arch3614elk, I can't agree with your characterization of the amateur recordings. Most of the stuff that passes as TV shows and reality hunting shows nowadays on cable channels is over-hyped, over-staged, re-enacted, over-edited junk, made almost exclusively for the purpose of selling products. Comparing those to some of the "amateur" videos and photography that I see posted here, I prefer the amateur stuff in most cases. There are too many to name here, but just a couple examples are any videos done by C3 (Pete Carney) and any pics done by buglinbilly (Bill Allard).
A big shortcoming with the "celebrity" videos is they don't seem to understand they're doing a video. When half the footage is tediously-long, talking face sequences, they've completely missed the point, which is to tell a story in video. If I want words, I'll read a book!
Sure there's some low-grade stuff done by the amateurs. But at least they're not relentlessly shoving product endorsements in our faces ;-)