I have seen alot of work and other people's photography on Deviant and i must say i am well impressed.
There is alot of talent on here.
When i do look at people's work, I some times think "i wonder if i'll be as good as them?" but then i started to think again, "do i really want to be as good as them?".
I asked myself this because we are all different and have different styles, styles that take time for us to develope.
I will admit that i am an amateur and happy to be one, you want to know why??
Well have a read of this, its from a guy called Raven who is a poet, author and web master of [link] :

"I hope it will be said, until the day I die, that I am an amateur write. I don’t care if I make it big, sell millions of books and make a fortune off my writing, I’d rather be called an amateur than a professional any day.
While it is true that there is a certain stigma that comes with being a professional, after all, professional, in theory, posses more talent and finesse than amateurs, professionals lack one trait that even the rankest amateur possesses, love for the craft.
Basically, a professional is one who does something for a living when the amateur is one who something purely of the love of it. While it is true that most professionals have at least some love for the craft, otherwise they wouldn’t be in the field to start with; they still do what they do mainly to put food on the table.
Since their first duty is to the almighty dollar, they fall into a whole slew of traps. For one, what if popular opinions turn against what your heart holds dear?
Well, if your duty is to make a living, there isn’t much of a choice but to conform. This of course leads to sloppy, lacklustre art of all varieties. History is littered with tales of people who left their heart behind to make a buck and wound up paying for it dearly.
That’s why my goal is that no matter what; I put my heart and myself ahead of my finances. If that means I spend my entire life being called an amateur, all the better. At least I’ll be able to say that I stayed true to myself through thick and thin. That’s more than most so-called professionals can say.
However, I’m not going to lie and say that I don’t care if I never make it. Of course I want to, only a fool would pour their heart into his work without working his or hers ass off to become a smashing success. I’m simply saying that I don’t put that above my integrity and never will.
I’m not worried about starting, I have other skills that are highly marketable and I have no doubt there are many well-paying jobs I could fill easily. I like the fact that I’m financially comfortable and I think that being such actually helps my writing. It frees me up to write what I truly think and feel and put it out there without as much as a though as to whether or not I’ll be able to eat.
Apartment buildings in big cities are filled with professionals who relentlessly pound away at word processors trying desperately to write something that will sell. Meanwhile, I sit down whenever true inspiration strikes and write whatever is really in my head or my heart. No word limits or other restriction to conform to, just me, the amateur, writing what I damn well please. Which do you more equate with art?
So if you have the courage to call me an amateur in an attempt to offend me or degrade me, I’ll probably thank you. But if you have the audacity to call me a professional as a compliment, I will be forced to strike you down…
I simply have to much love and too much originality for that."


Like i said before, i am happy to admit i am a amateur.