Azbar
Robert Blouin, President and owner Azbar Inc., poses at his company in Quebec city. Azbar manufactures and puts on the market various systems and services for drinks and foods sales, control and management. Photo Francis Vachon/Canwest News Service
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f7,1 with a 24-70 at 30mm – ISO 400 + one flash through an umbrella on camera left and one flash through a grid on camera right (almost behind subject)

Azbar
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/200 at f5,6 with a 24-70 at 48mm – ISO 800 + one flash through a grid on camera left aiming subject’s face and one flash through an umbrella on left aiming (and very close to) the control panel held by the subject

« Zooming » is a photo trick where you zoom out while taking a picture at a slow shutter speed. If applied correctly, the effect will produces a very energetic picture.

I was practicing the technique in my living room on a painting that I have. I came out with a very cool photo. What do you think?

Zooming effet

I went on a small trip to Ile d’Orléans island earlier this week. I was looking for agricultural stock photos. Did not exactly got what I was looking for, but I came back with some usable image.

Normandy style house
A farmer rides a tractor on his field in front of a Normandy style house in Saint-Jean-de-l’Ile-d’Orleans. Most of the settlers during the New-France era came over from Normandy and Poitou (France).

Espace Felix Leclerc
The Espace Felix Leclerc in St-Pierre, Ile D’Orleans, near Quebec City. The site pays tribute to the memory of the poet and his work.

Saint-Laurent-de-l’Ile-d’Orleans Church
Saint-Laurent-de-l’Ile-d’Orleans Church

More Ile d’Orleans stock photos on my stock site.

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Guy Brousseau poses for visual journalists with his bionic knee during a Victhom Human Bionics shareholder meeting in Quebec City June 16, 2009. The prosthesis is rated as one of the most technologically advanced yet and has already been tested on an Iraq war veteran in the U.S. Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE

FRAPRU protest

François Saillant
FRAPRU coordinator Francois Saillant gestures as he takes part in an anti-poverty protest in front of the Congress Center in Quebec city June 15, 2009. The FRAPRU, FRont d’Action Populaire en Reamenagement Urbain, was created in 1978 to fight for poor people and the cration of social housing.

FRAPRU protest
Chantal Potvin takes part into an anti-poverty protest in front of the Congress Center in Quebec city June 15, 2009.


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