No, I've always loved photography. I got laid off from a machinist job and got to go back to school at the age of 36. Photography has been good to me, and I've enjoyed it a great deal, but I decided that I couldn't do it for a living and enjoy it. The best decision I ever made (jobwise) was leaving the newspaper for this job. Now I can take photos when I want, and of what I want, and slowly but surely the creative juices are starting to flow again.