The Harsh Reality of Online Hate

There are people out there who are just being ugly for the sake of being ugly, and they would throw you out of your home if they said what they were saying to your face. These individuals are not worth our time and attention, but unfortunately, their existence is a harsh reality that we must acknowledge. Our creative pursuits can be vulnerable to these negative forces, making it difficult for us to focus on the positive aspects of sharing our work online.

The Unfortunate Side of Online Engagement

It's unfortunate that our attention is taken away from the people who genuinely appreciate our content and want to engage with us. We often put aside the 20 people who leave kind comments and messages, focusing instead on the one or two trolls who try to bring us down. This can be a demoralizing experience, but it's essential to remember that their behavior is not a reflection of your worth as a creator.

Developing Thick Skin

To navigate this harsh reality, we must develop thick skin and focus on the positive aspects of our online presence. It's crucial to stop and think about all the amazing experiences and relationships that have resulted from sharing our work online. I've been fortunate enough to meet incredible people through comments and messages, forming connections with them in real life. These experiences far outweigh any negative interactions we may encounter.

The Power of Perspective

When I reflect on my journey as a creator, I think about all the positive experiences I've had over the years. For example, when I created my rewind 2016 video, I was hesitant to share it, but it ended up being a huge success. This experience taught me that our attention is what drives our creative pursuits forward. If we focus too much on negative feedback, we may miss out on opportunities to grow and connect with like-minded individuals.

The Importance of Pursuing Our Passions

As creators, we must remember that the value of our work lies in its potential to positively impact others' lives. By pursuing our passions and sharing them with the world, we open ourselves up to new experiences and relationships. If I had worried too much about what others thought, I wouldn't have created over 500 videos for this channel or posted thousands of images online. My life would be significantly different as a result.

Facebook Q&A Conundrum

I've recently encountered an issue with my Facebook profile that has made it difficult to manage my online presence. When I post content on the Art of Photography page, some people haven't liked it yet, so they're not aware of its existence. To address this, I cross-posted some of my content on my personal profile. However, this created two separate threads for Q&A and sharing photos, making it cumbersome to navigate.

Simplifying My Online Presence

To resolve this issue, I've decided to stop posting content on my personal profile that has to do with the Art of Photography. If you're interested in following along, please visit facebook.com/theartofphotography. By separating my online presence into distinct channels, I can focus on engaging with my audience and sharing my work in a more streamlined way.

