A Photo Tour of Washington D.C.

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted anything to ThruMyLens. Over a year actually. It seems like photo reviews and photo journalism like this website are going the way of the Dodo bird. That’s OK – this site has always been a creative outlet for me and a labor of love. I miss this kind of content – both creating and consuming it. So I’ll be making a concerted effort to increase my activity here.

Last year I changed jobs (after working 15 years for one company) – my new employer is headquartered in the DC area. So I find myself making quite a few trips out that way these days. Last fall I extended one such business trip and spent a few day being a tourist int he Capitol area – something I hadn’t done since I was 19 when I won a scholarship to attend the Student Symposium for the Study of the Presidency. So I really looked forward to again experience the art and majesty of the monuments and architecture in. Washington D.C.

GEAR CHECK – WHAT PHOTO GEAR DID I BRING?

These days I’m very much trying to grow as a photographer. Trying to be more creative…more intentional…experimenting. So I brought my camera backpack and gear on the trip. I knew I’d be walking quite a bit each day so I wanted to save weight. I brought my Canon R5, along with the Canon “holy trinity” of lenses – the RF 15-35 f2.8, the RF 24-70 f2.8, and the RF 70-200 2.8. I considered also bring my Canon R6 body as well as some other prime lenses but ultimately just didn’t want to schlep all that around DC every day. I was not disappointed in my decision. Most of these photos (80%) were taken with the RF 15-35 f2.8, and I was thrilled because I normally don’t often use the lens. The lion’s share of the remaining 20% of the photos I took were taken with the RF 70-200 f2.8. I also brought a couple of K&F Concepts 77mm variable ND filters for the 70-200. More on that later. For schleping the gear around, I broguth my coveted PGYTech OneMo 22l backpack. It was a GREAT choice. You can see a review of this backpack on the ThruMyLens YouTube channel by clicking HERE.

In no particular order, here is a collection of my favorites. Click on any of them to see a larger version.