I used to make my living as a cinematographer and then a stroke put an end to that career. However still-photography is something I can yet do and I'm having the time of my life with it. The nice thing about working as a 'fine art' photographer is that there are no producers, agencies, directors, clients, or other committee members dictating how and what I should shoot or do. The only people I have to please are you and me. Very recently I learned to my chagrin that there were still one or two people who did have influence over what I could/should do or not...more