Conclusion

As creators, we must develop thick skin and focus on the positive aspects of our online presence. We're not defined by negative feedback or trolls; instead, we're driven by our passions and the potential to positively impact others' lives. By pursuing our creative pursuits with confidence and determination, we can overcome obstacles like online hate and build meaningful connections with like-minded individuals.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey check this out this is a three axis gimbal for doing steady shots and you can basically mount a camera to this and then what it does is it uses a battery and a series of motors in here to keep everything steady while you're shooting hand-holding walking so the idea of using this is that when I do vlog footage or I'm doing shooting handheld that everything stays nice and smooth so far this seems to be working really well I've got the Sony rx100 five mounted to this and the steady shot on here is way better than what you get with the built-in image stabilization just saying we'll talk about this one I've had a chance to get into a little more but as promised today we're gonna do Q&A so the other day I put a post on the artifact I review on open it up for questions you guys can ask me anything because today I'm filming a Q&A first up is Ashley Hoff who says what do you see as more important getting as much as possible correct in camera or having the skills to transform an image in post I actually think the most important thing is having something to say as a photographer now I realize that's coming from an art perspective if you're shooting product you're probably not being asked to infuse creativity into the situation or you might I don't know but honestly I think a good idea is way more important than what you're doing with a camera what you're doing in post I'll quote Laura Wilson on this who I interviewed for the Artist Series when she said forget the f-stops forget the shutter speeds you have to have something to say and I think that really rings true at least that's my philosophy if you're I realize there's different types of photography and if you're just doing something that's more documentation 'el and you're just gonna break it down to these two things I mean yeah they're both tools getting it is right as you can or at least knowing what you're going to have in the end and shooting so you can do it easily in post getting things right in the camera is really important because it's gonna save you a lot of time and a lot of grief down the road our second question is from Vicki Yates who writes if you could only own one camera for the rest of your life what would it be and would it be film or digital if I could only shoot one camera for the rest of my life it would definitely not be a digital camera they date themselves in like a year I mean it's ridiculous the rate of advancement with digital technology if I could only shoot one camera and I assume we're just talking about stills and we're gonna get out of the equation so stills only one camera the rest of my life what would it be I already have it let me get it this is a Nikon f3 I have done videos on this before this is probably one of my favorite cameras ever made second close to this would probably be Hasselblad 501 C or something like that for medium format but honestly this is way more portable it's this is just for me I love this camera it really works either in manual mode or aperture priority mode and when you have a lens on here you turn the collar to get the aperture I love the Nikon f3 is one of my favorite cameras ever made and if I could only pick one to use the rest of my life no question Nikon f3 is there a reason you don't review Fuji will you in the future there is really no reason I've never reviewed Fuji I just haven't used them a lot of people speak very highly of Fuji a lot of people who I respect their opinions and I think Fuji are probably doing something incredible I just haven't got around to it yet this next one is an excellent question I'm really glad somebody asked this in the artist series did you notice differences in how photographers see the role of their cameras I think it's interesting that many speak more of the cameras they shoot than with the pictures they take and do you personally see cameras as tools or do they have more meaning to them I assume that you're referring to photographers in general because actually in the artist series of the 9 photographers that I interviewed for that only two of them had cameras in the room when we were doing the interview and then a third bill Wegman did some references to the polaroid 20 by 24 and there was a really specific instance but I'm glad you asked this because that's one of the things that I noticed when I was making these videos and one thing that I'm really finding interesting about them is that it's what's not being said and what's not being said is that the camera is a tool it is a means is a vehicle to deliver the creative vision of the artist to bring that to life and so that's really what a camera is now it's easy for photographers and I'm very guilty of this myself to get caught up in the gadgetry of it all I mean when this video started I was showing you a 3 axis gimbal and I'm playing around stuff and that's fine it's fun we all do it but when it comes down to actually creating something of value you that's when you need to have a vision to quote Laura Wilson again you know forget the f-stops and shutter speeds you have to have something to say which is one of my favorite quotes this year and and I think it really brings the whole thing to heart the the exception of that was Bill Wegman and he was talking about the polaroid twenty by twenty four and even at that it wasn't so much the technical aspects of it it his point was is that he had a very specific camera that only a few people really had access to it was expensive to shoot on but he was able to do something that was really specific with it in that you're not shooting a negative you're not shooting a digital file each image is a one of a kind it is a unique