Focus on the Positive...but Develop from the Negatives

Seven years ago on this date was my first day working as a digital Photoshop artist at the actual photo shop. What can I say about seven years? What can I not say? ☺ When I started what I thought was to be a temp position for the summer restoring photos and scanning prints/ negatives, I never imagined I would still be there seven years later, doing ALL I do now. My second job that was to be the "fun, get some photography experience, one-day-a-week commuter" position today encompasses all of my multimedia degree. Yes, we do a lot of different stuff, but that is so me with my many interests. I didn't have to decide on concentrating on my artistic or technical side, both are incorporated here, so it rarely gets boring. There have been a lot of changes in seven years. Things have really changed this past year as I have become the head artist, solely responsible for completing and printing all the photo restorations/retouchings, graphic artwork, and digital imaging or...