I'm in the same boat. I like photography but I don't really enjoy the art that looks real either. It's not my thing, and that's why we don't see that on this blog. Even when I'm just working on characters, because I enjoy creating these monsters, I make damn sure it only slightly resembles a human.
I had a couple of comments come my saying the art is nice. It's either the reputation number that actually looks nice, or the wallet. Not the art. That was part of the experiment.