work of art and he was talking about the experience of using that and I think maybe that is probably an instance where a photographer may have been influenced by the equipment they were shooting on but in general I think it's really important to make that distinction and I'm not saying technology's a bad thing technology enables us to do some amazing things but at the heart of it all the camera is a tool and you have to have something to say what do you think about photography schools do you need a degree to be a photographer I have talked about this somewhat before and it's a controversial subject my personal feeling is is that no you don't need a degree as a photographer in fact photography schools are going to show you a part of the process that is not necessarily current up with the times they're not going to show you how to engage on social media they're not going to show you how to work to get your stuff in a gallery they're not going to train you on any of that they're going to teach you photography you don't have to have that certainly I think that if you do want that then you already know it and you've already made up your mind and if you're wondering then I would actually hesitate to say whether that's for you or not that's something that everybody has to determine on a very personal level you certainly don't need it but at the same time I wouldn't discourage somebody from wanting to learn more in getting a formalized education but it has no impact on your career whatsoever never expect it to these next two questions are kind of the same thing so I'm putting them together but Andrew writes do you have any tips for when you run into a creative rut especially since I'm so busy with work and family lately it's hard to just get out and shoot photos and video and Amanda rights how do you overcome quote-unquote photographers block or find inspiration when everything seems uninspiring how do you get out of a creative rut this is something that I'm fascinated with because the whole idea of creative thinking and what we're doing with photo assignments and what we're going to be doing moving forward with those it's interesting to me because when I ran across a writer by the name of Edward de Bono who has done an enormous amount of study about humans and creative thinking and I will put the books in the show description below I've recommended them before there's six thinking hats and then there is lateral thinking which actually is the book that I like a lot and Edward de Bono has made the point that as humans we tend to get into patterns when it comes to the way we think in the way we problem-solve so for instance in the example that I've used before is if you're hungry you know that there are several solutions you got to go get food so you can either go out to eat you can go see what's in the fridge you know you have a selection of choices before you that you know will lead to the result of you being full now the problem is is when it comes to creativity and creative thinking is that you can't do things the same way you're expecting a new result that's the whole idea of being creative is to create something new something that hasn't been done before or something that has a personal spin on something and so it's really hard to have strategic ways to just meet that end goal and so what Edward de Bono says in a lot of his writings is in order to get better at this what we have to do is find ways to shake up the systematic problem-solving that our brains naturally want to do to get to an end result so for photography this could be I'm going to go shoot landscapes and if you kind of feel like you're in a creative rut and you're shooting the same thing all the time it could be as simple as trying a new location it could be as simple as trying a different time of the day I mean I'm over generalizing these really simple examples but it just depends on what you're doing if you like to shoot people shake that up somehow if you feel like you're shooting the same portraits let's say you have a lighting setup to choose well then stop using lighting use natural lighting use what's available go shoot at a weird time of day try to experiment and get yourself out of doing something the other thing and essentially what I'm saying here too is that just putting yourself to work we usually start to solve that the problem is is when you get in a creative rut it usually means you don't want to pick up the camera and you don't want to go out and I think it's a matter of finding ways to be inspired again in doing that and trying new things but anyway check out Edward de Bono he is the man how do you deal with hate comments on your photos it's something everyone has to go through as a photographer to receive a negative slash hate comment on some of their photographs I wonder if there's a right way to reply back or handle the situation the classic age-old internet question how to deal with haters I have done YouTube for eight years I have posted on Instagram as long as it's been around Facebook Twitter I've done it all believe me I have seen it all and unfortunately this is part of the nature of the Internet of people sitting behind a computer screen under a fake username and goofy profile picture and sometimes there is a small number of people that feel that it's kind of like people sitting in traffic and yelling at other cars it's like they would never do that to someone's face they'd say excuse me if somebody cut them off but their car cut them off and because that separation they would say things they normally wouldn't say in real life and so that does exist there are plenty of armchair generals on the internet it is just part of the nature of it having said that let's back up a second and there are two ways that we perceive the world there are facts and there are opinions and it's amazing to me how many adults in the 21st century mix those two things up but here's the difference right now I am recording a video at this point in time I am recording a video the cameras on I am talking to you you were seeing this as evidence it happened it's a fact you