^This is me (@ 200mm)
I am a Seattle-based Photographer, Filmmaker, Animator, Tinkerer, Explorer and D.Tuber/YouTuber. I take pictures and make movies and I'm hoping that the community here is bullish on people like me.
Let's see, a little bit more...... Once a month I make a professional video promo for a person or organization that is doing good in the world (anyone know of a good crowdfunding alternative to Patreon based on the blockchain by chance?) and I crowdfund/personally finance the offset of production costs so it is no charge to them (typical cost is about $1,000 - $2,500, most small businesses/non-profits cannot afford this). I currently use Patreon but I'd prefer to move another part of my life into crypto :P
Let's add a bit more substance to this intro... here's the first vlog (I drive like a maniac to the Alvord Desert in Oregon, shoot the milky way, get some drone views and then pop across the state to the ocean all in 48 hours...)
48 HOURS IN OREGON: ADVENTURE #0001
I couldn't embed a d.tube video here for some reason, if anyone could point me at a way to do that it would be much appreciated
Let's seeeeee, okay, last things; I recently got back from an expedition in the Arctic on Baffin Island (I'll be posting the trip's vlog soon on d.tube) here are a couple photos from the trip:
I am a guide and will be taking a small group of willing photographers through this area later this year. There are still spots left! Connect with me for more details on that.
Also, if you read this far, we should probably be friends, I fall asleep to Star Trek (TNG), drink a lot of coffee, and am the proud owner of a dadface. I'm excited about all the possibilities that blockchain is bringing to the world and am involved in every way I can be so far. Next up... get at least one node off the ground so I can contribute directly (probably Ether or XMR or something). Please toss me some tips on tags I should check out and folks I can follow of note here.
Cheers!
-Will
Welcome :) I see you already made a start with some great pictures and reports, awesome! A few tips for you:
Resteemed you for some more publicity! Greets :)
Thank you very much! I'm checking out those feeds right now. Cheers and thanks for the warm welcome :)
Wow , Kool photos in there . Thanks
Thank you!
Beautiful photographs.Great introduction @willchristiansen.
I hope to see more of your work.
Thank you!
Welcome to steemit @willchristiansen you are in addition to those filmmakers who just joined today, I'm so happy to welcome you to this awesome community. =)
Thank you :)
Awesome man, welcome! As far as I know, you can't embed dtube videos since posting a video makes a whole new post.. Kind of annoying, but you can always post on YouTube or vimeo and then embed. Anyways, glad to see you here! If you ever have questions or anything, my limited knowledge might come to use if need be.
Much appreciated Andrew, yeah, I think some focus on their d.tube integration could be a very solid step toward market grab (allowing the vids to be embedded/linked to/playable in other posts etc). I love the concept behind d.tube so I want to support it as much as possible. Anyway, photos first, I'll feel out the video waters as things progress. Thanks again man.
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Hello Will,
Welcome to Steemit. It's not hard to see your posts will be worth following. Cheers!
Thank you sir! Likewise. Just checked in on your stuff this morning actually :)
The first tag you use is very important. It is the only tag you can not edit after you post, the other 4 tags you can change your mind on, but not the first.
There is quite a large group of photographers on steemit, as I am sure you are finding out, not just amateurs but professional ones also, such as @scottshots, (Lake Tahoe Area) and @irvinesimages, (Sedona, AZ), and more those are just the two I could remember off the top of my head.
Along with the links that @mountainwashere provided, a new group has started up with the intent of helping new users get noticed. It generally uses the tag #newbieresteemday. More information can be found out from the primary account of @newbieresteemday, or from @davemccoy, feel free to ask him any question on any of his newbieresteemday post or on any of mine, none of us are whales so we don't bite at people that ask questions on our post.
Thank you! Followed them and I'll get in touch. Curious, what is a 'whale' considered to be on Steemit? I understand the concept elsewhere in crypto/investing in general. Does it just mean someone that has a lot of STEEM POWER? Like they can sway things by using their votes?
Thank you for all the info, followed! Looking forward to seein ya around :)
Yes a whale has over 1,000,000 million steem power, I think that is the whale level.
You have some INSANE work man. Resteemed! If you ever make it up to Alaska let me know!
I am definitely coming up to Alaska soon I think. Should I wait until early April? Would love to meet up and shoot if you're down. I've only been up once before and spent time around Denali viewpoint/Talkeetna (had to keep going back for some ridiculously good cookies at a breakfast spot there)/Hatcher Pass. Would love to explore a lot more up there.
I'll be here from May 10th through probably June 10th until I leave for summer plans. Definitely wait until at least mid May. Everything starts to bloom and it looks amazing. Any sooner and it's just kind of that weird in between season, warm ish but everything is still dead. Shoot me an email [email protected] or a DM on instagram chaseburnett_ Definitely down to show you around!
Welcome to Steemit Will! I really liked to read your introduction post! I hope you enjoy this new experience and I am looking forward to your next posts and watch your vlogs (btw your phtographs are stunning), you have my follow! I will also be sharing soon on my account my personal experiences (and travels!) if you want check it out as well :D
Awesome! Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm happy to be here and I'll head over and check out what you're up to right now. :)
Oh, wow, you've been to Thor, and you had some nice light too! That one is high on my list. I can't wait to see your vlog about the trip to Baffin. :D
THE most beautiful place on earth that I've stood. We lucked out and got a couple days worth of decent light. I am headed back this year and taking a few photography workshop folks with me and my buddy Artur Stanisz - we have a few open spots left if you're interested. The cost of the workshop includes all travel inside of Canada (it takes a few flights and a boat trip to get to the in-point) as well as your lodging on the day before and the day after island. Let me know if you're interested, would LOVE to create some real connections with photographers here that have that adventure need :)
Cheers,
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You're not helping....now I REALLY want to go. ;)
I don't know if it will happen this year, but I may have an opportunity to take photos for a company up there. We'll see. But your workshop sounds like great fun and while I'm a longshot I would love to hear the details! :)
Hello :)
Nice to meet you!
