Love!

Finally! Someone has touched on this subject, I always wanted to be a photographer growing up, so I went to college completed my course and went straight into national newspapers working as a press photographer, for years I would take photos for work but I'd completely stopped taking photos outside of work, personal projects were something I felt I didn't wanna do anymore, but as the years rolled on my stress levels went up and up and I hated having to pick up my camera, one day the stress got way to much and I had a mental breakdown, it stripped me of all of my confidence and I had to leave that job. That was about 12 yrs ago and I hadn't touched a camera in all that time until recently, I live in Scotland and I love heading off into the mountains, amazed by some of the views I seen I've started taking a camera along, and for the first time in years I've rediscovered my love for photography. Only this time it's on my terms, I'm now classed as an amateur and I'm totally fine with that, the first person to offer me a job doing photography will be getting told to fuck off 💪😂😂

I loved this so much! Comforting to know that I’m not the only one who went through a stage of picking up my camera and feeling like it’s work. I go in and out of that sometimes! Usually I find it’s that I put too much pressure on myself even when I’m not working. LOVE YOU BOTH AS ALWAYS

Man... You guys need to have way more views on the channel. I found your channel today from Peter's and since that time it's just pure Binge watching at my side.

I love how deep you guys went into that question I asked recently! I'm now at a point myself where I'm turning my hobby into my career, and yeah that comes with days where you absolutely don't enjoy shooting. I've come to realise that it's more so about living in contentment and being grateful for getting that opportunity, rather than expecting every day to be the best day ever purely because you've monetised your passion.

its really easy to get burnt out. Ive learned that its ok to take a few days off and not touch the camera to recharge my creative flow. Nice video guys! Thanks!

Your back and forth editing/ pacing is so good. Made a game of UNO really entertaining. Also totally agree w/ you. Turning hobbies into professions is more complicated than it seems. Also your point about how doing work for others is entirely different than doing it for yourself is soo true

This is a great and nuanced take on the subject - becoming a professional designer has definitely changed my relationship with design and I definitely have that feeling that I don't have any interest in booting up inDesign when I get out of work, but I love doing design 40 hours a week and balance is important in life. Getting into photography in the last year or so has been a great opportunity to pursue a creative outlet completely separate from 'work', which is great.

I totally agree with this! It is also different working for yourself vs. for someone else. I am also a creative human and design school KILLED my desire to do interior design. I then moved on to graphic design and web design. I found I hate having customers to do design work for. It sucks the fun out of it. But if I am doing it for myself it is way more enjoyable. So now I am giving KZfaq a try especially since it is something I have always wanted to do.

REFRESHING view on passions! So good to see you tubers telling it how it is and not sugar coating it! ✌🏼

Boyfriend : did you have a good day . Me: no Becki and Chris haven’t posted a video *checks KZfaq * yells to boyfriend okay never mind days great thanks for the amazing videos you guys are the best !

Wow! Never thought about this. Thanks for sharing!

The issue people don't realize is that when you turn your hobby into a job, you don't have a hobby anymore. You have an amazing job that you love, but you've lost that means of relaxation and fun. Making sure that you find something else to do as a fun hobby -- and allowing yourself enough time off from your hobby/job -- is so important!

Great video .. and so true about your passion and career.

These sentiments are exactly what have been bouncing around in my own brain. Thanks for vocalizing it for me!

I really enjoyed this episode. I can relate with this in my business as well. This inspired me to find other creative passions. Thanks guys!

An insightful video guys thanks! I had a similar feelings when I turned my love for fitness Into my career. I began enjoying it less. But with the scope of photography and videography being so creative and vast, I feel like my love for it will never die. Keep the inspiration coming!

love the idea of creating your own project - so simple lol never thought of it that way!

thanks for the insights...your conversation helps me think .......about my hobbies, and passion and work...it's been confusing for me lately and your conversation helps add some clarity..........thanks...

I’m lucky enough to say I get to do what I love daily. Work isn’t “work” although sometimes it is. Passion needs an element of scarcity I think to stay kinetic. Always be chasing something. It all about the journey for sure and the conflict that comes with it are teachable moments. It’s not easy, it’s hard, for some it’s easier than others but looking at some of the best films made and the restrictions they faced making it vs the endless financing and resources of others is pretty telling. Loving what you do is a gift for sure. I’m thankful for it everyday and happy to offer support who need help finding theirs. Why I have an lot of interns come through, like mine when I was starting out, hungry minds need feeding.

