Does this make you uncomfortable?
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
- In this short video I talk about mental health, photography, creativity and whether we’re comfortable with accessing the deeper places inside. I believe it’s really important to learn to use the happy and sad areas of our lives to help us to create great art. Photography is essentially art, and to be creative we have to find a way to express ourselves. #mentalhealth #photography #creativity
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Not sure what UA-cam has done to the colours on this one - used the iPhone so maybe the codec went weird…anyway - hopefully the message is still there. Thank guys 😊
This is your channel and your community. Do what you feel is right and you will have the right people in your community.
Thank you ☺️
Thank you for sharing. When my 42 year old wife died in 2016 the best therapy I went through was talking to a group of strangers who went through a similar event, not my best friends. At that time I turned my camera on myself for some “basic” self portraits. In those photos you can see the pain I was in at that time. I could not re-create those photos if I wanted to. They are just so raw.
Wow, that’s incredible and so very sad. Thank you so much for sharing this - really appreciate you taking the time. ☺️
One of the reasons behind the mental health crisis is that it was kept inside for too long. Of course, it is uncomfortable, but that is a key part of the process of growth. Good on you, Chris, for talking about it.
Mental health needs to be in the public forum. Your discussion was personal, vulnerable and important. Don’t let them rent space in your brain. They merely showed their lack of awareness and understanding another human may experience. Regards…..Wayne
Thank you - very wise!
Chris as someone who has suffered there share of mental health issues. I find it invaluable to hear other creatives talk about it. Everyone has mental health and it should not be a hushed up subject.
Thanks! ☺️
I lost my wife a few years ago, and for a long time I found myself in a kind of desperation mode, nothing made sense to me.
Grieving for someone can last a lifetime, but I learnt how to manage it, it's still there but through my photography, bringing back happy memories with my wife I have somehow managed to cope, and to me that's what it us all about, doing something finding something that allows me to get through those times one goes through. Some people understand, some don't, but it's not about them, it's about ourselves. I for one take heart regarding your videos and wherever I take my photography I take my late wife with me, she gives me the inspiration to carry on because she used to enjoy it as much as I did.
Cary on Chris, loving what you post, thanks
Wow Ian, I love the thought of your wife being with you still as you do photography. That’s a powerful thought and so precious. Glad you’ve kept it up! Thank you ☺️
I did not find it uncomfortable at all. Keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
I appreciate the photographers who I follow who share their depths like this, I feel they have the strongest photo channels out of the ones I watch. It feels better to connect with someone who is sharing their lives, rather than just watching the people who are basically being a salesperson for the newest product. It is too bad some people have to be nasty with comments instead of just deciding it is not for them and "changing the channel."
The earlier video did NOT make me uncomfortable, in fact it made me appreciate you all the more. I have had similar mental health issues and have used photography in a similar way to center myself. It made me feel good to know that someone else had been through the same things and found healing in a similar way, Carry on, Chris. Keep doing just what you are doing. You have friends out here who look forward to hearing what you have to say.
Will do - thanks for the comment!
They are uncomfortable because something connects on a level they are afraid to look at. It takes courage to open up to what is going on Inside. Thank you for your insight and honesty!
UA-cam is full of trolls. They are losers in their own lives and will never master anything. So they find joy in attacking channels. What to me that is interesting is when they attack a video on mental health is the subject is probably too close to home. They need mental health help. Like any addiction they are spiraling further in life while attacking others but their mind thinks they are getting a high. We must pray that they get help before they hurt themselves more. Just my opinion. I always pity those in their addiction.
Well done Chris for talking about how you felt, talking about mental health is so important.
Thanks so much!
Well said Chris. Having suffered from acute depression myself, and subsequently turning that into becoming a therapist, I find your comments resonate and the trolls do not speak about you, but is a reflection of themselves. I hope that they one day come to recognise that criticising others is a symptom of their own issues and move past the behaviour. Thank you for taking the time to create your videos and content yourself with the overwhelming support you have from your followers.
Thanks Kevin - have been overwhelmed by the amazing support from this community ☺️
I think its great that you share these sort of things. The more people share the less the issues around mental health. We all need to find ways to cope, photography has certainly helped me and by sharing even if it helps one person that has to be a good thing.
