@daveks - YOUR NAME IN PEPPERS

in nameinlights •  8 years ago 

Finally, @papa-pepper is going to feature another user in a post to help spread the word about a great steemian who may have otherwise been overlooked by others. I've planned on doing this for some time now (I first contacted @daveks about doing this on September 15th), but now I've finally got it done, so here it is.

@daveks

The first time that I had the pleasure of meeting @daveks was the spring of 1992, in Munich. He was looking for someone to make balloon animals at a surprise party for his 3 year old niece, and I was in need of an excellent photographer to take some shots of my balloon animal art in progress. We met in a back alley behind a local pub at about 10:30 at night, hoping that our activities would not be noticed by the local authorities...

Wait, that wasn't @daveks... nevermind...

This was the image that @daveks used for his first post, just over two months ago. He got two votes and no cents, but he had officially arrived on steemit. As a photographer who didn't write much on his posts that was new to the platform, it took a bit for him to get noticed at all.

In fact, it took him 13 posts to get more than 4 upvotes and actually get paid for a post. The payout on this post was $0.02. The photo from that post is the one above.

Finally, when he posted the image above called PINK SUNSET he got his first "real payout" of $96.41. Actually, he has never topped that payout. It was the second time that I had noticed and upvoted a post from @daveks, but it would still take a few more posts for me to offer some helpful advice.

When I upvoted his GIANT DRAGONFLY post, I finally noticed the "rookie tags" that he was still using. That was his 29th post on steemit, and he tagged it in photography, giant, dragonfly, and waskesiu. Now I knew that photography is a good tag to have a post get noticed in, but who checks for new posts in giant or waskesiu?

If this guy was going to get some more attention from the whales, he'd need to step up his game a little when it came to tags. Always trying to be one to be helpful, I shared a photo of my own, and a comment.

I did a photo-post on some dragonflies a little bit ago, this is one of the shots.

You should post some of these in nature & outdoors to get some more traffic. Also maybe photo.

He replied:

Great shot, and thanks for the tips

So I added:

You are welcome. I think it would help you out a bit with exposure.


He's kept at it since then, frequenting posting excellent shots like the one above. Most of the early posts were just the title, photo, and tags, so I suggested that he add at least a few words. His newer posts have some great background information, and you can sense a little of his personal flavor in his posts.

Though @daveks just hit over 200 followers and is fast approaching his 1500th post, I still wanted to do his "name in lights." He's definitely growing and has not let a lack of payout affect his posts or his commitment to steemit.

In fact, when I saw transfers to his account from blocktrades, I thought for a moment that he may be a whale in disguise. Actually, he is not the whale with the username "blocktrades" but was transferring in some STEEM POWER.

To share just a few more things about the user known as @daveks, he is currently living on the prairies above North Dakota, up in Canada, and they have already had their first snow for the year. Also, he lived in Osaka Japan for 5 years and Banff national park for just over 5 years as well! I'm not sure if he'll ever get around to sharing those stories with us, but I know that he will keep sharing some amazing photos with us.

If you are looking for another great steemian to follow and upvote, @daveks is an excellent choice. The photos are amazing, the posts brief enough to easily fit into your busy day, and he always wants any rewards that he gets paid out in 100% Steem Power. Here's a few more of his photos that I like.


As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:


proof-of-peppers

ALL TRANSFERABLE PAYOUT FROM THIS POST WILL GO TO DAVEKS.

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The majority of the images used in this post were photos taken from the blog of @daveks.
The title image, dragonflies mating, screenshot, and proof-of-peppers were my images.

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Hey @papa-pepper can you come on SteemSpeak Radio? - @mughat needs a pepper-expert on air :)

http://discord.steemspeak.com - I´m sure @noganoo can help you if you get stuck

Hope to see you soon (in 10 minutes?) :D

Just got this, and I'm currently on the road.

Once again, I will have to apologize for my absence.

I stopped by discord for a little bit, just to check it out and listen.

You have done quite well making it a very nice site.

Unfortunately, it was not a good time for me to talk, but I see that you noticed that I was there listening in.

Soon my friend. Soon

All the pictures are amazing and as are you for doing this :)

Thanks!

Thank you @karenb54 and yes @papa-pepper is amazing!

Nice to meet you :)

Nice to meet all you fellow steemians @karenb54!

Nice photography @daveks! And Big thanks for showcasing great talent @papa-pepper:)

You're welcome!

I've always enjoyed his work!

Thank you @steemit-life! and @papa-pepper!

very majestic

@daveks has certainly seen some sights in his days and now he gets to share some of them with us!

Thanks @me-tarzan, and awesome username!

I'm glad you like it @me-tarzan!

You are Hot 🌶🌶🌶
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@papa-pepper

Thank you kindly!

Hot name!

Yeah, hot and spicy!

beautiful

Yeah, @daveks is a great photographer!

Thanks @yanik!

That second shot of the sky is AMAZING. Liked and followed.

Yeah, @daveks captures some majestic stuff out there!

Check out the rest of his blog for more!

Thank you @foodieandphoto appreciate the follow!

Thanks @papa-pepper I followed @daveks !

Thanks for the follow @matthewtiii!

Great, and good choice!

That dragonfly shot with the reflected light was amazing!

Yes @papa-pepper is a great photographer, a pepper of many talents!

Sure, the guy picks the one photo I took and compliments on that!

Papa-Pepper, Do you grow your own peppers? The ones in the bowl look like Habanero peppers to me. I had three Jalapeno plants and they really produced this year.

In the bowl were some homegrown Habaneros, Carolina Reapers, Ghosts, and Chocolate Ghosts.

Would you like me to send some to you to try?

I could ship some over free of charge, and if you liked them, you could save the seeds and grow your own next year!

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

Actually my Jalapenos are hot enough for me. I make my own salsa because I would go broke buying my own (I use it a lot). However I do save my own seeds.

Nice to hear!

Good job growing your own and saving your seeds.


Hi @papa-pepper, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads today and I included it in my Steemit Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Doing good deed by showcasing another steemian. Upvoted. Following from before.

Thanks for following @hanamana!

Yeah, we all gotta help out around here.

Nice photos. It's great to see the dedication, including importing Steem to power up. Awesome.

Thank you @anotherjoe!

He is a great guy and I was blessed to be able to give him a little more exposure.

Good on you @papa-pepper for using your own following to help out another steemian. Nice ;-)

I've already been following @daveks for some time (and you ;-) ) and I'm loving some of the photos you both put up.

Thanks for your support @trevor.george!

Thanks man!

I'm glad you liked it.

@daveks is a wonderful photographer

Thanks for the kind words @royalmacro!

Completely agree!

Wow! These are incredible! I love this. Thank you for introducing him to us. I'm proud to say I'm his newest follower!

I'm glad you like how it turned out.

Both @daveks and myself were happy with the post.

His photos certainly are impressive; thanks for the follow, he's worth it.

A wonderful support-post, and I really laughed at the introduction under the large @daveks link...very nice! :)

Yeah, I like to have a little fun and make things entertaining!

I'm glad that you enjoyed that part, @daveks laughed at it too.

Thanks for letting me know!

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Cool post! Very grateful! And a lot of nice shots too!

Thanks!

Wow! My name in lights! I really appreciate @papa-pepper for taking the time to feature me in lights and especially for all his support along the way! Hopefully I'll be able to support others too, as they grow on the Steemit platform!

Thanks man!

It took a while for me to finally do it, but at least I got to expose you to a few more followers that way!

Nice :)