aaronnaps is on steemit! - Introduce yourself

in #introduceyourself6 years ago (edited)

Hello steemit!

I'm really glad to be on board. The community here seems awesome and I can't wait to get to know you all.


My name is Aaron and I live in Cornwall, which is the south west of england.

I really love it here, the landscapes are stunning and the coast is absolutely beautiful. There are miles and miles of gorgeous beaches here which as a child captured my heart.



If I'm honest I think I'm quite a diverse person, with a variety of interests.

My core interst is definetly one of creativity, I have always been creative and taken an interest in many forms of Art. 

From childhood I have always loved drawing and painting, that passion has always been with me and will never leave. I have played around with a variety of mediums such as, clay, Biro, charcoal, all the varieties of paints. Digital painting in Photoshop is also a passion of mine, I find it really expands all possibilities within your art work.

Currently I'm in love pen and ink drawing. I'm switching between indian ink and any pen at the moment but there is something very satisfying about the contrast and line work.




Having such a keen interest in art naturally lead me to explore photography while studying. Having such a beautiful coast surronding me I gravitated towards landscape photography. 

Truro Cathedral at sunset, Cornwall

Godrevy Coast at sunset, Cornwall

Carn brea, Basset monument, Cornwall

In the first few years of developing and learning a friend asked if I would photograph their wedding, hesitantly I said yes. I'm really glad I did as since then 

I have photographed loads of weddings and consider that a big part of my income. Wedding photography is really rewarding in the sense you are capturing a unique special moment for someone who will cherish your work forever, I love being a part of that.



Over the years my creativity has expanded to many forms of photography and art blurring the lines between both. To further my creativity I studied Fine Art at Falmouth college of Art. 



Stepping away from my creative side now, I have many other interests, such as 

  • Language learning (currently studying French)
  • Fitness and nutrition, 
  • Psychology
  • Self development 
  • Charity work 
  • Gaming 
  • and obviously crypto. 

Fitness, nutrition and health 

has been one of my biggest focuses over the past few years. I started eating with my training and health in mind which completely changed my life. I've fallen down and failed many times but determination and persistence has and will continue to pay off. 

Over the past few years I have set myself some really high goals, pushing myself to improve and have really come a long way. In my future posts I'm really excited to share all of this with you.

So that's me in a nutshell


So that's the type of stuff I intend to post, share and discuss. Other interesting subject will sneak in there no doubt.


Thank you for reading a little about me, I hope to get to know a lot of you well.


If you feel like getting to know me a little quicker here are a few links---


  1. My Instagram                              https://www.instagram.com/aaronnaps/
  2. My Photography Instagram      https://www.instagram.com/lanstudios/
  3. My wedding photography site   https://lanstudios.net/
  4. My Twitter                                   https://twitter.com/AaronNappin
  5. My Photography Twitter           https://twitter.com/LANStudios_


Have an awesome day wherever you are! Cheers All




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Welcome to Steemit, Aaron. Do they call it, "The Cornwall"? Reminds me of the instances when my father refers to getting online, as "I am checking on the line"

:D

lol Thanks for pointing that error out, no it's just Cornwall. Managed to edit it before it's stuck on the blockchain forever.

Well, unfortunately it's there. On the blockchain forever :)

This is something I'm worried about with Steemit... If someone uploads copywrite protected material; They can delete it but it doesn't go away. This could be a way for some strange lawsuits in the future

Ha never mind, I'm going to have to be hyper aware of mistakes on here then!

That's a really good point. Copyrighted material posted onto the blockchain could bring about some really challenging lawsuits.

Hi Aaron

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Welcome to steemit

Thank you I appreciate the welcome

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Hi @aaronnaps. Welcome, and I hope that you will enjoy steemit!

Thank you

Welcome, Aaron! I sense you are an AWESOME dude! Many things in common. Keep rockin'! :) Upped and followed ;)

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That's an awesome thing to say! Greatly appreciated. I do have a lot to learn about steemit so I will definitely be reading through the FAQ. Thanks for the advice bud, will be following back. Keep rockin'! :)

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Thank you so much for sharing this! That's awesome to be included in the newcomers hit-parade. Upvoted :)

Hi friend i am also a newbie to join steemit. I also love blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. I wish you success with your passion!

Hi, ducpham glad to meet another steemit newbie. The blockchain and cryptocurrency will change the world for the better, and I'm glad I'm in the space now.

Thank you for your kind wishes

Hello, aaronnaps! Best wishes for a very enriching experience here in this wonderful community :) Be Happy

By the way, there are several groups you as a newcomer can join. They will stay with you for your journey, helping and mentoring along the way.

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Oh that's awesome thank you, I really appreciate the help.

I will definitely check those groups out.

Hello aaron, very welcome to the steemit community. great introduction post with nice photos. I would like to see more from Cornwall so steem on, wish you the best in the future :)

Hi @karja thank you I really wanted my intro to sum me up but not be too long.

