With eclectic shops, cafes and restaurants, Kensington Market is my preferred spot in Toronto. That’t the first pace I went to shoot in the morning after my first night at the hotel. It’s a distinctive multicultural neighborhood where you can hear probably 50 different languages if you sit on a bench for an hour.

A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario
A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Toronto Kensington Market.

Vendors prepares the stalls in front of a fruit market store early in the morning in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario
Vendors prepares the stalls in front of a fruit market store early in the morning in Toronto Kensington Market.

A vendor looks on her stalls in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
A vendor looks on her stalls in Toronto Kensington.

The Financial District is a business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sometime just refered to “Bay Street”, the main artery of the area. It is the centre of Toronto’s financial district and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada’s financial industry just as Wall Street is used in the United States and The City in the United Kingdom.

On a recent trip to the city to add pictures to my archives, getting photos of that area was crucial. So you can find more stock photos of Toronto Financial District on my stock site.

A Bank of Montreal office is seen in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010. The Bank of Montreal (in French, Banque de Montréal, commonly BMO in either language), or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits.
A Bank of Montreal office is seen in Toronto financial district.

A woman talking on her cell phone walks by a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce office in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (in French, Banque Canadienne Imperiale de Commerce, and commonly CIBC in either language) is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits.
A woman talking on her cell phone walks by a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce office in Toronto financial district.

National Bank Financial logo is seen in Toronto financial district
National Bank Financial logo is seen in Toronto financial district

A man on a skateboard rides in front of a the Standard Life Centre in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010.  Formerly a mutual society, Standard Life plc (LSE: SL.) is a financial services institution based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
A man on a skateboard rides in front of a the Standard Life Centre in Toronto financial district.

A man talking on his cell phone walks by a CIBC logo in Toronto financial district
A man talking on his cell phone walks by a CIBC logo in Toronto financial district

CIBC logo is seen on top of their headquarters in Toronto financial district
CIBC logo is seen on top of their headquarters in Toronto financial district

De bonnes ventes de stock photo

Le mois de Mars a été particulièrement intéressant côté stock photo. J’ai directement renouvelé la license d’un photo d’un pompier reculant devant un arc électrique à une compagnie Française pour leur matériel promotionnel.

Puis, via Canadian Press Images, c’est une avalanche de vente qui à été fait, selon le rapport que j’ai reçu aujourd’hui.

Entre autres…

Les artistes québécois Cœur de Pirate et Joël Legendre m’on procuré un total de quatre ventes.

Deux photos aérienne se sont vendues : une du chantier maritime de la MIL Davie et une de la Pointe-Aux-Lièvres à Québec.

Trois photos de sports : La vedette de football universitaires canadiens Cory Greenwood, le lanceur de baseball Éric Gagné, et le coach de la LHJMQ Richard Martel.

Quelques jours après avoir envoyé la photo à CP Images, l’ours polaire de l’aquarium de Québec m’a procurée une vente.

Il est toujours rigolo d’analyser l’impact d’événements d’envergure planétaire sur les petites choses de la vie.

Par exemple, la ville d’Edmonton à publier un graphique montrant l’évolution de la demande en eau pendant le match pour la médaille d’or entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis lors des Jeux Olympiques de Vancouver.

Parlant de ces jeux, une artiste connue seulement dans le Canada-Français a fait partie du spectacle de clôture. Le joli minois de la chanteuse Marie-Mai semble avoir attiré la curiosité de beaucoup de monde, tel que le démontre ce graphique de l’évolution du nombre de page vu pour mon billet contenant une photo de Marie-Mai. Ces photos se retrouve présentement en premier page de Google Images lorsqu’on fait une recherche sur cette dernière.

As I said before, everything looks good when silhouetted. I was passing by those two scenes while driving and I stopped, knowing they would probably sell as stock one day.

building under construction
A building under construction is silhouetted against the sun in Quebec city, January 21, 2010.

Power lines
High voltage electical transmission power lines are silhouetted against a sunset in Quebec city, January 21, 2010.


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