[formerphotoj]

Yes! And if you're trying to please the masses, you risk losing that inspiration if your own vision is not as "mainstream." This may seem minor, but I can tell you from teaching many students that there is a bit of youthful self-identity at work when picking up a camera, and that finding one's vision can be fraught by the desire to receive affirmation for the photos one worked so hard to capture (but that the viewer does not see/feel/appreciate).