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I've had a disability for thirty-one years.

I was involved in a car accident in 1987. I'm Bob Ness, I'm a video Producer

and Editor, and I've always wanted to be part of the production,

and I would have to hire DP's to shoot

whatever I wanted for my videos and

when I saw that Canon came out with an app, that I could actually pull focus with, on

the 5D Mark Four, I was really excited because I can finally be a part of the production

because instead of having to explain shots that I wanted to people,

I could actually go out and get them myself, which

was really important to me , because I would always have to ask people to shoot

now I could just go out and shoot whatever footage I wanted, bring it back and

edit myself, so ...it was really kind of a game changer for me.

I was a communications major and I always wanted to

be involved in television and, and video

and radio, so I was

determined to get back involved with it , and you know it took a while for technology

to go from tapes to digital , but it

finally did, and I was able to ..I started working as a producer and editor

and then, kept on working in the business until

I was editing the digital stuff

then non-linear editing came out, and I always wanted to shoot and I couldn't

because the cameras were too bulky and too big and now

things have gotten so small and easy to handle that I'm finally get out

in the field and shoot my own videos, so it's been a long trajectory but

I think it's worked out so far. I have a company that's called: Sliding Board Productions

I called it Sliding Board Productions because a sliding board is a piece of wood

you put under you to transfer from your chair to another chair or

to uhh.. a couch or bed or whatever, but I think that a story takes you from

one places to another, as the board takes you from one place to another. I work with marketing

departments, marketing videos , telling stories about

services, new products , I also work with a lot of non-profits

and tell their stories, help raise funds

It's a fun business I really enjoy it and uhh.. I hope to keep doing it.

I'm located in Chicago Illinois, and I've been in

business for, I worked in video for about twenty years and i've had my own company for

about five , you know we could always be a little more busy.

maybe... (laughs) but it's fun, that's the main thing I

really enjoy it everyday, so ..