What's up Steemit! I'm a self taught photographer from West Virginia!

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago  (edited)

Whats up everyone my name is Grayson but everyone calls me The Darkone. I am a photographer from Morgantown, WV.

 I'm excited to explore what Steemit has to offer! I have heard nothing but good things so I thought I would give it a try my self. Being a photographer I love sharing my work along with getting inspired by other photographers work. 

Ansel Adams "You don't take a photograph, you make it"

 I first got into photography around the age of 15 (I'm 28 now). My dad gifted me his old film camera which was a Cannon AE-1 with a variety of lenses. Since it was film it took some time to learn what i was doing but once i got the hang of it i couldn't put the camera down. Me and my friend Marshall were into skateboarding and traveling so that gave me tons of opportunities to document our day to day lives as teenagers. Below are some of my photos from "Back in the day".

Blast From The Past

After High School

 Once I graduated high school and moved on to the college life was when i realized that i wanted to take my hobby and turn it into something more. Over the years i started investing in newer and nicer equipment and started shooting lots of concerts (Mainly EDM). I enjoyed the atmosphere and being able to take complete control over my photography and really tune my skills. I feel I have my own style when it comes to photography and I like to stand out as much as I can. I now shoot with a Nikon D610 and have a arsenal of lenses ranging from 8mm to 200mm. Over the years i have shot hundreds of concerts and events along with weddings and portraits. My favorite subject to cover though is EDM Music Festivals. This past summer i worked with music festivals all up and down the East Coast as part of the media team. Here is some of my more recent work!

Recent Captures 

THANK YOU FOR READING!

If you like my work follow me on Social Media! ❤️

  • Website - www.graysonhallphoto.com
  • Instagram - Darkonephoto
  • FB Page - Grayson Hall Photography

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Welcome to steemit man - Nice photography skills ;) Check out the @photofeed contest, maybe it's sth. for you! Cheers!

thank you im gonna check it now!

WELCOME MY SON...

Ah Masta

That's fantastic photography my friend. upvoted and followed! Check me out too, I promote art on a website I run. I'll promote your photos too. Regardless, I look forward to seeing what you bring to Steemit.

Awesome thank you! I’ll follow you know and check out your work!

Welcome to the FUTUREEE Grayson🐳🐋

Thanks mayneeee

The dark one has arrived?

Im all up in!

You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote! I just ask for a Follow in return!

Thank you!

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Last thing! Follow me back and check out my follower section on my profile to find other Morgantown users and steemians!

Thanks for the input mayne!

Welcome!!! I am pretty sure you will love Steemit. Check our sevendaybnwphotochallenge and colorchallenge. They is a contest everyday for anything in here. Love your photos and can't wait to see more. Enjoy

Thank you!

Warmest welcome to Steemit @darkonephoto. Nice work! Kudos to your dad giving you the first camera and now you are sharing your artistic touch with photography. Steemit is an awesome platform for photographers. The possibility here for photographers are limitless. Keep sharing your photos, your talent.. Steem on!

Thanks for reading! I love sharing my photos and getting feed back :)

Wow man, awesome photography. Welcome to Steemit. I would encourage you to check out all the promotions that run for photography challenges and enter some of your pics. You'll see them in the photo sections. Lots of chances to gain some prize SBD. Again, welcome and check out DTube and DSound if you haven't :)

Awesome will do thank you!

Yeah, I'm a total novice photographer (if you can even use that term). I enjoy shooting mostly video, but photos are a fun pasttime for me.

I love shooting video as well. My favorite thing to do is make concert and festival recaps for instagram. I recently upgraded my laptop and have tons of space plus a SSD so gonna be focusing on my editing more.

Nice pictures!

Thank you! :)

I like the photos! I'll follow you to stay updated. Welcome to Steemit, enjoy the community! :)

Thank you! Excited to learn more about steemit :)

Very nice work! upped and followed!

Thank You!

Welcome to the steemit family. I hope you grow and thrive here. Just be yourself and you will do good. @mylittleblurbs

If you like poetry please feel free to check my stuff out.

Looking forward to your posts. I need get more gutsy with my photography. I keep telling myself that I need to carry my camera wherever I go, but then I fail myself.

I hope that your posts might inspire me to do the same and become more adventurous.

Thanks for joining and all the luck.

Thank you! Ill follow and check out your work :)

yo this is dope I'm doing a introduction tomorrow,,follow me ill follow u bac dude

Deal homie and thank you!

Welcome to steemit! I see you're east coast! Well, I run @eastcoaststeem and will promote you there! I love your work. Photography challenges & photography in general is huge on steemit. See you around!

Awesome thank you! I gave you a follow and will check out your stuff :)

Very nice

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Welcome home.

Thank you!

what up the darkone welcome to the amazing steemit! followed and upvoted sweet post and nice picture you put out...

Thank you! :)

Superior images, majestic and warm! The soft focus backgrounds are stunning. There is definitely a feel to each one that is uniquely your style. That kind of consistency in style without redundancy is really awesome.

Thank you! I have really fine tuned my style over the last year or two. i want ppl to see my images and be like of ya thats a Darkonephoto even if i don't have my water mark on it.

Wao great pic dear all picture are awesome

Thank you!

Welcome man

Did you give up on Steemit already dude? I have had great success here so far. Just been trying to find more people in WV on this platform. Perhaps I have?

Hi! nice pictures, I'm a super amateur "photographer" I'm I wish to take photos of that level!

Thank you i appreciate it! Just keep practicing you will get there :)

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Thank you!