This past winter, I had the privilege of shooting a campaign on the Tamron to Sony e-mount lenses, ranging from 17mm to 500mm. In this photo project, the end result was an epic road trip from San Diego to Lake Tahoe to Santa Cruz to Cabo. Yup, you read that correctly, we road tripped for roughly 3,400 miles shooting from dusk until dawn, often late into the night to capture the stars. The result, an endless onslaught of stories to tell, a magazine piece, social media campaign, and an unexpected video.

Stories to Tell:

Surfing in San Diego
Paddle boarding on Owen’s River Gorge
Making Ceviche in Canejo, Baja Sur
Paragliding in La Ventana and San Juanico
Exploring Big Sur
Surfing the West Coast
Swamping a Ford Bronco and Befriending Local Fishermen
Highlining in Joshua Tree

These are just the start, the stories that will come out of this trip will surely last a lifetime!

The lead image for the magazine piece from our road trip. Photo by Dalton Johnson

The Tamron article opens up:

A classic road trip along the West Coast, including explorations up and down US Route 395, recently led Dalton Johnson to surfing and spearfishing adventures in Baja, hiking in the Eastern Sierra, and paddleboarding near Wild Willy’s Hot Spring. Dalton’s mission during his travels: to document his various outdoor exploits with influencer Andrew Muse and his “adventure pup” Kicker. “Andrew is a jack-of-all-trades, while I’ve mainly been involved with my surfing and rock climbing,” Dalton says. “This experience was a way for me to try some new things and capture pictures along the way.”

Read the full article below:

https://issuu.com/tamronmagazine/docs/tamron_magazine_issue_12_spring_2022/s/15046583

An Unexpected Video:

Along the way, we just kept shooting more and more video. At first, this started off without much direction, but, as time went on, the vision became clear. We talked with Timber Surf Boards and Tamron about the idea, they both wanted in. Thus, the creation of the surf video below as born: