| Mitch was a freelance photographer who had | | | | He opened a small gallery in town with his work |
| started working on his own after he graduated | | | | that he had developed and framed. He had some |
| from college in the 1980s. He had started his | | | | business in the summer, fall, and winter from all |
| photography career when he was in elementary | | | | the tourists visiting the area for the scenery. That |
| school and his parents bought him a Nikon SLR | | | | was the last summer that he stayed in Vermont |
| camera. He had taken photography for an art | | | | photographing landscapes. The following summer |
| class all through his high school career and it was | | | | he packed up his car with a tent and headed |
| obvious then that he had the eye for taking | | | | across the country taking pictures of the scenery |
| stunning photographs. He built his portfolio in high | | | | of all the fifty states, and then coming home in |
| school and was easily accepted to the school of | | | | the fall and developing the pictures. |
| his choice, The Rochester Institute of Technology, | | | | Twenty years later everything had changed in the |
| in Rochester, New York. | | | | photography world, and he had changed with it |
| He excelled in college and became the best in his | | | | and switched to digital photography. He had also |
| class by a long shot. He didn't receive any job | | | | done quite well for himself financially and he had |
| offers out of school though, and decided to go | | | | bought a small RV and had a website showcasing |
| out on his own and be a freelance photographer. | | | | his work. When he was on the road he didn't |
| He moved back into his house with his parents | | | | have broadband internet so he couldn't access his |
| who at that time were living in upstate Vermont. | | | | website and upload his new photographs. This all |
| He was fortunate and had a decent trust fund | | | | changed when he discovered broadband satellite |
| from his grandparents and he used this money to | | | | internet was available. |
| fund his photographing career. He bought a | | | | He bought a satellite dish and installed it on the |
| beautiful Nikon camera with a few lenses and | | | | vehicle and suddenly he had broadband access |
| started shooting pictures in the area around his | | | | wherever he was travelling. After a day of |
| house. | | | | shooting he would transfer his images to his |
| Vermont was without a doubt a beautiful place to | | | | computer and sometimes make some |
| start a career in Photography. All of the seasons | | | | adjustments using Photoshop. He would then |
| offered something new, especially in terms of | | | | upload his best photographs to his website and his |
| landscape photography, which was what he | | | | assistant back home would process the orders. |
| enjoyed the most. Spring was sometimes lacking, | | | | He no longer just travelled in the summer |
| but after the leaves had come out and the | | | | because with his broadband internet he was able |
| mountains were a lush green, there were beautiful | | | | to do all of his business from the road. In this |
| scenes everywhere. He stayed at home that | | | | way he was able to capture landscapes and |
| year and photographed the summer, fall, and | | | | scenery that he had never been able to capitalize |
| winter. | | | | on before. |