I hope i can make global friendship with you as Mutual followers
I just follow you :)
my introduceyourself
Thank you ^^
you, my man, have a fantastic collection of photos! Just in case you don't know I would slow down on publishing until you a big following. You may know that already but I want you to earn $$$ with the stuff you've been pumping out. Amazing photos I can't wait to see more and I'll be up voting 😀
Thank you sir! Yep, I just realized I need to slow down so I don't overload people's feeds and turn em off. Thank you for the advice. It would be awesome to be able to bring in some income through this, I've always felt that it would be wonderful to actually be paid some amount of value for sharing the stuff that takes so much time and energy to create. Thanks again! :)
No by all means keep posting people love good content in here But I don't want you to feel deflated and feel like it's all for nothing. You truly got amazing content probably the best ive seen in here. Once you get notice by people that have fat wallets (high steem power” your content will rake in $$$. Sorry if I made it sound like too much was annoying but it's not too much of bad content is...
It look really cold up to the top of the mountain. Your job is amazing.
Very cold. Video coming soon :P -- I'm working on making it my full-time job, for now it's a side job where I keep all my passion.
Welcome to steemit! This is a wonderful platform with great people and communities! I followed and upvoted you and look forward to your future posts! Don’t forget to check out the other aspects of the the Steem Blockchain; DTube, Zappl, Steepshot, DLive and DMania to name a few. Be active and have fun! Cheers @stwbll
Thank you @stwbll! :) I started up my D.Tube with my first adventure vlog. I'll check out the four in the morning. An exciting new world for sure. What is Steepshot? I've seen that around a bit..
Steepshot is the Steem Blockchain's answer to Instagram. I have been using that and steemit the most so far. All of sites are access points to the steem blockchain and based on the type of content you are offering, some are better suited than others. The other cool thing is that no matter which site you use, they will all show up on steemit.
Stunning mountain shots!
Thank you! :)
Welcome welcome. Awesome stufs you do and I am sure you'l love it here.
Thank you @dorth :)
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We're going to get along juuuust fine. Welcome to Steemit and I look forward to following your journey on here!
Lol, something tells me there will be others in our ranks before the year is out. TNG for life! Thank you for the warm welcome Kieran :)
Great photo's Will - some spectacular scenery. Welcome to the platform. I'm sorry I can't help with DTube. Promo-steem tag is used to showcase people who are actively trying to bring new people onto the platform and promo-steem.com has a good area of resources which I found helpful when I joined. Look forward to seeing your video and I hope you enjoy your time on the platform.
Much appreciate @cryptocurator and thank you!
Looking forward to reading more about you. I love the idea of helping small businesses and organisations - it's something I do too. Welcome to Steemit!
That's awesome! Here is the latest video promo I created for a wonderful coffee shop in Seattle, Tougo Coffee Co.:
(1 minute long ish). The owner, Brian, brings the community together and creates so much connection that I felt it was worth it to help him out and introduce the new folks in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood to him and his amazing coffee.No sure why the text is missing from the comment that included the video, but, that's the latest video I made for Brian and his coffee shop in Seattle.
Brilliant video! I can't stand coffee but I feel like drinking a cup of caffé latte now :D Looking forward to seeing more!
I just sponsored you for a membership with @steembasicincome - it'll provide you with a lifetime upvote! Not a very big one, but it'll show up on all of your posts, starting sometime in the next few days. (You can make the upvote from them grow by sponsoring other people later on, or by upvoting them regularly.)
Oh wow thank you! Quick newbie question, is there a place where I can see the power of my upvote? I'm not sure I'm doing that part right. Very grateful for help and introduction to this platform @mountainwashere and for the sponsor! How do I sponsor in the future, am I automatically enrolled in something here or do I need to sign up to connect with them. From what I've seen their mission is... impressive. :) Thanks again man!
To sponsor someone else, you just send steembasicincome 1 STEEM and the name of the person you want to sponsor, and you and that person both get another share. They'll send you a .001 steem transfer with a memo saying you've been enrolled when processing is complete. (You'll be able to see it in your Wallet history.) You can grow the power of the upvote you get from them by upvoting their daily posts, too.
As for seeing the power of your upvote, check out https://steemworld.org/@willchristiansen - Steem World provides a lot of other super useful info too.
Also, just glanced at your following list- you should generally try to keep your follow list small, just people whose posts you're actually excited to read and upvote, otherwise it gets crowded and not very useful. I've been on here for months and I only follow 37 accounts, including yours.
Stunning photos. They truly are.
Welcome to Steemit Will!
Welcome to Steem. Do read A thumb rule for steemit minnows - 50:100:200:25 for starter tips.
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Welcome to this wonderful world ... a hug I invite you to visit my blog
Love that you head up to Baffin Island . Would love to spend some time there . Welcome to Steemit ; you will love it here.
Hello Will welcome to the community of Steemit ❤ Great post.
I must say that I loved your #Introduceyourself is great for me to read the "presentations" of the other new Steemians like me on this platform ... Thank you for taking the time to write about yourself, about your life and let me know a part of what you are. I hope to read more about you soon, as well as I hope you can succeed in this social network.
By the way, I want to take this opportunity to tell you that, like you, I'm also new to this platform and I made my first post, I would greatly appreciate it if you read it and if you like it, give me a vote, comment something, give me resteem or follow me, I'll do the same if you want.
Without further ado, I say goodbye. I remain attentive to your next publications. 💋
@Mjzo here to support you in what you need. Regards!
The ambient noises on star trek are the best to sleep to! !https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA