Quebec Solidaire co-leader Amir Khadir poses in is office at the National Assembly in Quebec city December 1, 2009. More photos of Amir Khadir from today’s portrait session on my stock site

Carl Sinclair poses in front of his house in Piopolis, on the shore of Lac Megantic lake, Tuesday October 3, 2009. Sinclair bought the land in the 70′ for 300$ and built the house himself for when he would retire but now find his retirement days in jeopardy as his Nortel pension could be cut by 30%. Photo Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE

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.

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.

Marc Caron, city Councillor in the Gaspesie town of Cloridorme, poses in Quebec city September 4, 2009. Trens-Quebec’s inverted monorail project would be a godsend to break the isolation of Quebec remote regions like the Gaspesie. Photo Francis Vachon / The Globe and Mail
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/160 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 50mm – ISO 400 + one direct flash aimed at the church’ roof, one flash through an umbrella on camera left, one Tripod Work Lamp just on the right.

I used the lamp just to help me focus on this pitch black church, but at the end it created a nice warming side light. That’s called shooting with available light, I guess!