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I've had a disability for thirty-one years.
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I was involved in a car accident in 1987. I'm Bob Ness, I'm a video Producer
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and Editor, and I've always wanted to be part of the production,
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and I would have to hire DP's to shoot
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whatever I wanted for my videos and
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when I saw that Canon came out with an app, that I could actually pull focus with, on
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the 5D Mark Four, I was really excited because I can finally be a part of the production
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because instead of having to explain shots that I wanted to people,
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I could actually go out and get them myself, which
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was really important to me , because I would always have to ask people to shoot
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now I could just go out and shoot whatever footage I wanted, bring it back and
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edit myself, so ...it was really kind of a game changer for me.
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I was a communications major and I always wanted to
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be involved in television and, and video
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and radio, so I was
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determined to get back involved with it , and you know it took a while for technology
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to go from tapes to digital , but it
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finally did, and I was able to ..I started working as a producer and editor
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and then, kept on working in the business until
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I was editing the digital stuff
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then non-linear editing came out, and I always wanted to shoot and I couldn't
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because the cameras were too bulky and too big and now
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things have gotten so small and easy to handle that I'm finally get out
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in the field and shoot my own videos, so it's been a long trajectory but
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I think it's worked out so far. I have a company that's called: Sliding Board Productions
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I called it Sliding Board Productions because a sliding board is a piece of wood
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you put under you to transfer from your chair to another chair or
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to uhh.. a couch or bed or whatever, but I think that a story takes you from
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one places to another, as the board takes you from one place to another. I work with marketing
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departments, marketing videos , telling stories about
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services, new products , I also work with a lot of non-profits
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and tell their stories, help raise funds
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It's a fun business I really enjoy it and uhh.. I hope to keep doing it.
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I'm located in Chicago Illinois, and I've been in
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business for, I worked in video for about twenty years and i've had my own company for
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about five , you know we could always be a little more busy.
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maybe... (laughs) but it's fun, that's the main thing I
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really enjoy it everyday, so ..