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Your interaction with others continue... Going down... Down... The drain.

You see when you try to create an issue, you better show you are right because if folks like me may not have your memory for 'imaginary wrongs' they have the resource of looking back to learn what justifies or not the outburst.

In this case, in my opinion you just show your dire need for help.

Oh, one more thing... Did you read any insult in my answer you are referring to???

To other readers... Sorry but sometime some folks need to be reminded of their own actions.

Your answer is way out of line. Quite frankly it is so emotional I question why...

I use personal observations, not generalities. Yes, some folks consult their albums from time to time, few if you are honest. Yes, some folks years later will come back for more.

One does not prevent the other. Memories do not last long. While pictures last longer there is no one to look at them.

If memories were so important while preserved as images, why are historic events completely ignored or simply denied?

We are not learning from anything, so why are you so sure that you can castigate anyone for something that is true? Because you think it is a personal attack against you as a pro?

Just take another example such as vacation pictures. What is the point of that? Folks live their vacation behind the camera and snap hundred of images and bore living **** out of everyone showing them while saying how good it was to be there when they return... Just to have the same pictures completely ignored for the rest of their lives?

What is disgusting about stating the truth? The idea that we live short lives, have short selective memories and forget almost everything? The idea that photographs do not mean jack in the scope of things? Or is it the idea that being cold and analytic about this is reprehensible for you?

The idea that I question the ethics of being a wedding photographer? I do not. I was one. If you read carefully, I question those who posted in another thread that 'ethics' are paramount in their business practice (fair pricing for all). These folks are simply deluded about their craft. In the same thread I described photographers as mercenaries, hired hands because this is what we are, were.

You hate seeing yourself as being ephemeral as a pro like everyone else?

Sorry, as mentioned once those who care about you die, so will the memories of you, good or bad. Just another pile of dust. The same goes for me, don't worry, I am not claiming otherwise. I am just honest about it.

And, oh, I have been married twice. My first wife was killed by a drunk driver. My second wife is alive, doing well and we plan to stay married since 1983. So... Wedding/Marriage hater? Riiiiiiight.