Thank you for your insight, not just in photography, including mental health. Who we are inside of ourselves affects our work. I like the outlet you provide. For I search for like kind people to help my complete wellbeing.
Very honest Chris. As a former mental health professional and someone who’s experienced my own issues, I think it’s up to you if you wish to disclose your experiences. I think it’s healthier to explain what drives your creative choices. It can be uncomfortable for some but that’s for them and how they cope with expressions of emotions/thought processes.
Thanks John - always appreciate your thoughts on these matters ☺️
Chris this is one of the reasons why I watch your videos! I've always felt some kind of empathy with your approach and insight... mental health and the issues that almost everyone goes through in their life should never be a dealbreaker... for sure UA-cam is 'entertainment' but it is also informative and grassroots and real (despite the onslaught of AI generated content that we have to wade through) good on you and thank you for sharing
Thanks so much - so kind!
Human connection is a scary and beautiful event. We become vulnerable when we expose ourselves to the unknown. This can be found in our art and emotions. Thank you for all you have shared on this channel. Peace
Thanks Steve - appreciate that!
Please keep it up. I related to everything you said. Your channel is great and I really enjoy the content you make. Please continue to touch on mental health it’s very important and resonated with me.
thanks for the encouragement - I will 😊
I love the way you share life, and this is one of the most attractive things about your channel for me. Again, for me, people feeling uncomfortable or complaining about a mention of mental health issues are only revealing their own insecurities - which is itself a mental health issue. Too ironic... But keep open, Chris. People, and especially men, have suffered too much through sweeping things under the carpet because, for some twisted and sick reason, some people think it is "manly" to be a rock, without your own life or emotions. We only need to be a "rock" in that our loved ones know they can trust us and depend on us - and those things brings emotions like it or not.
Thank you - appreciate this! 😃
Forget the haters, you do what you want to do. I've watched basically every single one of your videos so far and anyone who has anything negative hurtful to say doesn't deserve to open their mouth to begin with. This is your channel and I love the things you do, It doesn't matter if you're writing a review, It doesn't matter if you're talking about your feelings, It doesn't matter if you're taking pictures of the waves on a coast with a definitely wrong lens for the job. You make your videos fun and that's enough for me to keep coming back for more. You keep being you and you're going to keep me as a subscriber
Thank you - that’s such a kind thing to say. Appreciate it! 😀
keep it up Chris. ! agree with you totally about expressing yourself / feelings through photography.
Please keep sharing. You inspire me with your openness. You say some of the same things that i feel as well. Keep sharing.
Thank you, I will
The gall of people telling you what you can and can't do on your own channel lol. Thank you for being open and honest about your mental health, and normalizing talking about it, the world needs more of that not less.
Thank you ☺️
Nice one Chris its why I got into photography a release from my everyday life I'm open about my mental health also and it helps knowing other people have similar issues and how they cope with them keeping it all inside on your own is just to much for me as a person we all have our own ways to cope with things.......
thanks for your videos - I think its very healthy that you share these thoughts. we all have our nuances and difficulties thats what makes whole people.
Thank's for sharing. You can talk about anything you want. If people don't want to hear what you have to say they can switch. Keep on sharing your wisdom.
Chris, as you probably know, there are many other creative people who have personal struggles, and some of them are photographers on UA-cam. We all struggle at times. We all have needs, wants and boundaries, etc.; but it would, in my opinion, be a terribly dull world if we were all the same. We do share many things as humans, but our differences are normal too, but, can lead to a level of discomfort for some people. This, I think, is also quite normal. I often have to remind myself to: beware of those who speak ill of others. To keep this brief, I'll be me and you be you, and, sometimes we'll share and sometimes we won't. It's normal. Cheers to you Chris. I enjoy your channel. Sometimes I'm comfortable and sometimes I'm not. It's all normal.
Great comment - well said too! Thanks 👏
Firstly, your channel is fantastic. It's the one I watch the most because I love watching and learning how you take amazing photos in amazing places.
Secondly, I'm saddened to hear you have had such negative comments. I hope there is a way for you to block them because you don't deserve the comments when you speak the truth and what you say may help others who are going through a tough time. Don't stop what you're doing!
