Margaret Atwood with M9 and Canon 50/1.2

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Margaret Atwood, the great Canadian writer, came to my school this week...she gave a reading, attended some receptions, etc. I moderated a couple of talks with students and introduced her reading, and of course brought along the Leica. Full set here:

http://www.jrobertlennon.com/atwood

Atwood-8 by mabel.sound, on Flickr

Atwood-4 by mabel.sound, on Flickr

 

[nksdks]

Somehow I thought she would be using the M9 (with a Canon, wow...).
The Blind Assassin was excellent, the only one I've read though.
Nice images and she seems like a nice lady.

 

[matt_s]

great images.

great images.

Looks like the M9 handled the indoor shooting really well. And thanks for the photos- I have read most of Atwood's novels and had no idea what she looked like. Hope everyone enjoyed the event.

Matt

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Atwood is a real hero of mine...I've taught her stuff and written about her a bit, and it was amazing to meet her. A terrific person, very funny and charming.

I'm not wild about the white balance on the second one...it was a tricky lighting situation and I should really adjust it a bit in Lightroom. But the M9 acquitted itself wonderfully. This was its maiden voyage.

 

[benlees]

I just saw this. Nice! Atwood is pure legend status in Canada. Looks like a very nice meeting. Congratulations!

 

[thrice]

I read the handmaid's tale in highschool, good book. Thanks for sharing!

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Glad you liked the pics!

 

[easyrider]

Reading the headline I thought SHE has toting an M9!

Not too far fetched since she invented the "long pen" for autograph signing.

 

[Adam14]

NIce Photos. I also thought by your subject that she was using an M9!
She should be able to afford one with all the great books that she has sold 🙂

 

[menos]

Atwood is a real hero of mine...I've taught her stuff and written about her a bit, and it was amazing to meet her. A terrific person, very funny and charming.

I'm not wild about the white balance on the second one...it was a tricky lighting situation and I should really adjust it a bit in Lightroom. But the M9 acquitted itself wonderfully. This was its maiden voyage.

Nice photos - I have experienced the Leica, to be THE ideal camera for this sort of occasions, when any SLR is just to big and noisy, to be comfortably shot.

I do loooove the white balance picker tool in Lightroom and mostly use it as a starting point, to go from with adjusting white balance.
I would start here on the, presumably light grey shirt, the student on the left wears under her upper shirt and adjust from there to a slightly warmer tone to liking.
It is extremely quick in Lr, to select a batch of shots, you took in similar lighting and just sync an adjusted white balance setting with all shots.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Nice shots. They look stopped down; did you stop down to f/2 - f/2.8?

Atwood is a real hero of mine...I've taught her stuff and written about her a bit

She was your pupil?!? j/k

 

[pixelatedscraps]

I love her books. Awesome writer and definitely one of my faves.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Nice shots. They look stopped down; did you stop down to f/2 - f/2.8?



She was your pupil?!? j/k

Ha ha, that would be something! I have a class called Weird Stories, and Oryx and Crake is on the syllabus...

Actually, I believe those two are both at f/1.2. The top one might possibly be at f/2, but not the bottom.

And yeah, I use the WB picker in LR as well, but I couldn't really get shots taken in that room to cooperate. It was kind of weird mixed lighting.

I should add that such events are all also covered by the college's official photographers--the guy who usually does them shoots with a 5D, but he also has lately been carrying an E-PL2 with an adapted Canon FD 55/1.2. He often takes a moment to check out whatever's on my Leica.

I've actually joined the ranks of the gaffer-taped, because I got sick of people I work with suddenly realizing how much I paid for my camera. 🙁