I have been told more times than I can count that I have very talented at photography. I was told I was a very gifted artist when I was still regularly practicing the fine arts of drawing and painting, and I have been told I have a very creative mind a time or two as well. But the truth is I am not a gifted artist, I am not talented at photography, and I do not have a very creative mind, I worked very, very hard to have people tell me those things.