THANKS guys for your sweet words! Cindy, yes...those images are all in his gallery. No, those aren't our apartments and not my shoes. :( kemal bought me some high heels several years ago that are similar though. In the bedroom scene, the picture on the wall is actually a photo that kemal took. the cat on the dresser...that's on his desk now. Wednesday is his "texture day." When we go out taking pictures, his emphasis that day is on obtaining photos he can use for textures in his 3D art. Joe, you're absolutely right! those REAL WORLD textures make a huge difference in achieving REALISM in 3D artwork! And what you said about knowledge of DOF, lighting...so true! Kemal studies all that...for both photography and 3D! Yes, those virtual cameras you're talking about that are in 3D apps...sooooo important! kemal will get 6 more free Silo updates for free...until version 2.0...but that's the same for anyone who bought version 1.4. would be nice if they give him 2.0 for free, but kemal says if not, he will buy it! Michelle & Sylvaine...thank you for nice words!! Randy...you're teaching a class!! Wow!!! How wonderful for you!!!! yep...a tremendous amount of work goes into those! you gotta have a lot of patience, that's for sure! hard to find time to do everything, huh! thanks again everybody!!!! :)