Niche Blog Creator Spotlight: Al-fahtir AnthonyCan you tell us a little...

Creator Spotlight: Al-fahtir AnthonyCan you tell us a little about yourself and your background? Yes, I'm Alpha and I've done multiple things throughout these last few years dividing my time into a lot of things such as school and my passions for the creative field. I started teaching dance in highschool and still teach a few classes and through that learned to direct a large group of people young and older than me. I've always been a people person, I make friends no matter where I go, I've made connections with people in place strangers shouldn't even talk like the laundromat or something. I also found success in the field of photography and working with various clients for various different events and things like that has always kept me able to be flexible with my ideas. Through photography I learned to manage my time more efficiently or even juggle multiple projects at once as well as direct and be the creative force behind entire shoots as well as being able to listen to a clients needs and accomplish what they want while putting my creative input as a sideman. I've always been a funny guy according to others so decided to dwell into that by writing and producing comedy things. I became popular on tumblr first due to my knowledge and influence in the fashion world as well as my early photography with funny posts getting attention here and there, then I became a content creator myself when I started to vine accumulating over 500 million views on my content (including YouTube and other mediums) which really set me on a path to continue with my creative outlets, through my success in those fields I've gotten to work with directors, famous photographers and different brands from Under Armour to Microsoft and them wanting me to test a new piece of technology for them. I'm very good with people and very calm person overall enjoying life as much as I can while also doing the best work that I can do. If you could give advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? To not give up and realize that, if you want something you have to continue no matter what or it'll never happen. When facing adversity it's always best to remember that perseverance will turn that maybe into a yes.What have been some of the most rewarding aspects of using social media? Getting to connect with so many different people from different walks of life. I've made lifelong friends through social media at this point and quite honestly couldn't imagine what life would be without it. The ease of connecting with people from other states or even countries is so powerful, I've gotten messages from people in foreign countries telling me how much they love my work and how I've saved their lives with my comedy and things like that would be impossible with this medium. I love to connect people and social media only makes things easier with everyone in hands reach essentially. So even if I wanted to meet that follower I could set that up if need be and that's very powerful. Getting to work with brands and things that I never thought would happen was also cool and an amazing experience. I've gone to award shows, gotten the numbers of internet and real celebrities I grew up watching, gotten flown out to various new places, worked with new technology that's not available to the public and have made genuine friendships with people from all walks of life and for that I'm grateful.Follow Al-fahtir Anthony on Twitter, here.