Nikon Tour '25
Nikon Tour — Phoenix stop · Tempe Camera, Tempe, Arizona
I started seeing an ad for the Nikon Tour pop up on Instagram over and over again. This went on for a few days, and a couple of my photographer friends even asked me if I had heard about it and suggested that I should go. Eventually, I thought, you know what, why not?
So I signed up.
The photographs you see here are from the Phoenix stop of the tour, which happened at Tempe Camera, right by ASU. Since I didn't have a vehicle at the time, I usually had to walk to places, and this was only about a 15-minute walk from where I used to live. I already knew Tempe Camera was an interesting place and, obviously, I love camera stores, so that was enough of a reason for me to go. One of my photographer friends also came along with me for the shoot.
Clean Studio
Controlled, bright, straightforward portraiture.
1/200s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 320 · 101mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/200s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 320 · 55mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/200s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 320 · 47mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/200s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 320 · 46mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Quiet Confidence
1/200s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 320 · 54mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Monotone
Darker, more introspective imagery that reflects the established visual preferences.
Clean Frame
1/60s · f/6 · ISO ISO 5000 · 73mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Inward
1/6s · f/6 · ISO ISO 200 · 71mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Silence
1/60s · f/4.8 · ISO ISO 3200 · 36mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/60s · f/5.6 · ISO ISO 6400 · 48mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/125s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 500 · 102mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Shutter Drag
The most experimental section, introducing movement and abstraction.
1/5s · f/5.6 · ISO ISO 200 · 49mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/2s · f/6 · ISO ISO 125 · 61mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Motion Within
1/5s · f/5.6 · ISO ISO 125 · 54mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
Blur Study
1/2s · f/6 · ISO ISO 125 · 63mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
1/2s · f/6.3 · ISO ISO 125 · 45mm · NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR · NIKON Z5_2
One of my favorite things about this shoot was that I could take the exact same studio environment and approach it in three completely different ways: clean and commercial, dark and monotone, and finally experimental and abstract. As for the editing, I kept each set fairly straightforward and edited the photographs according to what I wanted each one to feel like. The clean portraits stayed clean, the monotone set leaned into the dramatic black-and-white look, and the shutter-drag images were edited to emphasize the movement and abstraction rather than trying to make them look more conventional. Overall, I really enjoyed the Nikon Tour experience. I got to try a completely different camera system, learn something new, experiment with a technique I had only recently discovered, and make three very different kinds of photographs in the same shoot. And honestly, it left me thinking that maybe one day I really will own a camera from every major camera company. If I have the money for it, of course. 😂
- Type
- Studio Portrait / Fashion / Experimental Photography
- Camera
- Nikon Z5II
- Location
- Tempe Camera, Tempe, Arizona
- Season
- Nikon Tour — Phoenix stop
