Introducing myself to the Steemit community

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Hi everyone, my name is Colin, and I am a photographer. Not a professional photographer, more of the enthusiastic amateur photographer type. I have a pen name, or stage name, or whatever you would like to call it of Hans Franchesco. A name given to me by my God Daughter, which is in itself a story I may tell some time, but not today. People often ask me what kind of photography do I do, or what's my shooting style, and truthfully - I have no clue. I just take pictures of things that I find beautiful, interesting, amusing, and even sometimes a little scary (although those are few and far between). I live in the Pacific Northwest so many of my photographs contain rivers, streams, mountains or trees, but I do other things as well, such as the image here, which I called "Emotions" with a sub title of "Goodbye my darling". This came about as I was wandering around the local college one weekend looking to take some pictures of flowers as it was late spring. I just happened to stumble across the discard pile for the art students studying sculpture - I don't think they call it that any more, the sign on the door just said Art Department. Anyway, the discard area turned out to be a treasure trove of potential images and the flowers were completely forgotten for the rest of the afternoon. This image I thought was quite powerful; the look of sadness on the female head, the loving look on the male head as he whispers "I love you" in her ear and attempts a last gentle kiss to her hair before they are finally parted forever.... For me it was an image that just worked so well. After processing through Photoshop, it sat in my file for some time and then I entered it into a photographic competition which was titled Emotions (I figured it was a perfect fit), where it came almost last out of around a thousand entries, which explains why I am an amateur photographer and not a professional. But my point is, just like any artist, I capture images I like, I don't take pictures because I need the public at large to like them. Art is very subjective, and the artist should never consider if the audience will like and favor their work. It doesn't matter because we get our pleasure from creating the image, and that is all that is important._MG_1301-72.jpg

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Hello @hansfranchesco, Welcome to the steemit world!

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Thank you. No idea what I am doing but I am sure that over time I will figure it all out. A little more complex to navigate around than what I am used to, but very excited to be here to witness the birth of the future of the internet and social media.

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Thank you. Still trying to figure my way around but I am sure I will get it eventually. Going to try another post tonight using some of the things I have learned and to see if things are becoming less complex. I'm sure it gets easier as you take the journey with STEEM.

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Hey hansfranchesco! If you would like to make your personal feed contain the top trending media and talking points of the whole internet, consider following @coffeebreak and @topicstoday accounts - And welcome to Steem!

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Welcome to Steem hansfranchesco! Partiko is officially the fastest and most popular mobile app for Steem. Unlike other Steem apps, we take 0% cut of your earnings! You can also be rewarded with Partiko Points while using Partiko and exchange Partiko Points for upvotes!

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Welcome to the community my friend, I am not a profesional neither but I like photography a lot, see you around.

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Thank you. You live in a beautiful part of the world and have some awesome pictures.

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That's true my friend and you too, see you arround.

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Welcome to Steem, Colin! @hansfrancesco

Here's a few tips (if you don't mind) to get you started:

You're a good writer, but your formatting is lacking a little bit. Put some paragraphs in your text, to make it more readable. Learn some mark-up or HTML to emphasize certain words or phrases.

Use hashtags in your text like #introduceyourself , and also consider using Steempeak.com (makes formatting point and click, very easy) and using even more tags like #palnet #creativecoin and finding a Tribe/Community that caters to your interests.

p.s. that's great photo! one more tip - increase the size of your signature/watermark on your pics just a little bit. It's barely readable!

Take these suggestions, and good luck! Let me know if you need any help.

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Thank you for your kind words. Still stumbling around in here but sure I will get it all figured out in time. Going to try another post using some of the tips you gave me - thank you also for those.

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Goodday and Welcome to the great community of Steemit,Hans, Colin or Franchesco , first i love the name Colin because my son is called Colin hahahah ok back to steemit
YESS You are a new Steemian now!
I saw your #introduceyourself and its nice to meet you. We haven’t met before but that changes right now. Dont let all the replies and bots scare you.
Just comment if you get scared and i Will help out.
If you download the app Steemify for notifications you see what Will happen in your account.
Blogging, building and uplifting eachother is what steemit is and what its all about on this blockchain. The best part is that you could earn money to.

I love blogging, But always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !!
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The Steemify App I use is great, it is available in the Appstore and free, go cheque it out. Or read this blog
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I wish you good luck with steeming and I Will See you around🍀
Good luck with your journey and may you find here what you are looking for.
Just remember that all good things come in good time and never giving up is THE key to big succes on Steemit.

Please vote for a witness to. You have 30 votes and if you dont understand let me know and i Will help. Also you could join the SteemTerminal Discord.
Or visit @heyhaveyamet #HHYA and My friend @xcountytravelers for more newbies exposure in the beginning very important.

Let me know if this was helpfull or you need more help, I am in Discord too @ brittandjosie3488
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Thank you for the support and encouragement. Read all carefully and must confess that most of it I just don't understand at the moment, although I am sure that will change over the course of time as I progress with this project. My interest really is my photography and I think I need to join a "tribe" which has similar interests. So will start looking to see what I can find. Several people left comments with advise and so I will make a second post shortly. It's interesting that when I look back at my pictures there is usually a story of some sort to be told about the image and how it was created. Thank you for your input.

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First happy new year ! The reason why we created the discord is to answer all the difficult questions because in the beginning steemit can be overwhelming

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Hey @hansfranchesco, I'm also new here and actually I also enjoy casual photography, particularly in nature. You have steem chat?

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Not that I know of. Probably do but no idea yet how to use it. To much else to learning the basics of posting and reading. Will get to it eventually I am sure.

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Welcome to the Steemit community @hansfranchesco!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Eight suggestions to consider:

  1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
  2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions, keychain and steemconnect,
  3. The master password is only used to reset compromised passwords,
  4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
  5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit,
    be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own.
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  7. When you open your steemit.com, in the upper right corner of the page there are 3 bars. Click on those, and then on the "welcome", and you will get a lot of reading material that will help you.
  8. Do NOT open any links in memos or comments that you do not know who they belong to. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so the old saying goes. There is nothing free here.

I found you because @xcountytravelers and @brittandjosie from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Steemians available who can help you; you can click to go to the Steem Terminal in Discord here:

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