Thanks @doitvoluntarily for the post. I am new in steemit and I have realised that I am able to make my own stuff and post it. If people like it then that's fine. And, if they don't, that's fine too.
I have come here after 1 year of trying my hand in microstock photography.
I have been a amateur photographer for 40 years and have built up a big stock of photos and some video. Many of these are of interesting subjects. The downside is that they are in the digital quality that was available at the time.
In submitting to the agencies (several) I was constantly looking at what others were producing and comparing myself .
I had photos of similar subjects, equal technical quality, composition and properly tagged. Yet I was making no significant sales. Hundreds of hours work, hundreds of photos, yet 2-3 USD a month. I also suffered from the perfectionitis disease.
Part of the reason for coming to steemit was that I realised, that what I was producing was for others, not myself.
In marketing I know that you aim to the customer needs first. The trouble is that you don't know who the customer is going to be so you have to guess.
I am taking a rest from this photo-business now and just aiming to have some enjoyment in posting for fun with no expectations.