Imagine this: You have been scrolling past UNBELIEVABLE social media content for the last 6 months. One day you feel inspired and you decide to finally pull the trigger and buy a camera and give this whole creating thing a shot. You get exited and realize that there is a WHOLE lot more to this videography/ photography thing than you realized. It isn't as easy as just putting it in auto mode, pointing & taking a shot, and hoping absolute bangers appear. Honestly these days I would argue that it is really tough to start out as a creator because when you open Instagram that bar is set SO HIGH that it can honestly make you play that comparison game and want to quit. What you don't realize is that these creators have been using a camera and leveling up in the craft for YEARS while you've just begun. You have to give yourself some credit sometimes and realize that you are new (Or are just out of practice) and the only way that someone else is going to look at the shots you create like that is if you actually go out and CREATE... as often as possible. All these creators you see on social media eat, breathe, and live Photography/ Videography. They make a fulltime living, they travel and document these unbelievable places, they get paid and sponsored to do this for a living. You can't compare a 2020 Ford ranger to a 1970s ford ranger. It just isn't the same. You haven't grown, you haven't matured, you haven't had the time behind the camera yet.  On the flip side if you are reading this and realize that you in fact do everything I just listed out here... then give the creators around you a break. You don't know which of these creators just wants to take better pictures of their family. You don't know which of these people are looking to take better photos for upcoming vacations. You don't know the stories behind these creators. This isn't a race. We should be in a position to uplift each other. We should help those around us become better and more confident around a camera. It is our responsibility to do what we know is right and that counts just as much with making the creative space around us positive for everyone that enjoys this amazing craft.