California Road Trip Testing The Lumix S1R

Panasonic U.K contacted me through Instagram in January 19. They had been searching for two photographers that fitted a certain criteria. I was so pleased to have received an email from them! Unknown at first, the other photographer they had contacted was a friend of mine. What were the chances of that!? He is also a portrait photographer with a big following. We where invited out to Barcelona, for the the seminar and release of their new cameras. The Lumix S1 and S1r. Here Il share some of my Panasonic Lumix S1r photography.

While attending this event and meeting the Panasonic U.K team, they offered us to test their new cameras. And asked us if there was anything they could do to help us with this. Now we wanted to test these cameras properly, no half measures! We offered to use our Instagram accounts to promote the new cameras, while shooting with models along the way! We wanted to make a video also, that is still in production, so we invited our friend Alice out with us. She also joined us on the wedding we shot in Bulgaria.

Two weeks to explore California…

We immediately planned a trip around the west coast state. Starting in L.A, heading up through Las Vegas, Death Valley National Park, through to Yosemite National Park. With a final city stop in San Francisco. We connected with model in local areas via our Instagram accounts, so we could shoot portraits on the LUMIX CAMERAS while Alice used her videographer skills filming. We drove down some of the most beautiful roads in the world. This for us being creatives was very inspiring. I can clearly see now was California is such a creative part of the world.

Our final run back down The 1, or route one was a coastline road like no other. Its just over a 1000 km long of ocean and highway. I plan on redoing this route during 2021 in reverse order while meeting other local photographers that I am connected with on Insta.

All images taken on the Lumix S1R 24-105mm f4 and 50mm f1.4 S range