Pretty quiet here, eh? For the whole week, I’m working pretty much 12 hours per day as the official event photographer for the ITF World Championship of Taekwon-do here in Quebec City. I’ll have a lot of photo to show you.
The event is pretty cool, with a huge setup. It’s really beig! If you happen to live in the area, you should come have a look.
What a moving slidshow of the Virginia Tech mass shooting. What a moving speech by the speaker!
Vancouver police have undermined the media’s role in society by masquerading as 24 hours reporters to make an arrest
Complete story and valuable comments by Edmonton Sun’s photo editor Tom Braid on the ECNPA board.
Cindy and I went to see my parent at their cottage. As the evening went by, the golden light started to hit my father through the window. Of course, I could not resist shooting a couple of frames. A little bit of postproduction to convert it to black and white gave my what will be a beautiful memory of him someday.
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/400 at f2.8 with a 70-200 at 165mm - ISO 200, no flash
Max “One-Onti” Gros Louis, Grand Chief of the Wendake Huron reserve. The tiny reserve of Wendake has managed to survive for 350 years on the edge of Quebec City. The Hurons’ territorial claims received a huge boost last year with the discovery of some key 19th-century treaty documents.
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/125 at f3.5 with a 70-200 at 280mm - ISO 320, remote flash thru an umbrella on the left
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/125 at f3.5 with a 70-200 at 108mm - ISO 320, remote flash thru an umbrella on the left
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/1200 at f2.8 with a 70-200 at 145mm - ISO 200, remote flash thru an umbrella on the left
75 years old Normand Nickner trains in his Quebec City basement gym. In his 56 years of training, Nickner won many bodybuilder contests, one of them when 72
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/160 at f2.8 with a 16-35 at 21mm - ISO 200, remote flash thru an umbrella on the left, remote flash on the right
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f2.5 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 200, remote flash thru an umbrella on the right
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/200 at f2.8 with a 16-35 at 35mm - ISO 100, remote flash thru an umbrella on the right
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f2.2 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 100, remote flash thru an umbrella on the left
“There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.” — Robert Heinecken
More quotes on the Black Star Rising blog.
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