"I asked Twitter what am I known for. The response was something I expected. I really appreciated peoples replies but they confirmed a worry."

Actually, Pete, that's not quite right.

The question you asked on Twitter was: "Question time. Regarding my photography, what would you say I'm most known for?"

I'm not being picky or pedantic. Had you asked the question in a different way, you would have had very different answers. If you'd simply asked: "What am I?" (as per the title of this blog post) then I'll wager there would have been a slew of people going "WTF - you're a photographer, aren't you?"

By asking the question you did, you almost funnelled the answers into "HDR" and "Liverpool". And that's hardly surprising. You ARE known for HDR. There's a guide on Vanilla Days about HDR - it ranks super high on google in a search on the term "HDR". You put yourself up there as an HDR exponent. You did that. No-one else. And that's not criticism; that's praise.

The same goes for the Liverpool bit too in some ways. You can't help that - you photograph Liverpool. I've read enough of your posts elsewhere to know why you do it (as opposed to, say North Wales or Birkenhead).

Please, please be grateful for the responses you had. They confirm what you have set out to do and what you have achieved.

I also know you have your highs and lows - again, you make no secret of it. As I was thinking about the response to your post I couldn't get rid of the scary parallels between some of the things you say and the thoughts of out of my head.

Introspection is a dangerous thing, my friend. Be careful how you deal with it.

Oh, and the answer to the question is: I'm a photographer.