Wow, thank you! ☺️
Chris, there are folk out there who'd turn the most beautiful, positive moments into a negative attack. I feel sorry for those sort. They obviously have little happiness in their lives. They have to try and drag others down with them. Carry on doing exactly what you're doing....it's what 99% of us tune in for. And lets hope those others find happiness and peace within themselves at some point.
Thank you ☺️
Some people must just be uncomfortable talking about feelings and mental health. I think it's important that we do talk about it, so keep doing what you feel is right Chris. ❤
Thank you - so kind ☺️
It's your house mate. You do your thing. ❤
Talk when you need, as often as you need. It also makes your channel your story. Keep safe.
I think it’s good for you to let us see behind the curtain Chris. Art is ultimately a reflection of many personal components including outlook on life, life experiences and mood. State of mind - good, bad or whatever - gets channeled into your art and is a valid subject to discuss as part of your craft. More personal stuff please.
Ah ok - cool. Thanks!
Your channel, your rules. As an Autistic person with BPD I have every empathy with anyone who has issues. I love the peace photography brings to my mind and if that’s what works for you then you should be sharing that. If anyone doesn’t like it then they’re free to look elsewhere for content. Keep sharing and keep mind fit.
I think what you are talking about is a community. Photography based sure, but where life happens. So many of the youtubers have talked about this and it really brings home what life is about for most, if not all of us. UA-cam might be an escape, but it does bring us together too.
People SHOULD be moved by the state of another's health. Well done, sir 👏
Thanks! ☺️
Thanks again for being true to yourself … hold fast and carry on. Hopefully, some of those folks that posted negative comments will read all the positive feedback you’ve received and learn something that will help with their own underlying issues. 📷🙂
Well said!
Keep doing what you are doing. Photography is a journey much like that of your recovery. They compliment each other. If a person is uncomfortable then why stick around? Discomfort can be a good thing. It can provoke good behavior. Yes, the colors look a bit insipid. Thanks. By the way, I’m right there with you. You have lots of company in your struggles. Above all, speak the truth.
Thank you! Will do!
Keep up the great work- it’s your channel - say what you like - Some people are just sad and want to share it around…
Thank you, I will
I think it’s actually heroic, and a sign you’re healing. For the people who don’t know how to respond in a proper way: do you really need this negativity to bolster your own low self-esteem? Photographing is always a reflection on what you see around you, or the way you want to see it. Take care, and please share your insights to us in the future as well.
Thank you - I will. 😃
I always find it hard to open up about difficult things in my life. Once you take the plunge and speak about the things you struggle with is always the hardest thing for anyone to do. Never let others take that away from you. This is your channel and I always appreciate your enthusiasm. IIt is easy to see that photography is your personal therapy. Keep doing what you do.
Thanks so much - very kind!
There are many sides to every discussion and when you have that discussion in public you're most likely going to hear them wether you want fo or not. Ignore them, listen fo them, let them effect , nfluence or inform you, there is no right answer just the right answer for you. I enjoy your mix of content which I feel I don't get from other photography channels . Thank you for putting yourself out there.
Thank so much John. Never easy to please everyone, but it feels like the mix I try and offer is generally well received. Thanks!
Chris, you do a great job with your videos! There will always be people who complain; don't let negative comments affect you. Many of us enjoy what you have to say and find your approach to photography (and life) helpful and encouraging.
I appreciate that - thank you!
Very powerful videos Chris. 💪
I liked it when you changed your channel. Great storytelling. Going into nature is a good thing to do for everybody anytime and especially to empty one’s head from discomfort and stress.
Greatings from s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
I appreciate that!
Maybe it is good that some are uncomfortable I suspect you helped more than those who left a negative comment. It is always good to see the personal side of UA-camrs. Makes it real.
Thanks Jon! 👏
I agree fully. I’m glad you’re reintegrating some Fujifilm stuff into here without having it really overrun you.
