Hello. My name is Michael Cassman and I live and work in Chicago Illinois. I have been self-employed since 1993 as a Network Engineer in Information Technology. I accidentally took up photography in 2009 and now have an interest in abstract digital art. Rather than letting the computer generate random patterns, all of my abstracts are hand crafted using my own photographs as a starting point. The magic in my art includes captured-moments-of-silence, whispers of music, and a spark of imagination. Chicago's Lake Michigan provides the best...more