Francis Vachon Photographe

This is my newest time lapse: The 2009 Quebec Carnival canoe on ice race. You MUST click on “Watch in HD”.

My son… 4 hours of play in 2 minutes time lapse

A couple of years ago, before I knew I was going to make a living with photography, I was shooting for a small wrestling federation in my hometown of Quebec City. At that time, I was shooting with a Rebel with a kit lens, then with a 20D with a Sigma 24-70. With the Rebel, I was using the pop-up flash, and with the 20D I was using an on-camera 420ex speedlight.

Yesterday was a back in time night for me. There was a special wrestling show held by two wrestler I met at that time, and I asked them to take pictures. This time, I was going to do it with professional equipment, Strobist style.

I put 3 550ex speedlight up on the mezzanine, allowing me to have a nice light at 400 ISO, 1/250 at f2.8 (1/250 is the max sync speed for Canon). You can see the lighting diagram here.

You can compare the pictures below with my “best shot” of my early years. I think the difference is pretty obvious!

Scott Matrix gets back to the locker room at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Michael Style (right) team up with Matt Falco to give Antonio Corsi (left) some pain at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Marko Estrada watches his opponent getting back to the locker room at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008

Damian Steel (right) tries to evade a hold from Giovanni at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008

Sunny War Cloud (left) and Jake Matthews fight at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Giovanni (left) looks on his partner Sunny War Cloud (right) at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Franky The Mobster trash talks his opponent before a fight at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Titus applies a hold on Franky The Mobster at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Roderick Strong waits for his opponent at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Roderick Strong gives some pain to Marko Estrada at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

Despite loosing his match, Marko Estrada is congratulated by the crowd at the “Night of Excellence” wrestling show held at CEGEP de Limoilou January 18, 2008.

And as a little bonus: a time lapse!

After the chicken, today’s meal was apple, cranberry and honey pork: Filet de porc aux pommes, canneberges et miel.

I used one of my cameras to create a time lapse of myself cooking. The Youtube version is, as usual, a bit too much compressed.

I think I need another Timer Remote Control so I could more easily have multiple angles in my time lapse videos.

My first time lapse!

Sadly, Youtube is really hard on compression, so the quality is nowhere near the original movie.

I just receive my Timer Remote Control I bought on Ebay. I wanted to test it, so I photographed myself while editing/photoshoping a short day hunting for feature/stock photo.

So just look over my shoulder and watch my photo workflow. I did not include the last (and very important!) part because it would be of no interest in this context: captioning and keywording.

The photos in the video are below