It took five pregnancy test (including one at the Doctor) to convince her that this time is was true. After almost a year after the tragic event, life is growing again in Cindy’s body.

Delivery should be around May 2008.

Through tears, my wife said, “Trent, what are you doing? Get your camera out. We need you to document this moment.”

Trent Nelson on covering funeral

“Beyoncé gave us officially 50 seconds, and that’s all it was,” Shaw said. “She came up in a cloud of mist, and the first 30 seconds she was just standing there. She was silhouetted by backlight, stood still, turned around, and started to sing. She sang like two notes and then a stage hand got up in front of me and said, OK, that’s it. That’s the best shot you’re going to get.’ And we were out of
there.”

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A short video that shows the setup used to get the 30 frames per second “video” of Barry Bound

Got 4 pictures picture published yesterday in The Gazette for a single story on street kids who will produce, with professional guidance from artist Jean Beaulieu and help from social workers at the Maison Dauphine day center, a total of 17 stained-glass windows that will be displayed at the cruise ship terminal. A really good story by freelance journalist Mark Cardwell.

Artist Jean Beaulieu says he got tired of being asked for spare change by street kids: he decided to take action.
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f2,2 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 125 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the left

Dominic Vallée: Making stained glass is a “totally cool experience”
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f4 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the right

Chloé Langlois, a Maison Dauphine employee, works on the stained-glass project alongside the six street kids
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f6,3 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the back of the subject

A young man who wants to go by the name “Frankee” inspects a piece of glass
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f5,6 with a 85mm prime lens - ISO 320

“Jossué” and “Frankee” in the chapel workshop in Old QuebecTechnical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/125 at f2,8 with a 16-35 at 26mm - ISO 125 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the left

The super 4 flashes lighting rig home-made system!

Strobist have the answer!

Amazon just posted a pre-order page for the new Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera. The specs are pretty amazing: 10.1 megapixel, APS-C sized, self-cleaning CMOS sensor; 30% faster, 9 point AF; DIGIC III image processing; ISO 3200 max sensitivity; improved 3.0-inch LCD with Enhanced Live View; 6.5fps continuous shooting.

For landscape and architecture photographer, there will be the new Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM Wide Angle Lens, available in November.

And to to along this beautiful glass, what better than the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera, available next December at a whooping USD$8,000?

We are talking of a full-frame DSLR, a 36 x 24-mm self-cleaning CMOS sensor; a pair of DIGIC III image processers operating in parallel; improved 45-point advanced autofocus; 5fps continuous shooting (for bursts of up to 45 Large/Fine JPEGs or 15 RAW images); sRAW image support; 3-inch Live View LCD with 5x or 10x magnification; and CF, SD/SDHC storage options

Another cool video by Chase Jarbis, TECH: POV Photography

To buy list: Super clamp, magic arm.

God, photography is a never ending investment job!

I’m finally doing something I should have done for a while: dig my archive, IPTC what is worthwhile and make it available as stock images.

Here some recent image added to my stock archive:
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Leafless trees shadowed against the sky on the plains of Abraham in Quebec City.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, Vertical, Trees, Upright, Towering, Above, Woodland, Scenic, Scenery, Outdoors, Outside, Shape, Pattern, Silhouette, Shadows, Secretive, Huddled, Group, Wood, Trunks, Enviroment, Living, Life, Mystic, Mysterious, Arch, Wildwood, Wild, Trunk, Branches, Winter, Without Any Leaves, Dead, Black, Shadow, Against Light Blue Sky,Concept, Concepts, Fright, Frightening, Ghost, Mysterious, Worry, High, Abstract, Nature, Landscape, branches, leafless, leafless, Frighten Fear, Silhouetted, Frightened Fearful Shadowed, Wintery, fall, automn, Spooky, Demise, Die, Worrying, Ghostly Mystical.

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Leafless trees shadowed against the sky on the plains of Abraham in Quebec City.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, Vertical, Trees, Upright, Towering, Above, Woodland, Scenic, Scenery, Outdoors, Outside, Shape, Pattern, Silhouette, Shadows, Secretive, Huddled, Group, Wood, Trunks, Enviroment, Living, Life, Mystic, Mysterious, Arch, Wildwood, Wild, Trunk, Branches, Winter, Without Any Leaves, Dead, Black, Shadow, Against Light Blue Sky,Concept, Concepts, Fright, Frightening, Ghost, Mysterious, Worry, High, Abstract, Nature, Landscape, branches, leafless, leafless, Frighten Fear, Silhouetted,Frightened Fearful Shadowed,Wintery,fall,automn,Spooky, Demise, Die, Worrying, Ghostly Mystical.

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Musee National Des Beaux-Arts Du Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, canadian, city, art, gallery, beaux art, art gallery, modern, musee national des beaux arts du quebec, museum

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Quebec City’s skyline, seen from the lower part of the town.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, lower town, old quebec, upper town, eclatement II, edifice G, marie-guyard, marie-guillard, hotel Delta, banque Royal, Royal bank, building, tourism,t ourist, charming, walled city, wall, foutain, hilton hotel, montreal bank building

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Quebec City’s skyline, seen from the lower part of the town.
Keywords: North America, Canada, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, lower town, old quebec, upper town, eclatement II, edifice G, marie-guyard, marie-guillard, hotel Delta, banque Royal, Royal bank, building, tourism,t ourist, charming, walled city, wall, foutain, hilton hotel, montreal bank building