Comments on: Frank Armstrong: Photographer

By: Michael B.

Michael B. — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:17:15 +0000

Steve, your photos are certainly very good and the camera really doesn’t matter. A good number of your photos would make serious art galleries proud, and unless the displayed photos would need to be huge, I believe nobody would notice/care they were taken with an iPhone. Perhaps a pro camera/lens could provide better clarity and detail, but (I don’t think) photographs are about those. If art is about vision and conveyed mood/message, then the equipment used must be very secondary.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:33:07 +0000

In reply to David+Masse.

You can never bee too hard on Paul ! *grin*

I do shoot a lot, here on the blog, and at work. But I don’t do the kind of personal explorations I once did. That work requires a commitment of time and energy that I’ve not been prepared to make. I think I’m ready though.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:29:19 +0000

In reply to Frank Jackson. It is time to pick up the camera again. We'll see what happens.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:28:40 +0000

In reply to Will. Well, yeah, you are right. But there is an area of personal work that I have stepped away from for a variety of reasons. I am going to change that. Maybe I'll start making pictures that don't have a Vespa in them!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:27:10 +0000

In reply to David Gilliland. Frank has an impressive body of work. He's not missed a beat moving from film to digital. I'm charged up to push the envelop a bit with my personal work. Thanks for your kind words about the things I post on Scooter in the Sticks.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:24:25 +0000

In reply to Shazza.

I’ve started shooting with a Nikon D800. It’s a radical departure from the point and shoot Canon G15 I use for most of what you see on Scooter in the Sticks. On the web it will be hard to see a lot of difference between the two cameras save for the wider range of lenses for the DSLR.

The real change will be if (and when) I start printing my own digital prints. I see an Epson 3880 printer in my future.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:22:10 +0000

In reply to RichardM. There should still be some fall color when you arrive. Much will depend on how much wind we get. Autumn is a great time to be in Pennsylvania!

By: David+Masse

David+Masse — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:40:27 +0000

Steve I thought you were too hard on Paul, now you’re being way too hard on yourself. You capture beautiful images. It’s not about the medium or the equipment. It’s a out how you see in relation to the camera you happen to be using. And you see extraordinarily well, in my opinion.

By: Frank Jackson

Frank Jackson — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:39:03 +0000

I enjoy this blog very much, the simple sensibility of thought and images is wonderful.
…maybe its time to pick up that camera again.
cheers

By: Will

Will — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:46:19 +0000

Steve, you’re constantly working. Composing, shooting, writing and putting this wonderful blog which challenges, inspires and moves us all. “…not working…” I don’t think so!
Will