Welcome. Did it take a long time for your profile to be approved? Mine took almost 2 weeks, but it was worth the wait.
I wanted to be one of the first to give you an up-vote too.
Please follow me if you like and we can share posts and up-votes and help build our profiles. Below is an example of a recent one. Please up-vote if you appreciate or find it interesting.
https://steemit.com/cityscapephotography/@shauntaemonte/whose-hopes-whose-fears
I like what you have going on Shauntaemonte. Some very nice photo collections, from what I saw. I look forward to seeing your upcoming posts and thanks.
As far as my profile approval, I think it took maybe a few days. Less than a week I would say.
For some of us it's taken much longer. Welcome