Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Nobody that is a terrible photographer would be viewed as a > source of good advice on photography. That's generally true, I think, if you ask a bunch of random people or even random photographers. But in literature, and I think in art including photography as well, being a *good* critic, while rare, is pretty much independent of being a good *artist*. They're not the same skill-set at all; a few people have both, but not very many. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>