Dude this video is awesome. I have learned that one way of keeping a hobby pure and fun and inspiring is by not doing it for money. Ideally yeah its cool to make money off of passion, but its not the end of the means. Ive had to make catagories in my life like " This is how I make money. Maybe not enjoy, but it pays da bills and allows me to play Label: Career. This is how I have fun and relax and be creative: Hobby. This is how I help other people: Ministry." In a perfect world, if be able to do hobbies and ministry for money plus full time but im cool with doing it for free!

You guys are incredible!!

This video is just what I needed!! So inspirational, thank you guys!!

So very true! Love the video

Totally relate and agree! Dont let your hobby become your job! I studied film and photography, absolutely obsessed with it all until i started working as a photographer! That quickly killed my passion and i ended up selling all my gear! Got into food, opened a few restaurants and coffee bars back in South Africa, and then, when we decided to move to Scotland i needed to find something to keep myself busy with as i’m actually not allowed to work until my visa is sorted! Thats when i took both my passions and turned them into one 🤓 I now make videos of food and i absolutely love it!! Because its for me, my creative outlet! Not doing it for money or because its my job, just because i love it! And thats absolutely key 👌🏻 Thanks cool video guys! 👍🏻

That shirt glimmering n flickering reminds me of the old dire straights video on mtv.. i want my mtv or something like that. Is that an edit or just the camera? Wild. Great vid. Def feel some burnout from too much. Love seeing all the buffalo references

Definitely appreciated y’all talking about this topic!

Love this episode and always wonder about the same question. I came to the design profession with the passion and love for drawing. Drawing calms my mind and was a great outlet. But I realized the same problem that I 'draw' at work all the time that drawing becomes NOT my go-to hobby anymore when I have time to myself.

god i love the way you guys film!! looking forward to more videos

Great message! I got so burned out with photography and didn't enjoy shooting anymore because I was making money shooting weddings and things I didn't like shooting. I had to put the camera down for a few years professionally and then come back to it with new passions. I recommend having personal projects every month so that you get that creative outlet 😁

Really a great subject to think about. I always think about what would happen if I ever really got noticed on KZfaq, would I still love doing it as much if it was my job. Because right now it IS my hobby, my outlet, my stress reliever. Great vid as always guys. ❤❤

Becki your top is light show 😄 This video made me think about my career and goals in a very different way! Thanks for sharing!

People scare about the end result if the things did not work out. So they refrain to choose what they love. But why not to convert your passion into profession if you really love to do that. I started my journey of Photography while pursuing my graduation and after graduation I took my hobby into profession. Don't scare , don't follow herd just follow your heart and go for it. Thx @BasarVisuals

thanks for this!!! :) very well done. You two inspire me a lot, keep on the great work :)

This was super encouraging!! also, I've totally been binging through your channel for the past few months! lol

This is such a great video and so timely at least for me. I have been longing to have photography as my career, I’ve acquired a lot of gear with time and now that I have clients and photography has become my job, I feel like I don’t have that creative outlet I do not pick up my camera during events or for personal reasons and I thought to myself “wow I’m so ungrateful” but it looks like a lot of people go through the same thing. Taking on a project to bring back that passion sounds like a great idea I think I’m gonna go ahead and do that. It’s a nice day outside I think I’m gonna grab my camera and go out and shoot something for someone LOL

Oh hell I relate to this so much!! thanks! for talking about this, can't explain how much this helped me

ahh, love it! 🤗🤗🤗Keep the great work and passion!

Awesome video! Interesting points of view.

The best advise i've ever had in my life. 👍

You guys are awesome.

The Moire effect on that shirt is insane! Can't stop looking at it Ps Thanks for the encouragement!

Great topic, great video, great advice!

This is a great topic! As I round out my first year of making my hobby my career the line is increasingly blurry! Also, I love the style of these videos where you're walking around and discussing a topic (versus sitting down in your house the whole video like we do!) Super fun :) - Pat

New sub in 2021. On this video, i agree. I draw comics as hobby since childhood. When I became storyboard artist, thing is not fun anymore. Now i work in construction industry, drawing and making creative content is fun again

So much this!! I tried to make photography my career. Ended up hating it, it showed in my work. I put my camera down for 3 years. I finally picked it back up exactly a year ago. I'm in love again. I've learned my lesson. 💜

Loved the video and have been catching up on your other videos! I am an artist who wanted to be an animator but decided to do a 180 and do computer science... I’m now a Software Engineer at Garmin which supports my family financially and I still get to do my art on the side for fun. Thinking about doing more artwork and sharing the process on KZfaq! Thanks for sharing guys!

