Van Halen singer David Lee Roth performs at the opening night of the Festival d’été de Québec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city July 3, 2008. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/125 at f2,8 with a 70-200 at 100mm – ISO 1000
Julie-Anne Bouchard-Perron poses in front of seeds found on the Cartier-Roberval park archeological site in her laboratory at Universite Laval in Quebec city June 26, 2008
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/250 at f13 with a 16-35 at 23mm prime lens – ISO 200 + 1 flash thru an umbrella on camera left, one snooted flash to the vials on camera left, one direct flash behind the subject for separation
Julie-Anne Bouchard-Perron poses in front of her binocular that she use to analyze seeds found on the Cartier-Roberval park archeological site in her laboratory at Universite Laval in Quebec city June 26, 2008.
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/250 at f9 with a 85mm prime lens – ISO 200 + one direct flash on camera left
Isabelle Duval inspects a piece of native pottery found in the Cartier-Roberval Park archeological site in Quebec City June 21, 2008. The archeologists hope they can prove with this finding that Cartier and Roberval where trading with the natives. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/2000 at f1.8 with a 50mm prime lens – ISO 400
Isabelle Duval, center, points out something to Joanie Gauthier, left, and Karine Vachon-Soulard, right, in the Cartier-Roberval Park archeological site in Quebec City June 21, 2008.
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/400 at f1.8 with a 50mm prime lens – ISO 400
Karine Vachon-Soulard, right, takes some measures to document the exact location of a native pottery she just found as Philippe Slater, left, and Joanie Gauthier, center, look on in the Cartier-Roberval Park archeological site in Quebec City June 21, 2008. The archeologists hope they can prove with this finding that Cartier and Roberval where trading with the natives
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/5000 at f1.8 with a 50mm prime lens – ISO 400
Quebec Premier Jean Charest hugs Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity Sam Hamad as they inaugurate a soccer field, part of the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Quebec City. The Promenade, a 2.5km parkway along the St-Lawrence River, is the gift from the government of Quebec to Quebec city for her 400th’s birthday THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/2000 at f4.5 with a 24-70 at 67mm – ISO 200
Quebec Premier Jean Charest speaks at the inauguration of the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Quebec City. The Promenade, a 2.5km parkway along the St-Lawrence River, is the gift from the government of Quebec to Quebec city for her 400th’s birthday THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/200 at f16 with a 70-200 at 120mm – ISO 400
Quebec Premier Jean Charest receives the wafer after the VIPs took cover under a tent due to heavy rain at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city Sunday June 22, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 43mm – ISO 400
A participant to the 49th International Eucharistic Congress gestures on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city Sunday June 22, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Technical: Canon EOS 20D, 1/1600 at f4 with a 300mm prime lens – ISO 200
Governor General Michaelle Jean and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond speaks to a member of the Church as their daughter Marie-Eden joins hand at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city Sunday June 22, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
Technical: Canon EOS 20D, 1/1600 at f2.8 with a 300mm prime lens – ISO 200
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Towards the end of the ceremony, a huge downpour begins. I’m starting to worry, but I really need a photo of the VIPs (The premier, the Governor General, etc…) receiving the communion so I stay in position.
The security is high, so I’m far away with my 300. And it rains. And it’s taking forever. And it rains. And they are not finishing. I’m really concern with my gear: the rain is like I have never seen before. I decide to bail and take cover under a nearby tent.
It’s still raining like crazy when all of a sudden I see all the VIPs running for cover in the same tent that I am. A priest then tells everyone that anyone who wants to receive the wafer can do so, here and now. And that’s how I was able to turn a 300mm boring shot into a funny close up of the Premier in his raincoat, face still wet.
A movie is projected on the Bunge grain silo in Quebec city’s old port during the rehearsal of Robert Lepage’s Image Mill June 19, 2008 – Francis Vachon for CHRISTIE (the projectors maker)
