who is greg peterson? I'm old, fat, smart, funny, broadly knowledgeable and highly opinionated. I'm an accomplished photographer, programmer and database designer.  I'm a competent (safe) pilot, and I play piano with far more enthusiasm than skill.  Nobody has ever admired my wardrobe nor complemented my cooking, and my singing voice is so bad it entitles me to a handicapped parking permit. My professional career began in 1964, when I landed a job as a staff photographer for the Richmond Independent, a small newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I went to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1968, where I worked until I opened my studio in 1972.  At the Chronicle, I had the honor of working with Joe Rosenthal, who shot the famous picture of the flag raising on Iwo Jima; I shook hands with Elvis, photographed Janice Joplin, Woody Allen, Duke Ellington, George Lucas and the infamous Jim Jones.  One of my Chronicle colleagues, Peter Breinig, taught me to fly.  Thank you, Pete. I spent the next decade shooting for Bechtel Construction, Homestake Mining, Transamerica Corporation and many others.  (See Clients)  In the mid seventies I encountered personal computers.  I built one and soon became obsessed with programming.  I sold my studio in 1980 and began a new career in software. camera yes!  mouse no! I truly enjoy the intellectual challenges of programming and database design.  The whole idea of creating things out of pure logic still delights me.  And building web sites, like this one, is great fun.  But, because photography and digital technology have converged in a manner ideally suited to my skills, I've decided that it's time to venture back into the world of images. So Greg Peterson is again a photographer.  Think of it as recycling.