Michelle Blanc poses in her hotel room in Quebec city November 10, 2009. Born as a male, Michel was a suicidal mental health patient who discovered his gender identity disorder. With the help of the Internet to get support, she his now Michelle, a female successful Internet entrepreneur. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail
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People often ask me what are my best assignments, or the kind of picture I prefer to do.
I just can’t answer that. Sometime, the assignment that sounds the least appealing turn out to be really fun, or a mundane portrait might end up with a long conversation with a very interesting person.
That was the case with this one.
I knew Michelle Blanc from her blogs and TV appearances, but meeting her in person was a whole new story. We spent like an hour an a half together, splitting our time between photograph and chatting.
Those pictures might not win any awards, but they represent a very special moment to me.
Rimouski Oceanic goolkeaper Matthew Dopud looks down after allowing a second goal in a 6-3 defeat against the Quebec Remparts at Le Colisée Pepsi in Quebec city November 14, 2009.
Petite séance de photo aérienne plus tôt cette semaine pour faire du stock photo du haut des airs.
En terminant la séance, alors que le Soleil finissait de briller, j’ai rapidement mitraillé Charles Paquin, mon pilote pour la journée, qui retournait à ses quartiers.
Quelques photos prises d’en haut seront évidemment postées ici plus tard.
Je ne me considère pas comme un photographe de paysage, loin de là. Mais lorsqu’une scène intéressante me saute au visage, je ne pointerai certainement pas mon appareil photo dans la direction opposée.
J’arrivais à Piopolis, petit village sur les rives du Lac Mégantic, en assignation pour The Gazette pour faire un portrait. Je suis alors passé devant cette cabane à sucre (pour mes lecteurs de France…). Les couleurs, les contrastes, l’ambiance… Je l’entendais me crier « prend moi en photo! »
Le village n’étant situé qu’à quelques kilomètres de la frontière américaine, j’en ai profité pour aller prendre quelques photos du Maine. Toujours difficile d’expliquer à un douanier qu’on veut juste traverser pour une heure, et qu’on n’a AUCUNE idée de ce qu’on veut photographier ni même de ce qu’il y a l’autre bord des « lignes »… J’avais eu le même problème à Buffalo.
Martin Dube, left, and Jean-Francois Lavoie, right, of Arcane Technologies poses with an augmented reality helmet October 23, 2009. The helmet takes images of the world and overlays other information on it, like animations and text. Photo Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/100 at f4.5 with a 24-70 at 42mm – ISO 320 + 2 flash through an umbrella on camera left, one direct flash on camera right, 45 degree behind the subject . One polarizer filter was used to cut the reflexion on the floor
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/100 at f4 with a 24-70 at 57mm – ISO 400 + 2 flash through an umbrella (one on each side) and one direct flash directly behind the subject, on the floor, shooting up
Read the story online: Mobile’s new reality – Next stage in telecom revolution will have you seeing the world in a whole new way
Mélanie Fournier poses with her three children (from left to right) Frederick, 4, Elizabeth 6, and Angelique Rondeau 7, at the family center at the Valcartier military base north of Quebec city October 15, 2009. Fournier’s husband is serving in Afghanistan and will be home in two weeks. Photo Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE.
The story is unfortunately not on the web.