Oh fab, glad you’re happy with that. Cheers! 😃
Hi Chris, as @randombitsofreality said it's your channel and your community and you have always done what you think best for your channel, I have a very small walking and photography channel and already feel like sometimes you get more or less shoe-horned into a particular subject matter, and dare you do something outside of that it either leads to a massive drop in views or negative comments, I mean just look at the time when you sold your Fuji gear for example. Sharing your own personal thoughts / issues on mental health, is that not a good thing, you probably feel a release from talking about it plus at the same time your raising awareness and helping others who maybe have kept stuff bottled up and seeing your video gives them the confidence to talk to someone about it. I think photography is a great help, even myself personally at the moment am going through an illness in my immediate family, and just being out on a walk with or without the camera is a great release for me, I might not class myself as having a mental health issue, but what I get out of it is the same, I can be alone with my thoughts, or I can choose to escape those thoughts for a while, whilst still having a loved one at home to talk to if needed. Reading the comments on this video you have plenty of support from your community, which you have built through your hard work, keep doing what you do best (sorry for the long comment!!)
Thank you so much for the kind and thoughtful comment. Really appreciate it! ☺️
Two thoughts from my own experience: firstly, early on in my profession when I was facing the equivalent of trolls, somebody told me that sometimes there are 'blessèd subtractions'. If these people don't like what you do and then leave, have a sense of relief, not a sense of failure. Secondly, it's by no means necessarily vitriolic or unforgiving to block them: Someone once said something about not casting our pearls before swine.
Yeah, makes sense. I often do remove people’s accounts from my channel, who say really nasty things. Would prefer a smaller, happier community to a larger place where it attracts so much hate
Hi Chris,
You said you think of your viewers as friends. It works both ways. I don't subscribe to many channels but I really do think of the presenters I watch regularly, including yourself, as my friends. I've got to know them and enjoy their company.
Thanks Simon, appreciate that! ☺️
Obviously I don't know you personally Chris; I wouldn't presume to tell anyone that we're friends, but I feel like I know you a bit through watching your videos, and I feel like if I met you while I was out somewhere we'd have enough in common to have a nice chat - and you're one of the photographers I follow who I feel like I'd really enjoy spending time with on a shoot. I'm a bit stunned tbh that anyone feels it's their right to tell you what you should and shouldn't talk about on your channel!
I'm so glad you've been open about MH, it's something that everyone should be honest about, and the more people talk about it the further out of the shadows it comes.
It's just the same old "If you don't like what I'm putting on my channel, you don't have to watch it. Have a nice day." aka "Excuse me to not meeting your (arbitrary) expectations." 😃
Great video Chris. Sorry to hear about the negative comments 😢
Thanks 👍
Keep on keeping on mate‼️✌️🇦🇺
Cheers - I will 👏
keep sharing. it's humanizing. the world could use more empathy and understanding.
Thank you to share your feelings about you! You are welcome to Lisbon!
Thank you! 😃
Hi! Keep up the Good work. Everybody is entitle to his own opinion. , to expres your feelings of emotions and thinking. You can not please everbody. God bless.
You're doing good Chris. If the complainers don't like it there are many other channels they can switch to that 'just' push out info. It's your community, but we're here to help each other and it'll help improve our wellbeing as well as photography if we FEEL part of it..
I help run a small non profit who's 'strap line' is. "... tackles the issues around men's mental health, particularly older men, simply by creating opportunities to socialise, with all ages and genders, within their community. "
Chris, make this channel about anything that YOU want it to be about. If it helps some other people along the way, then that is a bonus.......
Thanks Paul 👌
Chris there are always haters. You are doing a sterling job.
Keep sharing with your friends here on the channel. 🙏
Thank you, I will 😀
feel free to express yourself, in here and elsewhere
I think if we're creative we already have accessed something deep inside of us. Many times people have stopped to ask themselves why? It's a fascinating question and a fascinating process to go through. To the person who thinks it's a useless pursuit because it doesn't make money that's fine. Money is their highest good. Money is ` a good' because we all need it, and I dutifully go to work everyday and put in my best effort to honour the `work.'
Wealth, power, pleasure and honor in life. Is there anything else? Well, maybe there is. And maybe it doesn't die with us when our flesh gives up.
Chris you are a great role model one of the problems in society is that men don’t feel comfortable discussing their feelings and this is one of the reasons male suicide rates are so high - don’t let the haters stop you 👍😊
Thank you - that’s so true 👍
Please don’t stop sharing your feelings and thoughts. We all need to do this more for our wellbeing. I, personally, have not only had professional photography as a job when the stress of my expected career path was too much and I quit it, but also how the art supports me through my whole life, personally too. Maybe instead of being hostile, rude, negative or unsupportive, those people who said otherwise need to take a step back, stop and take a good look at themselves.