may like this video and that is your opinion you may also completely hate this video and that is your opinion too and it's okay to have a difference of opinion pinyons aren't facts they're just how people feel or interpreting a situation or an object or photograph or whatever that is and the fact that we have different opinions are what makes us interesting is people believe it or not and so I don't expect everybody to like everything that I've done in fact I know that there are people that are gonna hate what I do and that's okay that is there right now when they express themselves it becomes a little different and I understand this our attention is immediately drawn two things that are going to be critical in nature and there is a difference between constructive criticism and then flat-out hate I mean there definitely is and constructive criticism can help you when people say things like you know your video is really shaky and the audio was hard to hear those are things that okay well that's an experience I need to at least look into and see if there's something I can do about it use a tripod better microphone whatever that's fine somebody may look at your photograph and they may something say something that sounds harsh like interesting photo too bad you blew the highlights well it's kind of a snarky way of putting it depending on how you interpret reading that and you may agree with it or not you may think you know what I did that on purpose so screw you and you move on or you may think hey I'm gonna kind of pay attention to that as we move along and see if I can improve my work over it and that's one thing hate is a very different thing Casey Neistat did a wonderful video on this and he was a lot harsher than I'm being right now haters are losers and I'm talking about people who are just being ugly for the sake of being ugly people that you would throw out of your home if they said what they were saying to your face this is just I mean it's unfortunate and happens and these are people that their creative existence or I have the feeling that they're sitting online somewhere and they like the idea of photography so that's why they're checking your stuff out to begin with and they like the idea of creating things and putting them online and sharing them but their whole existence of creativity is sitting behind a computer screen and clicking a like button which is miserable but they're miserable and that's why they're doing it that's the unfortunate part of it because our attention is taken away from the 20 people up there on your thousand view photo or video that said really nice things that you could start to have relationships with and engage with and become friends with some of those people we put all this aside to focus in on the one or two tools that come in there to be negative that's the unfortunate part but you know the thing that helps me the most when I'm having trouble with stuff like that and it's something that will give you much thicker skin in the end is I stop and I try to think of all of the really important things that have happened to me over the last eight years as a result of making stuff and sharing it online the relationships that I have with people some people that I met in a meet or we just know each other through comments and somehow we become friends in real life I know some amazing people and that's how we met if I look at the experiences that I've had in the last year when I did my rewind 2016 video and I was talking in the last video about how that was something I never thought I'd be able to do and I think of all those really really positive experiences and then you realize that your attention is going over to just one person who just decided to be tacky you know it's worth every bit of it and when I think what would have happened if like early on I was so worried about comments and what other people thought that I didn't pursue the show and I didn't do 500 plus videos for this channel and I didn't put the thousands of images online that I've posted if I hadn't done all those things my life would be a lot different right now and it just it's worth it that's the bottom line so you can't let the haters get you down you absolutely have to get in there and you have to make a go at it and you've got to put your best forward into your best work this is hard and it's something that everybody who creates things and shares them online have to deal with it some time or another don't get distracted and definitely stay focused these were some excellent questions I'm going to do another show because there were a lot of questions that got into the area of how do you get into the gallery world and how does all that work and careers and things so I want to do those separately and I want to say one thing about Facebook really quick and there's a little bit of an issue that has kind of presented itself so Facebook 101 here you have a profile and that's when you go have your profile and you put all your stuff and friend your friends and stuff like that and then you can create a page I have a profile the art of photography is a page that's on there and so what happens is I post things on the art of photography but people haven't liked it yet and they're not aware that it's there and so I cross post over on my personal profile and what ends up happening then is we have two separate threads for Q&A we have two separate threads for sharing photos and then I have to go check in in multiple places and it becomes kind of cumbersome and weird so I am going to not be posting stuff on my personal profile that has to do with the art of photography so if you have friended me on Facebook and we're Facebook friends you're gonna miss art of photography stuff if you don't go over to the artifact RVP Jen actually like that I will put the link in the description below up here you should know where it is facebook.com slash the art of photography so just to give you a heads up I'm not going to continue posting in both places so if you want to participate in the discussions and all that stuff that's what you need to do and anyway that's