Digital cameras have made a lot of people click-happy. No wasted film. No expensive developing. Just point and shoot. A lot.

If this sounds like your dad, here are a couple of Father's Day gift ideas that'll make it easier for him to take and display those never-ending streams of photos.

If dad's an aspiring Ansel Adams and needs a tripod to keep his camera still (or is just getting old and shaky), he'll appreciate the Gorilla Pod. Not content to just stand around on the ground, this tripod is made of 30 or so rubber-coated ball and socket joints that can bend and twist into just about any shape, gripping on to whatever dad needs to get his shot. Need to wrap it around a tree branch to get that large group shot at the family barbecue? No problem. (Just don't let dad climb the tree. He takes longer to heal these days.)

The Gorilla Pod comes in three sizes: the original that holds most digital cameras, a larger version for SLRs up to 1.75 lbs, and a heavy duty model that holds professional tripod heads and cameras with zoom lenses up to 6.6 lbs.

After dad has taken several GIG worth of photos, he's gonna want to show them off. Frames may be ok for baby showers and wedding gifts, but not for dad. He needs to go one step further. Like publishing a coffee table book of his pictures. "Publishing" might be a little strong. I doubt any publisher would put out a book of dad's shots of Things I Found in the Backyard. But dad can create his own bound, hardcover book with the Unibind PhotoBook Creator.

All dad has to do is print out 8 1/2 x 11 copies of his photos, stack them in the cover and place the cover on the binding compartment. The PhotoBook Creator turns on automatically, heating the glue in the cover and binding the pages in about 90 seconds. It'll be on his coffee table embarrassing you within minutes.

Gorilla Pod starts at $21.95
www.joby.com

Unibind PhotoBook Creator $99.99
www.myphotobookcreator.com