Hi Hive! I am Andraž (@crazy-andy)

I hope you are doing well my Hivean friends!

It has been a while since I joined the community at Steemit and started my way with this post:

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@crazy-andy/hi-steemit-i-am-andraz-crazy-andy

I still remember how excited I was back then when I received my first upvotes. I constantly looked at the status of my post and get some good connections which become friendly relationship through the years. The biggest upvote on my first introduction post came from Hive account@anomadsoul and he is the main reason together with Hive account@ocd and of course Hive account@blocktrades that we are all writing our Hive introduction posts.
I would just like to add, that I really like current climate here on our new home and that I am thankful for that opportunity.

I was not scared at all, if you belive in fairy tales - Namibia

Let me start introducing myself in few words.
My name is Andraž and my nickname is Hive account@crazy-andy comes from my first name and the thing that I am a bit crazy; but in positive way (I hope 😊).
I will be soon turning 28 years. I have a beautiful wife and a 10 months old son.
My hometown is Ljubljana, Slovenia, where I was born as well. I really like sports and I am a huge fan of our local team Olimpija Ljubljana, competing in football, basketball and hockey. I also watch almost every game of Luka Dončič playing for Dallas Mavericks, so a lot of my time is connected with sports. Beside watching sports, I also like to cycling and hiking. Currently there is less time as I am focusing more on my family, but I would like to start jogging again as well. During these strange quarantine times I gain a few kilos, which is result of me being a food freak and my wife being the best cook in the world 😊.
I had graduated from on Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences in Ljubljana. My only employer so far is a hotel company from my home town. I started working there as a bellboy, which is kind of a dream job for a student. A lot of tips, amazing cars, interesting people, lots of connections and a ton of anecdotes. With years I become employed full time as a receptionist and later manager on duty. With family, I changed my working position again and now I am working in sales department for the same company.
With current situation not being good for tourism sector, I am now waiting for work an I a sure situation will improve soon.

My lovely family

To close this up, also few words regarding my work here on Hive. If you will check my posts, it will mainly be photography. I am trying to post one photo a day and always fresh content with different theme. My favourite photography motive are animals as I really like animals, especially wild. My other passion is water – lakes, rivers, waterfalls, sea… I like landscape, cityscape, golden hour photography etc. as well.
I had opportunity to visit 5 continents already, missing only Australia and Antarctica.
In young days I have been traveling more through Europe with my parents and didn’t photography that much, nowadays I love to take photos as much as I can. I try to plan one bigger and one smaller travel each year. Last few years I was in USA several times, southern part of Africa and Ethiopia, Indonesia and Dubai stand for Asia and South America with most popular Patagonia part with vicinity.
I hardly say where I enjoyed most as each travel is different and also regarding photography, I would decide hardly which series is my favourite, but I if I would have to choose, it would probably be Africa.

Long exposure photo of sin city - Las Vegas

Main sight of my favorite US National Park - Yellowstone NP

Photographers paradise - Antelope Canyon

More than canyon - Grand Canyon

Nature porn - Yosemite NP

Hard to find better panoramic view on the city, than from the sea - Miami

Place with life - Dead Vlei

Nice teeth - Cheetah guest farm in Namibia

My best wildlife sight so far; few days old lion cub - Etosh NP

I don't know which part of photo is better; beautiful sunset or elephants silhouette - Chobe NP

You can tell how that ends... - Zambezi river

Peace - SOWETO; South African Republic

You may think this photo is nothing special, but finding leopard is special - Kruger NP

I am not a big bird lover, but this click was at the right time - iSimangaliso Wetlands Park

Come on... Who wouldn't like to be there? - Seychelles

Spring photo - Iceland

Green sky is special - Iceland

Probably most effort was given for this photo as this mountain pass was achieved - Col du Galibier

So many stories behind that portret - Sumatra

Worth getting up in the middle of the night to catch that sunrise - Mount Bromo

You might want to visit that volcano more than once as it really changes colors - Mount Kelimutu

Here I had a feeling that I am at the end of the World - Padar Island

Counting traffic - Patagonia

Who knows how many generations would still have the opportunity to visit such an amazing glacier - Glacier Moreno

I already wrote that I really like water, so it is common sense to visit probably the nicest waterfalls on Earth - Iguazu Falls

Let the photo speaks for itself - Atacama desert

I simply had to pud another one from that place - Atacama desert

On the other side of the camera - Ethiopia

Hmmm does he has a weapon permission? - Ethiopia

Endless - Ethiophia

This place looks like another planet - Ethiophia

At the end I would like to say a special thank you to all my supporters. I am always trilled to see how any upvotes I receive and who is commenting my posts as I am not the big fish.
My biggest success (still at Steemit) was with my photo stories from my last USA trip. Almost each of them get Hive account@curie recognition which meant a world to me. It so huge boost when you are at the beginning and somebody exposes your work and you expand your circle of followers like that. So, all the curators thank you for ding an amazing job.
I don’t want to point out individuals, but anyway I would like to show my appreciation to some of them. At first Hive account@czechglobalhosts who is hosting daily photography challenge. I am regular participator and I have to admit that I am positive surprised how good I am doing with all the competition. Hive account@phortun is another Czech buddy who rewards my work with Hive account@tipu upvote. Support coming from Hive account@intrepidphotos has additional value as he is such an amazing photographer. I could go on and on with pointing out my supporters, so just to mention few of them: Hive account@mariusfebruary Hive account@asgarth Hive account@adalger Hive account@cyclamen Hive account@ervin-lemark.

As always, all comments are very welcomed. Feel free to ask any questions.

Sun going down and sea is always good combination - Croatia

Have a great start of the week and enjoy life. We are in some tough times right now, but I am sure we will defeat this virus soon and came even stronger from this battle.

Stay healthy and be positive!