Thanks Mark - really appreciate your honesty on this. So brave of you to step back when you felt it was necessary 👏
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Pay no attention to the folks who were/are critical of you sharing your feelings and problems. For the most part they are revealing their own issues which they are probably not comfortable with. Keep on doing what you're doing.
Thanks Gordon - very kind!
I don't have a channel, and I don't do much to share or exhibit my photos. I'm also not a professional. My photography is mostly just for the sake of trying to improve skills, and to give myself motivation to get outside or go to cool places. Despite all this, however, I still definitely sometimes feel that if I were a "real" photographer, I'd be swimming in external validation. Not sure I have a point - just venting, I guess.
Maybe our mental health would be better if we paid less attention to what other people think and say. You don't need to explain yourself. Keep up the great work. Those who appreciate what you do will keep watching.
Thank you - appreciate it!
I took this message on board Chris but also I feel you've got to chill out baby I mean let it slide slide slide like a demons
eye
I think it’s also about role modelling for people too , therefore people don’t feel isolated or alone in the world people connect through different media and things that bring enjoyment and fulfilment so thank you for expressing . People will also find vulnerability difficult weather in a creative or personal way and harnessing it for the greater good ? Xxx
Thank so much - you’re completely right!
You’re not their friend, no, but it is your channel and you can post what you like. If they don’t like it then don’t watch, easy.
What gives them the right to speak to you like that, they came to Your Channel, yet think they can tell You what you can and can’t post, simple small minded idiots that you don’t need and would do better without them.
Personally, having multiple health issues myself I think it’s very brave of you putting it all out there, good for you Chris
Thanks - I’ve been very blessed by so many kind comments here ☺️
Interesting. Those who criticised you expressing personal feelings, expressed theirs to you! Kettle calling pot?! Good for you Sir.
Chris, the world is full of arseholes who take pleasure in finding the negative in any situation. They are like emotional vampires. I've noticed their numbers have grown since lockdown. Ignore them. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your channel, whatever the subject. 😊👍
don't take me wrong , but I think it´s our age... we start to think deeper
😂 being 50 has clearly done something to me 😃
Go on your way, it’s alright. Don’t worry!
Thanks!
I enjoy many of your videos. Unfortunately it’s the internet and you can’t control who watches, what they are seeking and if they are disappointed because what they watched didn’t meet their expectations. Then there are trolls who can’t help themselves. A wise commentator once said the comments people leave on videos are pretty much always about themselves, even if at first glance they look to be commenting about something else.
Say whatever you feel you need to, whenever you want. Don't listen to or acknowledge negative people. I'm a subscriber, if you are coming across with content about cameras or lenses I don't agree with, so be it, If I like the content, great. Keep them coming. Warts and all.
Well said! Thanks 👏
Chris. UA-cam is audience driven media. Fact is it's your channel, and the viewers are your audience. You develop the content that is meaningful to you. Your regular viewers are positive and watch your content. You don't need likes and so on for validation as an artist, or an individual. Do what you enjoy. If someone doesn't like it they can go watch "Kittens playing piano" videos. Haters gonna hate when they can't be you, or they can't have you. Keep up the good work mate. Just remember, your haters make you famous!
Ignore those idiots, if they don’t like it don’t watch it 👍
Thanks!
I have no problem with you being open, and think you are brave and maybe even helpful to others, by talking about mental health issues! I don’t understand why some have problems with it. If they don’t like a particular video, just skip it.
Yeah, true! Thanks so much 👏
Your channel, your rules. Thing is, someone somewhere will watch one of these videos, and maybe realise they need help. Your commentary and openness made them realise they perhaps need to address certain issues in their life and they decide to act upon it through your words. What’s that saying? Somebody somewhere remembers you for your act of kindness.
Unfortunately, mental health along with some disabi!ities are still a taboo subject and those who suffer from them ate frowned upon and not taken seriously. I work in manufacturing, and I see with my own eyes how work colleagues make unkind comments and gestures towards those who do suffer from these unfortunate deseases. This is feep rooted in our people, because they associate an illness with weakness. Very sad, very primitive.
That’s true - it’s a real shame to see. Thanks! ☺️
Stick to it.....not uncomfortable.
thank you!
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Very cool 😎 thanks!