  Intro by Chamira Young Not only is it a great idea to challenge ourselves as artists, but it plays a vital role in keeping us sharp for the long-term! For anyone looking for a much-needed creative boost, consider changing things up once and a while and trying something new in your photography practice. The good news is that deciding to step outside of your comfort zone doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, one great way is to experiment with a different lens than you're accustomed to in a given situation. In today's post, photographer Don Mammoser does just that! Prior to heading on vacation to the Southern Caribbean with his family, he decided to switch things up. Instead of using a long lens while site-seeing, he decided to stick with the wide-angle Tamron 17-35mm F/2.8 Di wide-angle lens. It's a fantastic piece of glass, as Tamron never disappoints! As you will see, getting out of your comfort zone is a great way to have fun and learn in the process! Check out the results he got below. By Jenn Gidman Images By Don Mammoser When Don Mammoser and his wife decided to head to Grenada for a 17-day vacation with their 10-month-old daughter, Don decided to pose a challenge for himself: Because he often takes his travel photos with longer lenses, this time around he decided to try to capture the bulk of his images with the Tamron 17-35mm F/2.8 Di wide-angle lens. "I wanted to see what I could come up with if I just left that one lens on my camera most of the time," he says. "I loved capturing the landscapes and island scenery, as well as some of the local flavor, with just the 17-35. Plus, because of its light weight and compact size, I was able to do much of my shooting handheld, which was really convenient when my wife, daughter, and I were just walking around playing tourist." Read on for the backstory on each of the photos here that Don captured in this tropical multi-island paradise in the southern Caribbean:  17mm, F/11, 1/12th sec. This photo was taken at Hillsborough Beach, on the island of Carriacou. We were staying at a resort just across the road, and we'd walk over to the beach every night when it was getting close to sunset. There are many people known as yachtees who own sailboats and cruise the Caribbean, and you'll often spot boats hanging out offshore from many of these beaches. On this evening I was looking directly west, where the sun was going down behind those peaks and lighting up the clouds. I stopped down to 1/12th of a second, just to show a bit of the wave action. I also lined the image up so that I could capture the diagonal line of the surf meeting the shore heading up into those hills. Of course, to get that perspective, I had to get down on the ground and into the water a little—but the water was warm, I was wearing shorts and sandals, and my camera stayed dry, so it was all good.  32mm, F/7.1, 1/1000th sec. My wife, daughter, and I were taking a stroll along the beach at sunset, and I spotted this one well-positioned palm tree. I knew I wanted to make this a silhouette shot, but I decided to add a human element to it. I told my wife to stand out there and play with my daughter. They were just out there having fun, my daughter giggling the entire time. I underexposed the photo a bit and shot at a fast shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second, because obviously they're both in motion a little as my wife lifts her up. I lined it up to make sure the tree had its own space and my family had their own space, so they didn't go up into the branches of the tree with their silhouettes.  28mm, F/11, 1/500th sec. My wife, daughter, and I were taking a stroll along the beach at sunset, and I spotted this one well-positioned palm tree. I knew I wanted to make this a silhouette shot, but I decided to add a human element to it. I told my wife to stand out there and play with my daughter. They were just out there having fun, my daughter giggling the entire time. I underexposed the photo a bit and shot at a fast shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second, because obviously they're both in motion a little as my wife lifts her up. I lined it up to make sure the tree had its own space and my family had their own space, so they didn't go up into the branches of the tree with their silhouettes.  17mm, F/10, 1/160th sec. La Sagesse Beach is also on the main island, and it's a little hard to find, which is probably why there weren't so many people there that evening. There were a couple of folks that you can't see, over to the left of the frame, but just these two people walking in the image itself. I shot this at 17mm, as wide as I could, because I wanted to capture as much of those two trees in the photo as I could. The fact that they're leaning quite a bit lends a real tropical look to the image. If you look at the palm fronds in the upper left, you can see how sharp that 17-35 is and how much detail it offers—and I found that was the case at all of the various focal lengths. Read more and enjoy additional images from Don! Be sure to check out Tamron's events schedule. Their team is on the road with great programs/events throughout the entire year!
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