Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

Indeed. They're top guys I respect, that's why I mentioned them. You're right, there are not that many good gigs for shooters anymore, but I don't even really see any of what I do as a "gig". I have business relationships- sometimes long and ongoing ones- with various clients and customers as far as I am concerned. Most of the producers who aren't doing well or quit already weren't talented, creative or technical enough to shoot top notch content anyway. And in the few cases that were they weren't doing much to help themselves land gigs or cultivate work even if they had the skills, so they're effectively out of the running for multiple reasons.



Nowadays? Who knows. I used to go out there in the mid-1990's up to the year 2000 to shoot relatively big budget storyline feature movies in between recruiting new girls in strip clubs all over the East Coast of the U.S., Canada and South America to film pro-am and gonzo porn. But that was another era in the business and who knows how my career would have evolved over the years if I had. Other than the weather, California never really appealed to me anyway.




That's really awesome. I always like to hear of independent webmasters or small networks doing well.