You're such a pro....photographer.

  You're such a pro photographer , most likely  you thought that about some person in some kind of setting, right.  With that thought you also most likely went ,hey how, why, what and when did my photos not look as good as other photographers, what ever that person is doing I must do. I need to be a professional photographer and I must do what others do and that makes me a pro  photographer. I think of a pro photographer is one that sells and has to put everything down as income to some IRS paper. That's what a pro is today but maybe you can change  that and make it more about something else.

  When someone sees a great photo and they want to try and emulate it, naturally the photo they are trying to reproduce can't be done  by the average non pro photographer. People don't understand that what they see is staged and processed  in great detail. One great photo is most likely thirty and one, plus thousands of dollars in gear and a staff of ten, then back to a computer where the real photo of today's media is actually produced. Wow, wait it's not just about the camera any more now it's some software program as well. I have seen horrible photos turned into great photos by a software program and vice versa.
  You don't need to be a pro photographer, all you need to be is a person that doesn't have any limitations in photography. One of the things I find is you just need to stop being envious of others, lose the ego that others have and if the enjoyment is gone, packed it away and come back to it another day.  You maybe more of a pro than you really know it. Make it more about something else.