"Photography these days has more technology than ever before, yet the very essence of the art is very much analog. And that's very good, since it allows us as artists to focus our energy on the end result, the images.
Wherever we shoot, whatever our subject is and regardless of the gear we use, we photographers always strive to evoke emotion. That emotion might be just our own, being inspired and pleased about the images we create. Or it could be someone else seeing our photos and reacting to them. Without emotion photography is silent and dull.
The emotion of photography has been vital to me. My background is in engineering, so photography has been a way for me to explore my artistic side with technical but creative tools. I like to explore and study photographic technologies and tweak them to my advantage – to create art sometimes in unusual ways. This is what led me to this hobby and keeps me motivated to learn every day.
The spark for this text came from Olympus, who asked if I was willing to try out a new lens which could suit my way of doing landscape photography. I was thrilled to accept, but instead of doing a traditional lens test, I wanted to tell a story through images and my experiences when creating them.
So here goes: my story with the new Olympus M.Zuiko 8-25mm F4 PRO wide-angle zoom."
Read about Olympus photographer Moises Cugat's experience testing out the new M.Zuiko 8-25mm F4.0 PRO lens on the MyOlympus site.
