I have to clarify , I am on the team the terminal we run the help discord for steem and hive. We are all veterans on the blockchain and feel we can help. You used very many pictures and it’s not clear who made which photo. Like the team pinmapple said before its needed to source all. View other blogs and see. It’s a must, you are a photographer you should understand when people just take advantage of your work with out giving credits it’s not the way it’s meant to be. There are sites with free pictures and even than you put a line in the blog : source image - pixabay for instance.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there are some rules. Why risk a downvote or a blacklist when you can avoid it and earn ?
RE: "If I had $ 1000" and a little more ... I would definitely travel to the baroque town of Noto in Sicily.