Documentary photography with the Olympus EM-1

Back in April i was fortunate enough to witness the canonisation of Pope John Paul II & Pope John XXII with an estimated 500,00 Catholics who converged on St Peters Square, Rome. With thousands of pilgrims gathering at the Vatican and other parts of Rome it was the perfect opportunity to document the weekends celebration with the Olympus EM-1. The camera and lenses are so small and discreet its ideal for reportage photography and the auto focus is incredibly fast. People really don’t take you so seriously with such a small camera. For the trip i travelled light. One camera, a 12mm f2 to get up close and personal and the impressive 45mm 1.8 for something a little longer. The following images were all shot as LSF jpegs which the Em-1 excels at. The camera produces some of the finest jpegs iv’e ever seen from any camera. Post production was done in Lightroom 5.3 and converted to B/W in Photoshop CS6. Please feel free to leave any comments and thanks for looking.   The Olympus EM-1

Taken with the 45mm, iso 100, 32oo sec @ 2.8

The Olympus EM-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200, 100 sec @2.8

The Olympus EM-1

Taken with the 45mm, iso 200, 1000 sec @ 1.8

olympus omd em-1

taken with the 45mm, iso 200, 80 sec @ f2

shooting with the Olympus EM-1 in Rome

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200, 2000 sec @ f5.0

shooting in rome with the Olympus EM-1

Taken with the 45mm, iso 200, 2000 sec @ 2.8

In rome with the omd em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 250, 800 sec @ 2.8

olympus em-1 and shooting in rome

Taken with the 12mm, iso 1250 – 500 sec @ f2

olympus em-1 in rome

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200 – 250 sec @ f10

olympus em-1 documentary photography

Taken with the 45mm, iso100 – 1600 sec @ 2.8

documentary photography with the olympus em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso200 – 1250 sec @ 2.8

documentary photography with the olympus em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 250 – 1250 sec @ 2.8

in rome with the olympus em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200 – 2000 sec @ 3.2

documentary photography with the em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200 – 500 sec @ f9

reportage photography in rome

Taken with the 12mm, iso 1000 – 30 sec @ f2

documentary photography in rome

Taken with the 45mm, iso 200 – 3200 sec @ 2.8

shooting with the em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200 – 800 sec @ 3.2

in rome with the em-1

Taken with the 12mm, iso 1000 – 15 sec @ f2

black & white reportage photography

Taken with the 12mm, iso 200 – 1600 sec @ 3.2