Jovan.

The many personalities of @TheLahainaSoul.

Anonymous asked: Hey, My boyfriend's birthday is coming up and he's an aspiring photographer. What kind of lens should I get him? (compatible with canon t3i & reasonably priced) Thank you.

Hello.

I’d recommend the 50mm lens. It’s a really nice portrait lens and works in low light situations. Depending on which one you get while determine the cost, but the one I have is cheaper and I got it from B&H Photo Video

Here’s a test video so you can get an idea. Hope this helps!

 - J

New lens I bought: 28mm (wide angled prime.) It was $45 on eBay, and the lens is actually for a film camera, but additionally I bought an adapter for it to fit on my digital camera. Here’s some test shots I took.

Are we in love of the idea of love
Rather than the felt
How it makes my heart melt
From that sweet smell
What it stands for
With it becomes a unity
Bringing inner peace
That we need in the heart of Chicago.
Or is it just an item.
A label.
A feeling we need to feel less alone
As a security blanket during the night. To help you survive.
But I’m here to fight.
Here to provide.
A true definition of a word that lacks meaning.
Because u and the world
lacks love.

Ahh…

My life is meant to be lived.
A journey path with hurdles trying to stop me but I won’t.
Drugs, guns for fun: I don’t
Condone.
See, I have a life to live.
I’ve grown to know that one can’t stop my fate.
I’ve grown to know that I am the one who is charge of my well being.
Life doesn’t stop.
Things come. Things go.
But I keep going.
I keep running.
I keep swimming.
The world is still spinning.
So I must be living.
I’m breathing. I’m believing.
In me.

NEW MUSIC! Jovan remixes Mary J. Blige’s “Not Today” featuring Eve. Single from her upcoming mixtape, “Only The Beginning,” expected to release this summer.

The life I love..: "Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HELL!"

thatgirllahainasoul:

Last night I had my first out right hate experience.

He yelled “y’all are going to hell!” while my love and I were walking back from a beautiful night at the lake.

I understand people are going to disagree & make others feel ashamed of themselves, but once I truly experienced it…. it just hurt….

This is life. This is the world we live in. Racism still exists. Sexism still exists. Homophobia still exists. It’s been worse years ago, but it still exists. If you think people are gonna accept your lifestyle, you have it wrong. If you’re not living in the standard way of this standard society, of course you will be looked at crazy. As much as people have fought for their rights in America, HATE is still going to exist. Nothing is sugar coated. Everyone is not going to agree. People are gonna think, feel, say, and do whatever they wanna do. But those are the ones that need love. Love everyone. Be kind. Have peace. Be the best person you can be. Have faith.

Good Morning 1,000 Followers.

We made it. 

Anonymous asked: Hey Jovan, I don't know you personally, but I would like to say you're one of the phenomenal people I would love to meet someday. And although there's a possibility of me not ever saying this to you when I'm not anonymous and a strong chance of me not ever meeting you, I still would like to tell you how much I respect and appreciate your drive, ambition, strength, and light. You're incredibly wondrous in my book.

This is the greatest thing I ever woke up to ever. I wish you weren’t anonymous! But these are some powerful words, and it really motivates me right now. Thank you SOOOOO much. 

- Jovan.