Hi everyone. I cannot believe I forgot to make an introduction post (as this is my 4th). But I will start as in the beginning.
HI! I'm Gabriel Mihalcea, an aspiring writer and photographer. I'm 31, and I live in Hastings, UK.
I got into crypto about two years ago, but nothing serious until a few months back.
I heard about Hive only recently from my partner, which she heard about it from YouTube.
On top of photography, there are a million things I love to do personally: Travel (I am aspiring to be a full-time traveler into the future once I have a stable income online), FPV drones (freestyle and cinematic), I love to play my electric guitar and to write about all sorts of stuff.
Typically, I tend to write about self-help, personal and professional development, and mental health... However, I don't think this type of content can do much here (or maybe I am wrong) - Therefore, I went with photography, to share my portfolio and photos taken over the years and new ones, maybe my ideas and some tutorials, if that's okay.
I used to have a pretty fantastic photography blog that I built from scratch... But of course, idiot me sold it. However, the knowledge can never be replaced, so, this could be a new start for me.
I am learning here, this platform. I never wrote on anything similar, on crypto platforms (can I call it that?) - still very new, but I hope to make a slight difference at least.
With challenges and little time, I will try my best to make this work.
So, hello everyone.
Now I want to make a disclosure to confirm my work as original. I used to work (mainly) under three names: My real name (Gabriel Mihalcea), Photornia (former name, website sold), and LovelyScape (current name, may soon swap to my real name). There are hundreds of photographs on the internet (mostly the same) which are published under these names: from my old blog, to Instagram and other social media, a bit on Reddit, I have an Unsplash profile (where I share my work to use for free), I do have a few dozen photographs on Shutterstock, DepositPhotos, Adobe Stocks and a few more microstock platforms (I will probably close those accounts in the future in order to add my images for free on Unsplash).
Therefore, there is a good chance even on top of the shared profiles for you to find my work around the internet or even for you to have seen it before.
I also have a Medium profile (non-photography related) where I am very active.
Although my old blog photornia was sold and the content along with it, the photographs were allowed to remain there and I still have ownership over them.
My Twitter is a bit slim. I share mixed content there. Oh, and... I do have a TikTok as well (drone flights - FPV and mostly travel filming)
So, you have a lot to catch up on to verify me. But that's me, pretty much. I left out a few profiles such as Facebook where I am not active on my page only on my personal profile, Linkedin, YouTube (I do have a channel but now is inactive - I will start to become active from next year only due to some personal changes)
As briefly mentioned above, probably I will rebrand all my work and every single profile under my real name and not use any aliases anymore in order to get proper exposure as a photographer and writer/blogger. I will try my best to update this post to avoid any dead links, and soon I will have to re-launch my personal blog (website) where I will share my portfolio.
The photographs I am going to share here, if I also published them on Unsplash, I will mention that they are free to use for anyone and I will link them (if allowed) to the source to download.
- So, to cap this on, all the links shared were NOT added for the purpose of advertising BUT to create validity for my work and to confirm that my content is original.
Special thanks to ,
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for all the initial help to get me started here, to answer your questions, and for ultimate appreciation!. Thank You.
I will pin this post on top of my profile here.
Sorry for the late writing.
All the best,
Gabriel.
Edit: I created a personal landing page on my website if you want to check out all my profiles I am currently active on and working, an easier way for me to keep updated all the modalities to connect with me or check me out.