If you want to see more from Cornwall on steemit definitely watch this space. I have loads of photography projects past present and future on Cornwall.

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Thank you for the warm welcome, it's really appreciated. Of course I don't mind it would be great to be featured on your weekly curation blog. Any help with connecting with more of the community is more than welcome.

Thanks for the links as well , I'm trying to take in all the information I can about steemit and get up to speed quickly! Seems awesome so far and the community are really helpful.

Thank you again

Welcome to steemit Aaron! Nice photos and also your drawing looks great :) Self development, fitness, language learning.., sounds just perfect for me. Will be following, good luck! :)

Thank you for the welcome, glad to find like minded people. Definitely following back, good luck to you too :)

Hello @aaronnaps! Welcome to Steemit. It's a pleasure meeting someone with such diverse interests. Photography is one we share. :) It's been a pleasure getting to know you a bit. I'll follow you and hope to see more of your great work! Cheers, Bibi

Hi Bibi, thank you. Glad to be apart of the club! (should have joined sooner) I'll have to take a look at your photography it's always good to meet a fellow photographer. I will definitely be uploading a lot of my photography in the future :)

I just checked out some of your photography!! It's awesome, keep up the great work @bibirider

Welcome!

Let's continue to connect to each other as we submit more content!

Luppers :)

Thanks @lupper definitely will :)

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Hey welcome to steemit :)

Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm really looking forward to becoming apart of the community

My ancestors are from England and you are cool and I do art too.

Oh cool, where are you now then? I'll definitely upload more of my artwork soon!

Near Seattle. Was in Vietnam. Love travel. Nice to meet you. How are you?

@joeyarnoldvn nice to meet you too! I'm good thanks. Oh that's cool, Vietnam looks incredible were you there long?

5 years in VN.

hola felicidades, bienvenido... bueno ya somos dos que estamos iniciando en este mundo, me gusto leerte... @aaronnaps

Hola, gracias por la bienvenida

Hi Aaron! After falling in love with "Doc Martin," my wife and I definitely have St. Ives and the rest of Cornwall on our bucket list. Welcome! It is so nice to have you with us here. Please let me know if you have any questions by posting them here, and I will help if I can. Good luck!

Hi @mepatriot thanks for the warm welcome, Doc martin was a brilliant show, it brought a lot of attention to Cornwall.

St. Ives is beautiful, I would definitely recommend it for a holiday. I can see St. Ives from where I live, Where are you from?

In fact the photo I posted shows St. Ives in the background. If you look closely you can see lights on the coastal headland that is St. Ives

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Oh, we live almost directly across the "pond" from you in northern Maine.

ah I see, not exactly easy to have a cheeky weekend away then.

No, but we come to north England a lot because our daughter married a Welshman and lives near Chester, so one of these days, we'll get down there. Gotta see the Fawlty Towers location too, on the way in to your area...lol.. Torquee, is it?

Not quite Torquay, I'm much closer to St. Ives than that. Torquay is about 2.5hrs drive from me. In comparison I'm a stones throw away from St. Ives! loc.PNG

Oh, I know, that's why I said "on the way in..."

Say, have you ever been out to the Isles of Scilly? Those are also definitely on the bucket list. Love the legends of Atlantis surrouding those....

Hello @aaronnaps, it seems that you are really very serious in steem. I'm building up serious steemers in my group and also request to join me. I also refer your intro into my post. Please feel free to check
https://steemit.com/newsteemers/@sultanmr/t4ify-best-new-steemers-introductory-posts-page-1

Hello @sultanmr Thank you so much for including me on newcomers page, That's really kind of you. The community has really been amazing so far! I will definitely check your group out, thanks again.

Love the introduction. I will definitely check out your photography to get some inspiration. Maybe you can help me figure out how to lose these 10kg since you are into fitness.

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Thanks @jmlucien I wanted to add more to my intro but didn't want it to be too long. I will be adding a lot of posts about photography and if I get time some around fitness and nutrition.

Thanks for the link to the classes

I like those topics and will be back to check out your posts. I need to lose 25 pounds in addition to learning how to sell my photography.

Welcome Aaron! I am new as well. It is great to have you in the community, you seem very positive! Also, your art is wonderful.

Have a great day.

-Andrew

Thank you so much for the welcome! I'm really grateful that steemit is a really positve and helpful community hopefully I can be just as helpful once I find my feet.

I'm glad you like my Artwork, there's much more to come :)

Bienvenue sur Steemit, @aaronnaps! Beautiful drawings and even better photos, i'm sure you'll have a lot of success on this platform, looking forward to see your future content!

Merci beaucoup @herverisson I appreciate your kind words and optimism. I will upload as often as I can hopefully get some more follows soon. Followed :)

Hello Aaron, welcome to Steem! :-)

Welcome to Steem @aaronnaps!

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Wellcome.
Nice to met you and I love the work...

Te deseo Éxito, Saludos de parte de @ydavgonzalez.