Comments on: No More iPhone Pictures

By: Harley Motorcycle Tires

Harley Motorcycle Tires — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:35:21 +0000

I am glad that now you will now have a camera. they say a good picture speaks a 1000 words. I have never reached the 20th word though from a picture. But i think what they meant is a good picture speaks a lot. You have a point Steve, sometimes the decision on whether i will read a post is determined by the picture. So, go for the camera.

By: Ale-

Ale- — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:44:22 +0000

Santa: if you’re listening please bring one here too 😉
I used to shoot years ago with a 5700 which got a tiltable display.Now that they added it to the G-series I just can’t stopthinking ’bout it!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:36:15 +0000

Ale: Great insights on photography and what you see me doing on Scooter in the Sticks. Gives me a lot to think about.

I've used the G11 a few times. Very nice camera. I want one. Now. Santa---you hearing this??

bobskoot: I agree with everything you say but.....

I have never been very good at having a backup camera for the important stuff. I always use whatever is easiest. Call me lazy.

So I travel with one camera. If I want good stuff I need to leave the crappy camera at home...

Maybe I can change??

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:31:43 +0000

motorcycle: thanks for the kind words!

Mark: Congratulations on the GTS. It's a great machine and I continue to find myself enthralled by it regardless of all the motorcycles I have been riding.

I appreciate your comments on the iPhone pictures. I will continue to use it but only when I think I can make something really interesting. Most of what I have been doing with it to date should be filed under "learning".

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:28:20 +0000

Bryce: Your comment about a camera becoming part of your daily routine certainly parallels by own experience. Not the fact that I earn a living in part from a camera, but because I use it in ways unrelated to that. The closest comparison I have is that of a sketching tool to help me think about things. Not snapshots, not art and not anything other than a tool to expand memory.

It's weird the more I think about it.

By: Pvino

Pvino — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:19:40 +0000

Steve,

Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas holiday.

Phil

By: bobskoot

bobskoot — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:59 +0000

Steve:

This may make sense to a photographer. Like yourself, I usually carry a few cameras and depending upon the purpose I select the best one for the job. Most usually the pix is just used to show a "snapshot" of what you are trying to convey with words. You document the scene, it is not art it is just a picture worth a thousand words. A good image does not necessarily have to be sharp.
Then you may happen across a good conceptual image more deserving of more Megapixels, then you bring out the big guns like a D5, or D700, G9 whatever. It's not like every image is a work of ART, most are just snapshots.
I had a friend who put on a show in a gallery. There was not one image that was sharp, on purpose. He photographed a bicycle race and had blurred spinning wheels, and color collages of bright neon clothing whirring by. He made use of vibrant color and each image conveyed action
I don't mind your iPhone pix and I am going to use my camera phone more, but I have a backup system. Every cell phone pix I have duplicated with another regular camera.

bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin

By: Ale-

Ale- — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:09:32 +0000

At last, it's all about your intent.
Not that the iPhone pictures might be a concern, though visibly worse than usual; it's that actually iPhoning posts on the road leads to tweets rather than real posts. By now, I'm used to read somewhat long confident posts which resemble more meditations on riding than chronicle.
I believe SITS ain't a news site, that's why I just prefer your classic way of posting.
This doesn't mean that I can't understand you; I used to shoot photographs for my posts with my G9 as well... until I left it somewhere on the wonderful Plitviçe Lakes in Croatia, this summer. Now I backup with a small Nikon S3 and the difference is evident, though I simply slowed down a bit my "blogging power". Lookin' forward to a G11, maybe next year, I won't change my blogging style, rather I'll try to keep it constant changing my attitude towards the different means I have to achieve the same result.
and... c'mon, man, your breakfast pictures can't really be the same if you shoot 'em with a tiny lens, eheheheh! :-)
may the road rise with you (ancient irish wish)

Ale-
L'Insetto Scoppiettante

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:24:06 +0000

Just got a Silver 2008 Vespa 250 GTS from ebay. Great price and never was titled. Amazed at how phone it is to ride even when it is 40 degress.

The engine is so flexible and the machine very versitilbe.

Your site is great, keep on writing, and I think the Iphone pictures are great. Big advantage with an iphone is the camera is always ready to shoot and close at hand.

By: motorcycle

motorcycle — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:18:10 +0000

Cool site!!. I enjoyed it!… thanx for sharing…