Scott, my condolences to you and your family with the recent passing of your dad.
In my 2004 post I probably should have credited my dad a bit more with planting some seeds. He was a hobbyist like your dad and a bit of a camera collector, so I'm not sure what would have happened if I'd been...
Great question Man-Fai. Yeah, you should have asked it sooner! :) It's actually funny how photography got under my skin. It basically amounted to my just deciding to take up photography when I was 15. I borrowed a bunch of books from the library and had my dad's old Mamiya 35mm to practice...