all I got for today if you guys enjoyed this video please remember to like it share it subscribe to the art of photography so you'll always be up to date on all the latest and greatest I'll see you guys in the next video till then laterhey check this out this is a three axis gimbal for doing steady shots and you can basically mount a camera to this and then what it does is it uses a battery and a series of motors in here to keep everything steady while you're shooting hand-holding walking so the idea of using this is that when I do vlog footage or I'm doing shooting handheld that everything stays nice and smooth so far this seems to be working really well I've got the Sony rx100 five mounted to this and the steady shot on here is way better than what you get with the built-in image stabilization just saying we'll talk about this one I've had a chance to get into a little more but as promised today we're gonna do Q&A so the other day I put a post on the artifact I review on open it up for questions you guys can ask me anything because today I'm filming a Q&A first up is Ashley Hoff who says what do you see as more important getting as much as possible correct in camera or having the skills to transform an image in post I actually think the most important thing is having something to say as a photographer now I realize that's coming from an art perspective if you're shooting product you're probably not being asked to infuse creativity into the situation or you might I don't know but honestly I think a good idea is way more important than what you're doing with a camera what you're doing in post I'll quote Laura Wilson on this who I interviewed for the Artist Series when she said forget the f-stops forget the shutter speeds you have to have something to say and I think that really rings true at least that's my philosophy if you're I realize there's different types of photography and if you're just doing something that's more documentation 'el and you're just gonna break it down to these two things I mean yeah they're both tools getting it is right as you can or at least knowing what you're going to have in the end and shooting so you can do it easily in post getting things right in the camera is really important because it's gonna save you a lot of time and a lot of grief down the road our second question is from Vicki Yates who writes if you could only own one camera for the rest of your life what would it be and would it be film or digital if I could only shoot one camera for the rest of my life it would definitely not be a digital camera they date themselves in like a year I mean it's ridiculous the rate of advancement with digital technology if I could only shoot one camera and I assume we're just talking about stills and we're gonna get out of the equation so stills only one camera the rest of my life what would it be I already have it let me get it this is a Nikon f3 I have done videos on this before this is probably one of my favorite cameras ever made second close to this would probably be Hasselblad 501 C or something like that for medium format but honestly this is way more portable it's this is just for me I love this camera it really works either in manual mode or aperture priority mode and when you have a lens on here you turn the collar to get the aperture I love the Nikon f3 is one of my favorite cameras ever made and if I could only pick one to use the rest of my life no question Nikon f3 is there a reason you don't review Fuji will you in the future there is really no reason I've never reviewed Fuji I just haven't used them a lot of people speak very highly of Fuji a lot of people who I respect their opinions and I think Fuji are probably doing something incredible I just haven't got around to it yet this next one is an excellent question I'm really glad somebody asked this in the artist series did you notice differences in how photographers see the role of their cameras I think it's interesting that many speak more of the cameras they shoot than with the pictures they take and do you personally see cameras as tools or do they have more meaning to them I assume that you're referring to photographers in general because actually in the artist series of the 9 photographers that I interviewed for that only two of them had cameras in the room when we were doing the interview and then a third bill Wegman did some references to the polaroid 20 by 24 and there was a really specific instance but I'm glad you asked this because that's one of the things that I noticed when I was making these videos and one thing that I'm really finding interesting about them is that it's what's not being said and what's not being said is that the camera is a tool it is a means is a vehicle to deliver the creative vision of the artist to bring that to life and so that's really what a camera is now it's easy for photographers and I'm very guilty of this myself to get caught up in the gadgetry of it all I mean when this video started I was showing you a 3 axis gimbal and I'm playing around stuff and that's fine it's fun we all do it but when it comes down to actually creating something of value you that's when you need to have a vision to quote Laura Wilson again you know forget the f-stops and shutter speeds you have to have something to say which is one of my favorite quotes this year and and I think it really brings the whole thing to heart the the exception of that was Bill Wegman and he was talking about the polaroid twenty by twenty four and even at that it wasn't so much the technical aspects of it it his point was is that he had a very specific camera that only a few people really had access to it was expensive to shoot on but he was able to do something that was really specific with it in that you're not shooting a negative you're not shooting a digital file each image is a one of a kind it is a unique work of art and he was talking about the experience of using that and I think maybe that is probably an instance where a photographer may have been influenced by the equipment they were shooting on but in general I think it's really important