Hi, Gabrielle! Yes, we are here. Welcome to Steemit!
Quite some courage to move so far away from home! :)
You will find nice and creative people here. I am sure you will enjoy this big community.
Since you are a photographer, to get you started, you can join photo contests to get momentum, followers and even prizes. One of them is @photocontests.
A good place to start for a begginer in steemit is the PALnet community. You can find it on this blog @minnowsupport.
A great deal of activity of various communities is on a chat server, called Discord. Also, a helpful post is this: https://steemit.com/blog/@inquiringtimes/how-to-find-sucess-as-a-steemit-blogger

Happy steemin'!