hard, Change fast #startup

My motto this year: Lay low and grindunknown I have been working REALLY hard on my other site and the YouTube channel I run with my wife…and it’s been paying off. We have been fortunate enough to gain over 2,000 subscribers in our first year and I attribute that to years of me experimenting and the fact that my wife is a Historian…and figured out that people like history on YouTube. (niche…

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Walk With History Memberships are Live!

There is A LOT you can get with these memberships. And if you like History...you will LOVE this.

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New Year New You is Bulls#!%

New Year...New You...is Bulls#!% (here's why)... #newyears #resolution

Think about it. New You? What does that really mean? Taken at its most literal, it could mean that your old self should be cast aside for a new and better “you”. That your previous “you” is not worth keeping and only a “new you” is worth presenting to the world. Which is a HUGE mistake. Photo by Kinga Lopatin on Unsplash What makes you better is not throwing away your years of experiences —…

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Starting a Podcast...on How I Started a YouTube Channel

Starting a Podcast...on How I Started a YouTube Channel #podcast #history

Ok. So there’s a bit more it it than the title may suggest. The Talk With History podcast is a history based podcast that talks about how the past continues to impact society today and what it takes to produce a successful history based YouTube channel. My wife and I started the Walk With History YouTube channel back at the end of February and we have been floored at the community that has…

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The Ebb and Flow of a Personal Blog

The Ebb and Flow of a Personal Blog

Has is been a while since you have posted on your blog consistently? That’s ok. Because it is yours. Personal blogs are a different part of the internet. Special in my opinion. Some people write long enough (and well enough) to make some money…but many (like me so far) don’t. That’s ok. Because it is mine Perhaps it is just my generation (I fall smack in the middle of Gen X and Millenials)…

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Behind the Scenes Filming Flashdance Locations in Pittsburgh | @WalkwithHistory BTS

Behind the Scenes Filming Flashdance Locations in Pittsburgh | @WalkwithHistori BTS #80smovies #pittsburgh

This is a behind the scenes look of us filming an episode of Walk With History in Pittsburgh, PA. We went around to the filming locations for the classic 80s movie, Flashdance. Super fun day…and a beautiful afternoon spent in the Steel City!

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Rokinon (Samyang) 14mm f2.8 RF - 1 Month Review

Rokinon (Samyang) 14mm f2.8 RF - 1 Month Review @RokinonLenses #photography #youtube #videography #review

Last month I posted about my new purchase of the Rokinon 14mm f2.8 lens for Canon RF mount cameras (ie. EOS R, R6, R5). I was pretty excited to discover this lens as I have always been a fan of wide angle lenses. I took a wide angle lens to the UK on a vacation I took quite a while ago (2010)…and the pictures I got are still some of my favorite pictures to this day. Wide angle lenses are the…

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My New Favorite Ultra-Portable Power Bank

My New Favorite Ultra-Portable Power Bank...the Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD @GoalZero #outdoors #travel #technology

Regular readers here know that I am a quality over quantity kind of guy. Sometimes to a fault, my wife would say. 🤣 My wife also loves me and lets me splurge every now and then…so for Father’s Day I bought what is now my new favorite power bank…the Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD. This isn’t the first power bank that I own. A couple years ago I purchased the Anker PowerCore+ 26800mAh PD…and it is…

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Sunseeker - Know Where the Sun Will Be for Your Photo Shoot

Sunseeker – Know Where the Sun Will Be for Your Photo Shoot

I recently received a comment on my (currently) most viewed YouTube video about the Goal Zero Yeti 200x and Nomad 50. The commentor mentioned that the wattage gained from the Nomad 50 was much higher in Panama than here in the United States. Kake then went on to recommend the app Sunseeker. Sunseeker This app is amazing! If you look at the screenshots above, you can look up a location (or…

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My Next Vlogging Lens for the Canon R6: The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 RF

My Next Vlogging Lens for the Canon R6: The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 RF

I have written numerous times here how much I would love to be able to own the super expensive Canon 15-35mm f2.8 RF lens. But let’s be honest…if I purchased that today, tomorrow my wife would probably murder me. Ha! damn that is a good looking piece of glass So when I had some birthday funds come my way (Amazon gift cards are amazing), I started browsing for what I could actually afford…and…

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How to Avoid Spending Too Much on Your Birthday

How to Avoid Spending Too Much on Your Birthday #amazon #birthday #photography

Sometimes I forget they’re even coming up. More and more I can’t help but notice them on the horizon like a massive tsunami, threatening to wash away all thoughts of youthful exuberance. While the latter hasn’t quite happened to me yet, the days leading up to most of my recent birthdays tend to be trying to figure out how to strike the balance between my kid like impulses of buying what I…

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Don’t Give Up

If you keep going you won’t regret it. If you give up you will. Unknown If you enjoy these quotes in post every now and then, I encourage you to check out Motivation App. It gives me a quote each morning that I can then share, favorite, save for later, etc. I’m all for some automated positivity in my life. 😉

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2021's BEST VLOGGING CAMERA

2021's BEST VLOG CAMERA (change my mind) #photography #videography #vlogging

I have to admit that I can be a bit of a gear head…but really…who isn’t? 😉 I also have to admit that I am incredibly delinquent in posting about my new favorite piece of gear…the Canon EOS R6. Let me tell you why the R6 is the BEST camera for you! It is what the EOS R “should have been” The EOS R was tempting, but with the crop in 4K, the weird thumb pad on the back, and RF lenses still…

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Washington DC: A Preview

Washington DC: A Preview

I got to visit with some family in the DC…here’s a little preview of my whirlwind monuments tour.

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Sony ZV1: The Vlogger's Camera I Wish I Owned 3 Years Ago

Sony ZV1: The Vlogger's Camera I Wish I Owned 3 Years Ago #vlogging #gear #videography

I recently posted a video about starting my second YouTube channel with my wife. She’s a historian that loves seeing places of history and I found I like filming them with her. In order to get her comfortable vlogging…and more importantly to get her a quality camera that is easy to use…I bought her the Sony ZV1. Let me say I am IMPRESSED!!! The picture quality if phenomenal, the ease of use is…

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