to make that distinction and I'm not saying technology's a bad thing technology enables us to do some amazing things but at the heart of it all the camera is a tool and you have to have something to say what do you think about photography schools do you need a degree to be a photographer I have talked about this somewhat before and it's a controversial subject my personal feeling is is that no you don't need a degree as a photographer in fact photography schools are going to show you a part of the process that is not necessarily current up with the times they're not going to show you how to engage on social media they're not going to show you how to work to get your stuff in a gallery they're not going to train you on any of that they're going to teach you photography you don't have to have that certainly I think that if you do want that then you already know it and you've already made up your mind and if you're wondering then I would actually hesitate to say whether that's for you or not that's something that everybody has to determine on a very personal level you certainly don't need it but at the same time I wouldn't discourage somebody from wanting to learn more in getting a formalized education but it has no impact on your career whatsoever never expect it to these next two questions are kind of the same thing so I'm putting them together but Andrew writes do you have any tips for when you run into a creative rut especially since I'm so busy with work and family lately it's hard to just get out and shoot photos and video and Amanda rights how do you overcome quote-unquote photographers block or find inspiration when everything seems uninspiring how do you get out of a creative rut this is something that I'm fascinated with because the whole idea of creative thinking and what we're doing with photo assignments and what we're going to be doing moving forward with those it's interesting to me because when I ran across a writer by the name of Edward de Bono who has done an enormous amount of study about humans and creative thinking and I will put the books in the show description below I've recommended them before there's six thinking hats and then there is lateral thinking which actually is the book that I like a lot and Edward de Bono has made the point that as humans we tend to get into patterns when it comes to the way we think in the way we problem-solve so for instance in the example that I've used before is if you're hungry you know that there are several solutions you got to go get food so you can either go out to eat you can go see what's in the fridge you know you have a selection of choices before you that you know will lead to the result of you being full now the problem is is when it comes to creativity and creative thinking is that you can't do things the same way you're expecting a new result that's the whole idea of being creative is to create something new something that hasn't been done before or something that has a personal spin on something and so it's really hard to have strategic ways to just meet that end goal and so what Edward de Bono says in a lot of his writings is in order to get better at this what we have to do is find ways to shake up the systematic problem-solving that our brains naturally want to do to get to an end result so for photography this could be I'm going to go shoot landscapes and if you kind of feel like you're in a creative rut and you're shooting the same thing all the time it could be as simple as trying a new location it could be as simple as trying a different time of the day I mean I'm over generalizing these really simple examples but it just depends on what you're doing if you like to shoot people shake that up somehow if you feel like you're shooting the same portraits let's say you have a lighting setup to choose well then stop using lighting use natural lighting use what's available go shoot at a weird time of day try to experiment and get yourself out of doing something the other thing and essentially what I'm saying here too is that just putting yourself to work we usually start to solve that the problem is is when you get in a creative rut it usually means you don't want to pick up the camera and you don't want to go out and I think it's a matter of finding ways to be inspired again in doing that and trying new things but anyway check out Edward de Bono he is the man how do you deal with hate comments on your photos it's something everyone has to go through as a photographer to receive a negative slash hate comment on some of their photographs I wonder if there's a right way to reply back or handle the situation the classic age-old internet question how to deal with haters I have done YouTube for eight years I have posted on Instagram as long as it's been around Facebook Twitter I've done it all believe me I have seen it all and unfortunately this is part of the nature of the Internet of people sitting behind a computer screen under a fake username and goofy profile picture and sometimes there is a small number of people that feel that it's kind of like people sitting in traffic and yelling at other cars it's like they would never do that to someone's face they'd say excuse me if somebody cut them off but their car cut them off and because that separation they would say things they normally wouldn't say in real life and so that does exist there are plenty of armchair generals on the internet it is just part of the nature of it having said that let's back up a second and there are two ways that we perceive the world there are facts and there are opinions and it's amazing to me how many adults in the 21st century mix those two things up but here's the difference right now I am recording a video at this point in time I am recording a video the cameras on I am talking to you you were seeing this as evidence it happened it's a fact you may like this video and that is your opinion you may also completely hate this video and that is your opinion too and it's okay to have a difference of opinion pinyons aren't facts they're just how people feel or interpreting a situation