Rue du Petit Champlain    Rue du Petit Champlain

The covered with snow rue du Petit-Champlain street is bustling with strollers and shoppers during Christmas time in the old Quebec City. During the French Regime, craftsmen worked in shops along rue du Petit-Champlain, where they lived with their families. In the 19th century, working-class Irish families, whose major breadwinners worked at the docks or in the ship-building trade, made their homes here. Today, dozens of artists’ workshops and boutiques line this historical street.

Quebec City 400th anniversaryArtists perform during the opening ceremony of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City at Place D’Youville in Quebec City Monday December 31, 2007. The show was the kick-off for yearlong celebration in Quebec City, the oldest city in Canada. Photo Francis Vachon for CanWest News Service.
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/250 at f2,8 with a 300mm prime lens – ISO 1600

Quebec City 400th anniversary An artist dressed with the Quebec City logo perform during the opening ceremony of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City at Place D’Youville in Quebec City Monday December 31, 2007. The show was the kick-off for yearlong celebration in Quebec City, the oldest city in Canada. Photo Francis Vachon for CanWest News Service.
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/125 at f2,8 with a 300mm prime lens – ISO 1250

Quebec City 400th anniversaryArtists perform during the opening ceremony of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City at Place D’Youville in Quebec City Monday December 31, 2007. The show was the kick-off for yearlong celebration in Quebec City, the oldest city in Canada. Photo Francis Vachon for CanWest News Service.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/30 at f2,8 with a 16-35 at 20mm – ISO 800

Régis Labeaume and Marc Boucher Régis Labeame shakes hand with Marc Boucher, husband of defunct Andrée P. Boucher, as early result suggesting Labeaume would become the next mayor of Quebec City Sunday December 2, 2007. Photo Francis Vachon for The Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/60 at f4 with a 16-35 at 17mm – ISO 1600 + direct fill flash

Régis LabeaumeRégis Labeame speaks to his supporters after wining the municipal election in Quebec City Sunday December 2, 2007. Photo Francis Vachon for The Montreal Gazette.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/80 at f4 with a 16-35 at 29mm – ISO 800 + direct fill flash

Claude LaroseLeader of the Action Civique de Québec Claude Larose poses at his party headquarter in Quebec City November 22, 2007. Larose trail behind Ann Bourget and Régis Labeaume in the race to the Quebec city mayor for the December 2 election, triggered early by the death of the reigning mayor Andrée Boucher. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/125 at f4,5 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the left

Ann BourgetThe leader of the Renouveau municipal de Québec Ann Bourget poses at her house in Quebec City November 22, 2007. Bourget was leading up until Friday until a new poll shows Régis Labeaume as the winner of the race to the Quebec city mayor for the December 2 election, triggered early by the death of the reigning mayor Andrée Boucher. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/125 at f3,5 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200 + direct flash on the right thru the stairs’ ramp

Ann BourgetThe leader of the Renouveau municipal de Québec Ann Bourget poses at her house in Quebec City November 22, 2007. Bourget was leading up until Friday until a new poll shows Régis Labeaume as the winner of the race to the Quebec city mayor for the December 2 election, triggered early by the death of the reigning mayor Andrée Boucher. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/200 at f1,8 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the right

Michel Arsenault, new FTQ presidentRenée-Sarah Arsenault has a hug for her father, Michel Arsenault, after he was acclaimed president of the Quebec Federation of Labour, succeeding Henry Massé, in Quebec City November 30, 2007. Photo Francis Vachon for The Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/80 at f2,8 with a 16-35 at 16mm – ISO 800 + Direct fill flash


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