Daily Archives: June 30, 2015

9 years, 5 months ago 12

Two lenses on the Oregon Coast……..

When I was preparing to go out to Portland to meet Jack Graham and do the Oregon Coast workshop I was really excited to shoot his beautiful region that Jack knows so well! I’ve shot the last before but I knew Jack would know the best spots, and he did!!!! I packed three bodies and four lenses, the 50-140, the 18-135, the 10-24, and a 200mm Nikkor to get my 300 mm lens. After the first two days I had not taken anything out of the bag but the 18-135 which remained firmly attached to my X-T1 and a few times the X-T10. I did use the 10-24 on a few occasions, but the rest, including the much lauded 50-140 were unused!!!! Honestly, I could have shot the entire trip with the 18-135! Only when I needed an extreme wide lens, (inside the lighthouse, and some ferns on the forest floor) did I pull out the 10-24.

It was exceptionally liberating to have a single camera and lens and produce such a great variety of work! Because I have my X-T1 and=X-T10 set up to produce Velvia, Provia and monochrome with a red filter I also got a variety of images, some of which let me allow my inner “Jay Maisel” to surface! Even the close-up images were made with the 18-135 without any accessories!!!! Thanks Mike!! What fun, hope you enjoy these;