or an object or photograph or whatever that is and the fact that we have different opinions are what makes us interesting is people believe it or not and so I don't expect everybody to like everything that I've done in fact I know that there are people that are gonna hate what I do and that's okay that is there right now when they express themselves it becomes a little different and I understand this our attention is immediately drawn two things that are going to be critical in nature and there is a difference between constructive criticism and then flat-out hate I mean there definitely is and constructive criticism can help you when people say things like you know your video is really shaky and the audio was hard to hear those are things that okay well that's an experience I need to at least look into and see if there's something I can do about it use a tripod better microphone whatever that's fine somebody may look at your photograph and they may something say something that sounds harsh like interesting photo too bad you blew the highlights well it's kind of a snarky way of putting it depending on how you interpret reading that and you may agree with it or not you may think you know what I did that on purpose so screw you and you move on or you may think hey I'm gonna kind of pay attention to that as we move along and see if I can improve my work over it and that's one thing hate is a very different thing Casey Neistat did a wonderful video on this and he was a lot harsher than I'm being right now haters are losers and I'm talking about people who are just being ugly for the sake of being ugly people that you would throw out of your home if they said what they were saying to your face this is just I mean it's unfortunate and happens and these are people that their creative existence or I have the feeling that they're sitting online somewhere and they like the idea of photography so that's why they're checking your stuff out to begin with and they like the idea of creating things and putting them online and sharing them but their whole existence of creativity is sitting behind a computer screen and clicking a like button which is miserable but they're miserable and that's why they're doing it that's the unfortunate part of it because our attention is taken away from the 20 people up there on your thousand view photo or video that said really nice things that you could start to have relationships with and engage with and become friends with some of those people we put all this aside to focus in on the one or two tools that come in there to be negative that's the unfortunate part but you know the thing that helps me the most when I'm having trouble with stuff like that and it's something that will give you much thicker skin in the end is I stop and I try to think of all of the really important things that have happened to me over the last eight years as a result of making stuff and sharing it online the relationships that I have with people some people that I met in a meet or we just know each other through comments and somehow we become friends in real life I know some amazing people and that's how we met if I look at the experiences that I've had in the last year when I did my rewind 2016 video and I was talking in the last video about how that was something I never thought I'd be able to do and I think of all those really really positive experiences and then you realize that your attention is going over to just one person who just decided to be tacky you know it's worth every bit of it and when I think what would have happened if like early on I was so worried about comments and what other people thought that I didn't pursue the show and I didn't do 500 plus videos for this channel and I didn't put the thousands of images online that I've posted if I hadn't done all those things my life would be a lot different right now and it just it's worth it that's the bottom line so you can't let the haters get you down you absolutely have to get in there and you have to make a go at it and you've got to put your best forward into your best work this is hard and it's something that everybody who creates things and shares them online have to deal with it some time or another don't get distracted and definitely stay focused these were some excellent questions I'm going to do another show because there were a lot of questions that got into the area of how do you get into the gallery world and how does all that work and careers and things so I want to do those separately and I want to say one thing about Facebook really quick and there's a little bit of an issue that has kind of presented itself so Facebook 101 here you have a profile and that's when you go have your profile and you put all your stuff and friend your friends and stuff like that and then you can create a page I have a profile the art of photography is a page that's on there and so what happens is I post things on the art of photography but people haven't liked it yet and they're not aware that it's there and so I cross post over on my personal profile and what ends up happening then is we have two separate threads for Q&A we have two separate threads for sharing photos and then I have to go check in in multiple places and it becomes kind of cumbersome and weird so I am going to not be posting stuff on my personal profile that has to do with the art of photography so if you have friended me on Facebook and we're Facebook friends you're gonna miss art of photography stuff if you don't go over to the artifact RVP Jen actually like that I will put the link in the description below up here you should know where it is facebook.com slash the art of photography so just to give you a heads up I'm not going to continue posting in both places so if you want to participate in the discussions and all that stuff that's what you need to do and anyway that's all I got for today if you guys enjoyed this video please remember to like it share it subscribe to the art of photography so you'll always be up to date on all the latest and greatest I'll see you guys in the next video till then later\n"