Chris, your side of the topic is where I currently stand. I chose development as a way to fund my passion. At the time, it was music. Now, I'm at a crossroad where I have a passion for filmmaking but not sure if I want to allow dev to fund that passion or transition into filmmaking as a career. Ultimately, I want to do what I want to do in filmmaking rather than dealing with a client and doing what they want. But I also don't mind trying my hand at different forms of filmmaking. Anyway...great stuff guys.

Great Vid guys!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Great content, and moiré effect with Becki's top.

found this video floating through my twitter timeline and clicked it on a whim. LOVED IT! New sub from me and an instagram follower. Love the vibes and the "realness". Thanks for being so refreshingly unique and relaxing to watch. Much love. ♥

man, this video struck a chord in me! loved it!

man this is really helpful. Great video

Loved this🙌 and I totally agree, have always said that cooking will never be my career because I feel like it will lose its magic. Depends on the person of course

That shirt though! lol Trippy!

Love you guys )

My fave video so far... it happens to me with Illustration, I got asked for so many comissions and at the beginning was kinda cool, but then it became the most stressful thing ever!!!... so much, that I have been on a illustration procastination/burnt out break for over 2 months now :'(

I think this is really cool guys, i do photography as a hobby and i enjoy it an at this point i dont think i want to make it a career as such im happy learning new tricks and not having any pressure!

Turning my passion to my career has been challenging this past couple of years... I got so burnt out... but you guys are absolutely correct about switching things up and creating projects for one self or evening becoming a second shooter for both video/photography and/or doing projects completely out of the norms has really sparked my passion once again!

I was sooooo waiting for him to say UNO, DOS when he put down the two. hahahaha

Hahaha - he's such a good winner too - UNO master! ;) Hmmmm, you know, I am shooting way less since I've started shooting more for the blog - shitty! I gotta make more me time!!!

Aaah your shirt Becki! My poor eyes! So much flickering on a plasma TV!!

This video was just what I needed to watch & I like seeing 2 opposites attack

Nice video guys. Becki, the lines on your shirt are doing crazy things in this video. lol

So true

thx for this helped me a lot

Lovely 😍😍

i just found you guys from the Chris Hau suprise party series lol.. you guys are awesome

A successful one battery vlog!! 👍🏻

so so true.

Love💙💙

Get stuff! 100% agree. I wanted to only make films as a little kid and now that it is a job... I love it, but definitely have days I don’t wanna touch a camera haha. Really enjoyed this!

that striped shirt is really trippy hahaha

A hobby carries no stress because you can pick it up and put it down whenever you want. The minute you do it as a "job" you need to constantly please your employer (even if your employer is your customer) so you HAVE TO keep going. to much of anything makes it boring and a drag. Chris! Don't keep reminding of failure! you'll ruin the date!

I want that jacket Becki. I need it.

Whether or not it was a hobby or just something you were passionate about I do think whatever your profession or career is you should be passionate about it.

I have to agree! I loved shooting sports then I started shooting high-level jr tennis for yourgameface dot com. Since then I only pick up my camera when I shoot for them.

Becki's shirt is fricking trippy. Love your channel btw, but still that shirt tho.

I know this comment is two years late...but I love everything they had to say on this video. The vast majority of people subscribe to the “do what you love” thesis. But it’s like people are afraid to publicly acknowledge that doing what you love for $ can possibly actually ruin that thing. Deciding to do ANYTHING for $ will change how you see and interact with that thing....

I wish I could have watched this before! I do love design and drawing but even college kind of ruined it for me and then doing jobs for someone else made me cringe! So I am acutally in med school now but still missing doing my hobbies all the time! It's really difficult finding a balance between the two

don't know why it felt like Becki's dress was like shining aslo great video practically you guys explained it rather than how just everybody says oh follow ur passion

You’re Going Half Million

What would you do if not for internet or digital video?

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UNO is my favourite

1:32 Are those new rules of UNO? I knew that you can only put same numbers not colours too.. ahahahah

Epic. I have a question: How to get gear when you're in school or you don't have a job?

Ok, I need that frame in my office! at 8:47. Where did you get it?

UNO IS MY FAVORITE GAMEEEEEEEE

i found Chris really charming.

You guys play Uno so different than we do here in Brazil lol

Are you guys in London, Ontario?

What video did you talk to Dave? What’s the title?

Becki, you got a passion for moiré ? ;-)

Hey guys What happened with the mice ???????

That moire tho. 🙄

Never wear that shirt again. Also, protect your loves. Money ruins everything.