Francis Vachon [photography] / [photographie]

New blog

Francis Vachon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:16:37 -0400

This blog is over. I’m not done with bloging my life as a photojournalist. I’m just done with this one. Please adjust your bookmark and update you RSS feed. The new blog is over here.

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James Nachtwey

Francis Vachon — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:08:49 -0400

Remember James Nachtwey? Here is his, giving a speech outlining his career, with some of is best - and graphic - images. Please watch.

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Love the Treo!

Francis Vachon — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:01:39 -0400

Photojournalists need to be mobile. We have to file our pictures before the deadline, and sometime that mean filing on location. You have to bring your laptop and use an available Internet...

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New website

Francis Vachon — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:06:52 -0400

Here it is: my new website (version française)

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Newspapers Vs Magazines

Francis Vachon — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:50:02 -0400

When you shoot for a newspaper, it’s almost instant gratification. Usually, you see your picture in the paper in the next day’s edition. But when you do a job for a magazine, it can take several...

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Blog unavailable...

Francis Vachon — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:52:34 -0400

I hate it when I bust my bandwidth like I did last week. The blog was unavailable for 4-5 days and it pisses me off big time! I’ll move my blog pretty soon so it does not happen again. But before, I...

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Remote camera

Francis Vachon — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:29:19 -0400

PocketWizards are great to fire remote flash, but they can be use to fire a remote camera too! Getty’s Donald Miralle show us how in a 3 part video.

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Two polar bears on a melting ice

Francis Vachon — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:30:06 -0400

The story of a disputed photo

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Canon Mark III at 3200 ISO

Francis Vachon — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:31:19 -0400

This image was shot with a pre-release Mark III at 3200 ISO (1/1000 @ f2.8). Do you see any noise? Very impressive!

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Quiz of the day

Francis Vachon — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:52:09 -0400

A friend of mine pointed me this one. Here is a photo published in Le Journal de Québec, credited to Benois Gariepy (Staffer at this paper). Here is the same photo published in Le Soleil (the other...

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More about the Sigma 200-500 f2.8

Francis Vachon — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:59:51 -0500

The photo provided in the link of my previous post did not give a good understanding of how big the lens is. Here are two photos of the mammoth that made me laugh so hard!

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Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8

Francis Vachon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:41:12 -0500

What a nice glass!

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New client: La Presse

Francis Vachon — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:47:38 -0500

Just got myself a new client. I recently did a portrait for La Presse, the most prestigious French Canadian newspaper. Think of it like the Toronto Star: A big city broad sheet that also act as a...

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New Canon WiFi transmitter and 580EX II flash

Francis Vachon — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:44:56 -0500

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Some Mark III videos

Francis Vachon — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:53:00 -0500

Canon 1D Mark III Live View mode Canon EOS 1D Mark III (10 frames per second) vs Mark II N (8 frames per second)

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We are not normal

Francis Vachon — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:06:55 -0500

We photographers are a bit crazy. I guess it’s the same for anyone with a passion. I was looking at the video of the big fight during the Buffalo Sabres and The Ottawa Senators game where every...

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See the Mark III in action

Francis Vachon — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:15:45 -0500

Here is a neat video presenting the recently announced Canon EOS 1D Mark III. It's in French, but my fellow English friends should watch it anyway, just to hear the beautiful sound of the 10 frames...

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Canon release the EOD 1D Mark III specs

Francis Vachon — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:17:23 -0500

The Mark III was officially announced today. Read the press release on dpreview, read the 60 pages pdf file. Here is a quick list of the new features: • World's fastest AF DSLR with approximately...

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The bussiness of photography

Francis Vachon — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:07:39 -0500

What the duck #156

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The Montreal Gazette

Francis Vachon — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:22:15 -0500

What I like with freelancing for the Montreal Gazette is that it is a very picture friendly newspaper. More than we are used to see with a broadsheet. If you provide them with two very different...

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Sympathy for the victims

Francis Vachon — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:07:58 -0500

Last summer, I told you about how disturbed I was after I photographed a double murder attempt. 2 days ago, Trent Nelson at the Salt Lake Tribune was covering the follow up of a shooting spree in a...

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Biggest job yet

Francis Vachon — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:00:43 -0500

I’m pretty excited. I’m about to start my biggest assignment yet. It’s going to be three days of shooting, including one out of town. This should give me national exposure. I’m really happy to see...

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Scavenger

Francis Vachon — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:22:07 -0500

French photographer Paul Antoine Pichard present "Mine d'Ordure", a slideshow about the scavengers living in various dump around the world. It's in French, but I guess the images speak for themself.

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Vista and photographers

Francis Vachon — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:42:35 -0500

You are a photographer? You are using a PC? You are thinking about upgrading to Vista? Maybe you wanna wait a bit.

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2007 World press award

Francis Vachon — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:20:14 -0500

Winners of the World Press Photo contest have been posted.

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Smile!

Francis Vachon — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:47:01 -0500

This photographer does not have to say "smile!" to his subject when he takes a portrait of them!

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5 pictures published

Francis Vachon — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:58:45 -0500

It is a prolific day for Freelancer Vachon. I have today 5 pictures published in two different papers. Yesterday, I was at Le Colisée for The Montreal Gazette to photograph the return of Patrick Roy...

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Anatomy of An Assignment: 3 Minutes and counting

Francis Vachon — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:52:48 -0500

Yes, that's 3 minutes, 19 seconds. Two set ups, travel time between sets, everything. And, the client has dozens of images to choose from. Anatomy of an Assignment at Photo business news &...

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Freelancing in Quebec City II

Francis Vachon — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:47:19 -0500

In the last few weeks, I worked a lot. I often work with freelance journalist Mark Caldwel. He works with many different publications, and he helps me get jobs with them. He is into in depth feature...

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Fly on the wall

Francis Vachon — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:20:50 -0500

I love Salt Lake Tribune photographer Trent Nelson's blog : Fly on the Wall. You really get into his head as he tries getting the best picture. The guy in a chair is a perfect example of how he...

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