Baie-CommeauBaie-Commeau Drakkar’s goalkeeper Marco Cousineau watches the puck fly

Remparts de Québec vs Drakkar de Baie-Comeau Baie-Commeau Drakkar’s Kalin Paul (left) and Benjamin Breault gives Remparts’ Darick Ste-Marie a rought time in front of their net

Kevin DesfosseesRemparts’ goalkeeper Kevin Desfossées waves to the crowd as he his selected the first star of the night with his second shootout in two night.

Wednesday evening, I drove 200km to get to Jonquière, now known as Saguenay, to cover the Bouchard-Taylor commission (not from Quebec? Explanation here).

So for 3 hours, you have a president of commission listening to a bunch of people taking the mic to speak their mind.

What do you do?

First, you go for the obvious. You get the president as he speaks; you take people in the crowd who are not just reading a paper to explain their point.

And after a while, you try to go for the less obvious. You see shadows, and you go really artsy fartsy. You go for the detail. Anything to get something different.

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.

Jean BeaulieuArtist 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

Stain-glassDominic 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

Stain-glassChloé 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

Stain-glassA 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

Stain-glass« 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

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:
shadow treesLicence this image
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.

shadow treesLicence this image
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.

Musée national des beaux-artLicence this image
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

Quebec city skylineLicence this image
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

Quebec city skylineLicence this image
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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