Thanks for introducing your father and his wonderful work. The portrait of your parents is classic and calls to mind a different era. I dont believe however, that a person who takes more than two shots is a cop-out at all. To make a statement like that would not be to understand that you or anyone else has no idea what is in that particular photographers mind at the moment they are hit with an inspiration. Perhaps they are looking for something, and plan on exhausting every opportunity to find it. There is also nothing wrong with shooting digital either. As far as wannabes are concerned, I believe saying "grow up", is a bit harsh, dont you? Because it is discouraging those who are seeking to learn, experiment and grow. Times change. People change, techniques change. Some dont also. Its a wide wide berth for anyone that is interested. This forum supports artists and photographers who come from any walk on the spectrum, from beginner amateur to the most highly skilled professional traditional photographer. I also choose to believe that "accidents" are some times no "accident" at all. Also, digital photographers do have proof their images belong to them. To say that those of us that shoot digital should expect to be stolen from is not a correct statement. On the gripe part, its a difference of opinion, and who's to say who's right and who's wrong? Your father sounds like a wonderful man and true craftsman, a person who learned his trade and proved it with great results time after time, in an era when a certain clean technical perfection was most important. He produced brilliant work I am sure. My husband was a professional photographer, and taught me many a lesson in photography, from traditional to digital, as we are both exploring that realm together, in the here and now. He has many brilliant ideas of his own, learned all the stock traditional ideas, and took celebrity photographs for quite a while. But he also encourages experimentation. I have fallen asleep many a night to him softly lecturing me on f/stops shutter speeds, films, dark room techiques, everything. I have seen a large body of his work, and have the eyes to know I am looking at something good, as well as several others in this forum. He is patient and kind, he taught me how to cure camera shake, he taught me about light, and magic. So with that said, I must add that to be so harsh in a post to others who are learning can be detrimental. Im no expert, no great photographer, but I am an experimenter. And I will continue to experiment till I exhaust my brain of all its infinite possibilities. My fabulous mistakes are mine, as well as any other perfectly planned shot. If I snap once or 2000 times, its in my mind and its eye and no one elses to know the exact reason why. With that said, I welcome you as forum moderator, and ask like I do of everyone here, to have respect for others instead of using what appears to be blind arrogance as a weapon against those who are already here. Thank you, Syyd