Introduction - Hans the photographer (and cryptogeek)

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

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Sunset at the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia

Hello Steem World!

I'm a photographer and crypto-enthusiast. I've been observing Steem from the sidelines ever since I got into crypto back in April 2017. My first real introduction to Steem was through watching @quickfingersluc's (who used to call himself The Happy Steem Trader) excellent YouTube videos about trading. More recently I helped get my photographer buddy @justinmullet into crypto and he headed straight for Steem and started cranking out content. I watched for a bit, got jealous, and jumped in too! Thanks, Justin!

I'll be sharing a mix of old* and new photos on this blog.

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Sligachan Bridge in the misty Scottish Highlands of The Isle of Skye

If you're impatient, you can see some of my older content here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hansmast/
Blog: http://hansmast.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HansMastPhotography/

If anyone has any Steem-specific tips or suggestions on the format of photography you'd like to see, please leave me some comments letting me know.

Thanks everyone!
-Hans

* In the sense that:

  1. I've posted it elsewhere to social media already or
  2. That I've taken the photo a long time ago (I have an enormous backlog of photos to edit)
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Welcome man :) Awesome pictures! You should definitely head over to @czechglobalhosts and compete in his daily picture challenges!
Resteeming you for some publicity!
Greets, @theaustrianguy

Wow, awesome, thanks! I already follow @czechglobalhosts after skimming what they posted, appreciating the quality of it, and because of my burning desire to visit Prague. However, I didn't realize there were contests I could join. Looks fantastic!

The contests are great Hans! Different continent for each day of the week. I've not scored first, yet still earned several $2-$4 SBD prizes and a few good upvotes.

Welcome to Steem Community @hansmast! As a gentle reminder, please keep your master password safe. The best practise is to use your private posting key to login to Steemit when posting; and the private active key for wallet related transactions.

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Nice photos, Welcome to Steemit!!

Welcome to steemit

Welcome to Steemit dude! So, the moment I saw your last name, combined with @justinmullet I was quick to assume that you probably have the same roots that I do. I checked your Facebook and it looks like 4 people I know like your page, and you're from the same town that my sister lives at. You aren't by chance Mennonite in some form are you?

I most certainly am! I'm Amish-Mennonite. I don't think I know any Webers around here, though I know a few from Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario area. Thanks so much for the welcome. Looking forward to the incredible potential of this platform! I have some networking ideas to get a bunch more pro photographers over here. Stay tuned.

Ha, I knew it! My sister married a Miller, who runs a dairy farm out there. Doubtful you know them, but still cool. I know a few people from out there. Small world, ha.

@aweber your brother-in-law BM is my second cousin. My mom is a first cousin to OM and my buddy (who I ate supper with last night) works at their dairy for them. #WinningTheMennoniteGame

Well, of course! I should have known we are legitimately connected, haha. That's crazy.

One more menno checking in. I saw the name and knew you had to be. Looks like we have 6 FB friends in common! I've been to Hutch quite a few times. Welcome to Steemit!

Ha! We Amish/Mennos are known for being on the cutting edge of tech, eh? 🤣

Hola amigo, suerte en la divertida plataforma de steemit!

Welcome to Steemit Hans! You're gonna rock it here! 🚀


Welcome to Steemit @hansmast!

I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.

Here are some links you might find useful.
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings from @introbot & @bycoleman

Hi @introbot and @bycoleman. Thanks for this helpful intro! You may consider adding a link to the post I just wrote to either this template comment that you are posting (best of course! grin) or to your "How does Steemit actually work?" post. I found my post addresses the one remaining pain point of getting Steem working well after getting an account: https://steemit.com/steemit/@hansmast/introduction-and-answers-to-common-questions-how-to-transfer-steem-from-exchanges-binance-bittrex-etc-to-your-steemit-wallet

Yes, I noticed your post. Very nicely done. Keep it up and you will go far!
Blessings!

Welcome to Steemit, hansmast! I wish you an awesome journey here in this loving and caring community :)

Hello welcome to STEEM family

Welcome to steemit! Good to see more photographers showing up here :)

I've been using steepshot to host my photos, it's an Instagram like platform that is linked directly to your steem blog. It's still in alpha and doesn't support markdown or HTML in the descriptions yet, so formatting is a bit tough. You can add formatting that will show up on steemit, but on steepshot just looks like a mess of characters. Plus you have 7 days to edit the post directly from your blog too.

So far all your photos are looking beautiful, keep it up! I look forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeve.

@hansmast, congratulations on making your first post! I gave you a $.05 vote!
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hey @hansmast

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We are excited to see you join us here! Steemit is a remarkable platform that is built to reward users for creating quality content. Its a logic called proof of brain.

As for TechChat, think of us as DJs that create tech content instead of music. We create content by looking for the most shocking, interesting, and exciting breakthroughs in the tech space. Basically - we do all the research so you don't have to.

We hope to hear your opinion on TechChat’s content! We always love to hear from our community.

Happy Steeming 🚀

Hi Hans. Welcome!!!

Welcome to Steemit Hans, stoked to see your future work!

Thank you, sir!

Welcome to Steemit! :)

love that sunset picture. Amazing colour on that one! :)

Thanks! I felt very lucky to get there in time from Melbourne after racing the curves of the GOR! We were running behind schedule and getting there in time for sunset was a big relief, especially since it was a nice one.

Hi there.. welcome in this platform, you really had your place in here, nice photos and great photography,, there were many photography conter and challenges here you might want to share your photos there, their cool and looks so alive like its like a real thing there. Being cyrpto enthusiasts is a big thing and good for you you'll surely come to know and understand all those coins, finances and trading. Steem on and Good luck.. God bless

Thanks! What are a few of your favorite photo contests?

Welcome on steem...and awesome shots, following you for more great posts ;)

Thanks, followed back! I enjoyed your photos as well. Seeing that Lynx, I really want to visit that zoo. I have a life goal of photographing all the big predator cats in the wild with a secondary goal of doing the small ones too. I'd love an interim zoo shot tho! And Norway is one of my favorite countries in the world.

welcome aboard!

Check out the account called @photocontests
There are dozens of weekly photography contests, etc.
Photocontests posts some of the winners from some of the Weekly ones.

Also, try following the Hashtag #photofeed
If you are feeling ambitious, let me know.
We run one of the larger Discords on Photography.
World Of Photography.

There are a few other discords, one called Steemit Ramble, where on Thursdays, twice, they have different times to go on the server, and tell people about your posts. It's called PYPT (Pimp Your Post Thursdays)

Let me know, happy to send some invites...

Fantastic info! Please send me any invites needed photography-related or where photography posts do well.

This is an invite to World Of Photography Discord:
https://discord.gg/HeS5jjD

Here are some folks who run Photocontests:
@juliank 2 different Daily Contests
@dmcamera Weekly
@claudiaz a couple different weekly contests
@axeman NSFW, and a Portrait Contest weekly.
@killerwhale Very cool photos weekly contest.

Check out the profiles, and see which contests are interesting.

What a beautiful picture! Welcome to Steem!! Glad you finally made the jump!

Thanks for the warm welcome and boosts!

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Welcome and great photo, thanks for sharing!!

Great sunset shot of one of my favourite spots!
Welcome to Steemit!

Make sure you check out @photofeed and @photogames!