Introduce Yourself - Who Am I?!?

Hi Everyone, my name is Victor Gonzales and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in Sacramento, Ca. I guess a little bit about me is worth mentioning, seeing as you will hopefully start reading my material, and following along.

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Every hero has an origin story right?! Well mine is really no different than most photographers that pursuing their career in photography! My father was a hobbyist when I was a child. And since he was in the military, we were exposed to a lot of different cultures and environments, and my dad would document our little adventures.

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As I got older, I guess you could say I took after him in my affinity to document things around me. When I was a freshman in college I took a photography class. The funny thing about that though, is that I kind of assumed that they would give you a camera and you'd get to go around and take photos and all that stuff, like others did in high school. Man I was wrong! We had to supply our own, and me being the broke college kid, I didnt have one. My dad ended up letting me use his, and I have been shooting ever since.

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About 5 years ago, I turned my hobby into a business. I have come a long way as well, learning everything I can about photography, my cameras, lighting and how to set up and compose an image. I cannot say how lucky I am to be able to get up everyday and do something I love. And so I reached a point where I want to be able to share, not only my images, but also my knowledge with anyone who is interested!

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I will be posting images, tutorials, videos, and show you how I do everything! If there are any topics that you would like to learn in photography, please just ask and I will do my best to write a blog or make a video!

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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me and I will definitely be seeing you all soon.

Victor
www.victorgphoto.com
www.facebook.com/victorgfoto

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Hey @victorgphoto, welcome to Steemit!

Hello, @victorgphoto ! Great photos, cool post.
I'm glad to see you on STEEMIt!
I followed you and UpVoted to you!
Steem on!

Thanks! I look forward to posting more!

Welcome to Steemit Victor. Great to hear about a person doing what they love!

Thank you! It was a long road to realizing it, but I am lucky to have found it!

hello @victorgphoto im new here also i hope you enjoy with us :) upvoted and welcome to steemit

Thank you so much! I hope to really make something out of this!

Nice to meet you, @victorgphoto! Welcome to the Steemit Community, wish you good luck and a good start, ive send you a small tip and followed you, hope you have an amazing day! :)

Thank you so much, I just followed you back!

HI .... congratulations from my side .welcome to steemit platform ..I commented on your post...I have created a fb page " steemit global community" join us...we will give you all the help needed.
Get to make new friends..
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Thank you! I will check it out

Welcome @victorgphoto aboard the steemit express. This is a great platform to express yourself just like any other social media outlet except this one pays its users for interacting with each other. Post good content and your rewards can be limitless but always stay true to yourself.

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Hello and welcome on Steemit! I hope you will have a great time here and great success! Your pictures are as some and you deserve it:)

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(To answer your question find me on chat:). nature.art)

Welcome :)!

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Here a few tips for starters snce you probably won't get any advice from those who comment under here, here's what I gathered thus far.
It's tough to make money at first so if that's your main cause to be on here grind that into your head straight away, that doesn't mean you shouldn't post content, you should, but enganging with others in the comment sections to grow your following is your best bet. Which categories?

Probably the introduce yourself one and the photography section but you can choose things that you have knowledge about too and then go from there just know that there is a lot of crap on here so plowing through that just to connect with others can be tough. Cheers.

Thanks for the great advice! I will definitely look to network with others and connect!