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Thank you Owen. I will persevere! I feel like I have something good to contribute but I'm still getting my head around the layout of this site. It's a bit tricky. How do you go about finding groups and joining them?

https://steemit.com/photography/@beautifulbullies/resteem-sunday-focusing-on-photography-7th-january-2018 this post says it well, as a newcomer just need to promote your articles as much as possibe to get them seen, discord has lots of places where you can show your work to likeminded people :)