Dominique Brown, founder and CEO of Beenox, poses in his Quebec City office. The video game company was founded in 2000 and bought by Activision in 2005. They has done more than 30 projects including X-Men, Spider-Man, Shrek and, more recently, the game for the 2006 Bee Movie. Photo Francis Vachon for The Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/80 at f16 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200, one direct flash on the right

Priest Michel Poitras poses in front of some of the items that were brought back last week after a public appeal for their return. The St. Augustin-de-Desmaures Church was robbed in early January of several historic silver pieces. Photo Francis Vachon for The Montreal Gazette.
Technical: Canon EOS 1D Mark II, 1/80 at f6,3 with a 16-35 at 33mm – ISO 250, 3 flashes: One on the right bounced into an umbrella to the silver pieces, one direct flash 45 degree left snooted on his face, one direct flash on 45 degree from subject back left side

Town counselor Jean-Rock Pedneault poses in front of the city Hall of Alma (Quebec), 250km north of Quebec City January 16, 2008. With the death of soldier Richard Renaud, Alma is the latest town saddened by losing one of it’s citizen. Photo Francis Vachon for The Globe and Mail.
Technical: Canon EOS 1D Mark II, 1/250 at f6,3 with a 70-200 at 108mm – ISO 200, direct flash on camera right

Customers get in and out of an IGA grocery store in Alma (Quebec) where soldier Richard Renaud used to work before enrolling with the military. Renaud was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Jan.15. Photo Francis Vachon for The Globe and Mail.
Technical: Canon EOS 20D, 1/200 at f7,1 with a 16-35 at 23mm – ISO 200

Leader 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

The 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

The 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

The Université Laval MBA Portfolio Competition Team poses at the University’s Palasis-Prince building in Quebec City. From Left to Right: Kabil Jaâ, Jean Michel Prince (team captain), Thierno Sakho, Yann Arsenault, Charles-Philippe St-Pierre, Mehdi Aguejdad and Guillaume Bédard-Pagé. Photo Francis Vachon for the National Post
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/160 at f3,2 with a 16-35 at 26mm – ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the right

The Université Laval MBA Portfolio Competition Team poses at the University’s Palasis-Prince building in Quebec City. From Left to Right: Kabil Jaâ, Jean Michel Prince (team captain), Thierno Sakho, Yann Arsenault, Charles-Philippe St-Pierre, Mehdi Aguejdad and Guillaume Bédard-Pagé. Photo Francis Vachon for the National Post
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/50 at f3,2 with a 16-35 at 16mm – ISO 200 + flash bounced into an umbrella on the right

Candidate in the Quebec City municipal election, Regis Labeaume poses at his headquater in Quebec City November 22, 2007. Labeaume trails behind Ann Bourget in the race to the Quebec city mayor for the December 2 election, triggered early by the death of the reigning mayor Andrée Boucher.
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/200 at f3,5 with a 70-200 at 70mm – ISO 200 + flash bounced thru an umbrella on the upper left

Quebec City, November 22, 2007. Candidate in the Quebec City municipal election, Marc Bellemare poses at his office in Quebec City November 22, 2007. A well known lawyer in the area, Bellemare trails behind Ann Bourget in the race to the Quebec city mayor for the December 2 election, triggered early by the death of the reigning mayor Andrée Boucher
Technical: Canon EOS 20d, 1/125 at f2,5 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200 + flash bounced thru an umbrella on the left