Hello and welcome to steemit Mike, i am from New Zealand and its nice to meet you.

i see you like Photography and Art so you will be well at home here on steemit,post real life stuff and you will be sweet as

follow @steemitblog as they have competitions that will interest you and get you more well known on here

also @steemingcurators are running competitions as well - check them out

With the help of the steemit community i am running #spud4steem - feel free to check this out

keep studying

if you need a hand with anything let me know

see ya around :)