On hive, there's always this emphasis on originality, and there are people who take it more into consideration than others. In my early days on Hive, I created a lot of sports content, but the images I used disqualified my posts for either acceptance into the community or curation.
The community was particular about not wanting stock images that weren't free or even frowned at downloaded images in general.
It's difficult to own sports pictures, so I decided to take the pictures directly from moving images on TV.
While the images weren't perfect enough, I had to change my style of content rather than scourging the whole internet to look for the right 1200 by 700 image to use for my blog.
Pictures are often dependent on the genre of the content. For sports content, it's generally difficult to own your own pictures. Unless you're well-traveled.
Personally, I hold owned pictures in high esteem, and no matter how badly they're taken, the effort and the attempt at taking them is better than searching a theme and slamming downloaded pictures on content that should be unique.
For me, a picture should be created, the process of the creation is what exactly determines what topic you're using it for. A shot can inspire content, just like content can inspire a picture. A
lot of people think that owning a piece of quality camera is the only thing they need to create a picture. This isn't true. You need spontaneity, the ability to see the potential within a potential subject.
Your piece of tech is only a tool, as creativity is where the work lies. There's the idea that a picture is an external and not-so-important aspect of creating, so because of this, there are creators who choose not to be intentional about the images they're using on their posts, but this is very wrong.
However, I like to think that the best way to create images for one's posts, is to try and be a spontaneous photographer.
Photography is a very valuable niche in social spaces.
The fact that there are platforms that pay people for their images shows that photography is a big deal. How about the humongous cost of owning gadgets for taking pictures?
Apart from the fact that creating materials for building cameras is expensive if it wasn't a lucrative niche, then it wouldn't be as costly as it actually is.
So, the type of creator you choose to be is what might determine the type of picture you take. For example as a finance creator, a picture of a calculator comes in handy, as a well-taken image of a wallet, a checkbook, a receipt, and pictures of newly minted notes, or an arithmetic book with graphs or pictorial drawings.
Now I might not categorically see any of these images on a daily, but I'm always on alert to create publishable images, provided these images can be depicted financially.
However, as a versatile creator, I really do not have the time to predict what subject would be great or content-worthy, this is why it's important to put yourself in positions where subjects would inspire you to create. In my early days as a creator, I paid people for their creative shots, especially if I feel I cannot primarily create what they have in that picture.
The most unique or valuable pictures are those that are momentous and difficult to recreate
I remember going to restaurants or go to shopping malls to take decent pictures, then recreate them to be content-worthy. The most important job of a creator is the after-effects.
This is where the decisions go. To be able to create images for posts, you should be exposed to. See your daily adventures as an opportunity to create moments that can inspire content.
The Most unique and gifted creators are the ones who draw inspiration from their initial experiences, this can also involve a photo session.
These days, phones are now enhanced to become Digital machines,
.......with better cameras and great lenses. So image creation is a niche on its own when it comes to social creation, and omitting the aspect in general content creation takes away the uniqueness or identity of a creator, and creates this lack of originality to the social front of hive.
Creating images might seem difficult, but one of the reasons why some creators do not do this is because they deem it to be important, but it is. For a creator who is determined, they can open up a world of possibilities by deciding to take their own picture.
I have over 3000 images since I started taking pictures in 2019 for my content
However, these 3000 are pictures that I have made, remade, edited, and reditted through an external application. There are images I've created after taking the picture that doesn't seem to be good enough.
All I do is to take as many pictures as I would, and during the editing process, I make the decisions as to which will stay and the ones should be deleted.
One of the good things about owning your pictures is that you can manipulate and reuse them, depending on what you're creating.
Apart from the aesthetic appeal your posts carry when you own your images, it creates a different value to a potential curator as well. I'll leave you to see some images that might suit the purposes of this particular content.n
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