The Quebec Remparts win the first round series 4-2 with a 3-1 victory at the Colisé Pepsi in Quebec City
Chicoutimi Sagueneens goalie François Lévesque grabes the puck and makes the save
Quebec Remparts Christophe Poirier lies on the ice after a vicious hit form behind
Quebec Remparts goalie Kevin Desfosses cheers after a save on a penalty shot.
Heavy traffic in front of the Remparts’ net
A last shooting with Cindy before I take her to the hospital Monday night. The baby is coming sometime this week!
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/250 at f14 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200, one remote flash thru an umbrella from camera left, one remote direct flash on the right.
From Monday to Wednesday, I went to Montreal and Toronto on assignment for a photo agency (pics will be shown here later when after they are published, as usual).
While in Toronto, my Loyalist fast-tracker friend Natalie came to see me at my hotel. She came with her roommate Nami, a Japanese girl who came to Canada for a couple of month to improve her English.
Natalie asked me if I wanted to shoot some photos of Nami, which I did. She (Nami) will return soon to Japan and wanted to have a wedding book ready to find a husband in her country. The wedding book is an “evolution” to the traditional concept of arranged wedding that used to be the norm in Japan. The idea is simple: you make a nice album with photos of yourself with some text describing you, and you pass it around to friends, families and neighbours who will themselves show them to potential wife and husband. This ensure recommendations for serious contenders looking for a serious and lasting relationship from trusted people.
I’m used to shoot men, usually executive or more or less important people. I need to show their “important” and “manly” side. Shooting a cute girl, showing her all feminine was a bit of a challenge, but I’m generally happy with the result.
Now if you read this from Japan and are looking for a wife, stand back for a minute. If you are 18 or 20 years old, please do not apply. She could be your mother. Could you believe that she is turning… 39?? This is not a typo. She is 38 years old.
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/160 at f6,3 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200, one remote flash bounced into an umbrella from above and slightly on camera right, one remote flash bounced 45 degree up into the nearby wall on the left
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/200 at f3.5 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200, one remote flash bounced into an umbrella from camera right, one remote direct flash snooted to her hair on camera left
It’s always nice to see how my stock photos are used once sold. Here is an advertisement for an upcoming QMJHL game that will appears in some newspapers tomorrow.
Trent, a photojournalist and parent of two kids (if I understand correctly) who were in a play with some other students wanted to shoot something different. I think he totally made it.
The story I was shooting when a nearby barn roof collapsed was played pretty big this morning in The Gazette for a story about “Resurrecting our churches“.
On the front page, they played a pretty big picture of an outside view of the Church as a teaser for the story. Then, on the front of the EXTRA section, a half-page picture of the inside of the Church, and a third picture on page B4.
A fantastic photo of an ordinary story will never bring you the front page. But an ordinary photo of a fantastic story will!
Father Guy Pilote poses inside the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre March 19, 2008. The Churche will gives out Easter water in small bottles. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/30 (hand held!) at f9 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 800, on remote flash bounced into an umbrella on camera left
Firefighters shovel snows to free a hundred cows trapped in a part of a barn that the roof collapsed due to heavy snow in St-Françoise-de-Lotbinière March 20, 2008. Dominic Drapeau, co-owner of the dairy farm, who was shovelling snow from the roof when the incident happen, fell through it when it collapsed and got stuck under the snow, with just one leg poking out. He was rescued just in time as he was turning purple, according to the witnesses.
Back story: I was on a job for The Montreal Gazette in this little and isolated municipality, an hour from Quebec City. I was taking photos in the Church with the Mayor and the ex-Mayor (now a volunteer firefighter), when they get a call about the roof, 500 meters away from where we were. Now that’s a coincidence!
The Doctor said that things could not be better than that. The baby is strong and healthy, and weights more than 5 pounds. The plan is now to take the cerclage out just before the 36th mark. And for third or forth times, the ultrasound technician said “oh yea, it’s DEFINITIVLY a boy!”
Today is the 33th week mark for baby Edouard (or Edward?). The cerclage is hanging tight. Cindy can start to move a little with more freedom. Yesterday, we even went for dinner to my parent’s place.
On our way back, in the evening, she said “what is that huge 400 on the building?”. It was her first time at night since Christmas, and that 400 appeared 3 months ago for the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. Something that is so natural for us now was totally new for her.
Later today, we have an appointment with the high-risk pregnancy doctor. He is going to have a look at the cerclage, and probably decide when they are going to take it down. He have to do this BEFORE the belly grow to big and the cerclage brakes by itself, which could be devastating both for the baby and the mother. It is usually done before the 34th week, and this usually means the baby comes out in the following days, and often in the following hours.
He could even decide to do the procedure today!
Yes, that means I could be a father as soon as tonight.
