MEET JARVIE: Full-Time Photographer, Traveler, Author, Offroader ... And nice guy? (30 pic intro)

Celebrating 10+ years as a FULL TIME photographer
Finally getting around to an Introduction post on Steemit

One of my most well known pictures

Sometimes the hair is short

Sometimes the hair is long

This is me, always busy, always working on something new and now STEEMIT is one of them. It's been years since I've kept up a blog, I kind of miss it.

For verification I've linked My Instagram account to Steemit
You can also check out my website: http://www.jarviedigital.com for more of my work

RANDOM FACTS AND THINGS I'M PROUD OF

• I speak 5 languages
• I've published/authored 3 books (all of which have ended up in Costco)
• I've lived in a Vintage Airstream 4 years
• I've traveled to 40 countries and all 50 states (twice)
• I run the Photography Decathlon
• I had a photography technique named after me.
• I don't own Photoshop (lightroom only)
• I love blockchain stuff and I do crypto trading as my newest hobby/project.
• I teach photography. (Not as much as I used to, like the year i had 10 interns)
• I have taken well over 1.5 million pictures and presented clients with over 400k images.

Just so you know I picked out 185 pics for this intro but cut it back to 30...You're welcome... haha.

STEEMIT PLANS
Expect to see a lot of:

• Thematic Posts
• Recent Photoshoots
• PhotoTips and training
• Reviews of locations
• Maybe some crypto/blockchain stuff
• Random musings
• Collaborations with friends
• Maybe even some mini-contests

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TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER

This is what got me started in Photography. I studied languages and ended up combining my love of travel with my creative side. Weddings still pay the bills but I get to travel a lot.

I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS

My passion for photography started because of travel

I do a lot of destination weddings and explore before and after. Wales, UK

I lived in Bolivia for 2 years and also went back again to do pictures a few years ago

I am most at home in the Mountains and I LOVE fall

Love the challenge of putting my own unique look on well known places

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

This is how I have paid the majority of my bills for 10+ years. I still love it though I don't do as many as I used to. I end up doing lots of weddings for photographers and other friends these days. (I do love them still)

Love doing weddings for other photographers

I'm known for vibrant colors and personality

Destination Weddings have been wonderful

I combine my love of nature with my career as a Wedding Photographer

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER

I went non-stop for over a year photographing 4000 religious buildings... more about that later.

I photographed over 4000 religious buildings in all 50 states for a book I'm working on

Sometimes you get lucky

My newest book

PORTRAIT/YOUTUBE PHOTOGRAPHER

I do a lot of portraits for friends and happens that a lot of friends are well known Youtubers as well.

Some friends have gone on to have amazing careers

Video shoot with Devin Graham and Shay Carl

long time friend Devin Graham aka "Devin Supertramp"

I have some beautiful friends. Tiffany Alvord

Lots of talent. Piano Guys

OFFROADING PHOTOGRAPHER

My car died 2 years ago and I got a truck and then I turned that opportunity into my first new hobby in 10 years... off-roading. But then I have integrated photography into that doing stuff for some off-road companies.

After towing an airstream to 48 states with a Venza I got a truck.

Taken it some pretty rough places... makes me happy

I go on lots of overlanding trips to get cool pictures and I work with several offroading companies to supply them with pictures

Family and Faith

FAITH IS VERY MUCH A PART OF WHO I AM

FRIENDS

Go check out some of my close photographer fiends who are now on Steemit as well.

@derekkind
@brandongarrett
@jakegarn
@caseygrimley

Several more signing up soon