Posts under ‘The Arts’

Lachine PhotoWalk

Jan 21st, 2009

Went on a photowalk down by the Lachine Canal yesterday at lunch with The Burg. We both got some ecellent shots. But the one thing that really surprised me was how two people can have completely different views of the same sunject and same walk.

Ville-Marie vue de Hogwarts

Jan 17th, 2009

by Francois Fortier.

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Nestled on the side on Mount Royal in the heart of La Ville Marie that we call Montreal is this magical architechtural mashup that has now become know as the Royal Victoria Hospital.
The buildings have long been part of the McGill Univeristy grounds and never get more of glance from the regular patrons of [...]

Ascent

Jan 17th, 2009

by Francois Fortier.

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This picture was part of my DoF in your Environment set that I went out to shoot at the park with the girls today. As usual, I was sticking the lens in everyone’s nose leaning over climbing frames and kneeling won next to slides and and other parc apparatus. The light was pretty good for [...]

Chasing Light!

Jan 16th, 2009

by Francois Fortier.

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This was my entire day: Me Chasing Light.
I woke up to late to catch the sunrise.
I got my daughter to the bus stop too late to snap a good picture of her before she went to school.
I wasn’t able to drive by the lake or the airport runway in my way to work because I [...]

Ice Fog on the St-Laurent

Jan 16th, 2009

by Francois Fortier.

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We had are last appointment downtown at the Hospital today before the twins are born, as it’s 30 below freezing in Canadian Money and the Sun is Shinning I had to bring the camera. And I was all set to pick on of these from downtown. I especially liked the Cabbies view on Montreal, [...]

Gratuitous Beaver Shots

Dec 2nd, 2008

by Francois Fortier.

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OK OK, sorry for the sensational headline, but it was trully a bonus to find a beaver swimming in the Riviere des Prairie behind the College Gerald Godin last weekend. I wasn’t sure how these would turn out but I grabbed the new Pentax K200D and my trusty old 80-200 and grabbed some pretty [...]

Les Petites Notes au Collège Gérald-Godin

Nov 30th, 2008

by Francois Fortier.

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Chloé et Les Petites Notes de l’École Primaire Pointe-Claire ont traité les partisans de la Foire de Noël à un merveilleux concert de Noël cette après-midi au Collège Gérald Godin. Deux représentation ont été offerte, une à l’intérieur avec leurs belles chemises blanches, et leurs jupes rouges et pantalons noirs.

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Paul McCartney sur les Plaines d’Abraham

Jul 20th, 2008

by Francois Fortier.

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So I’m watching the Paul McCartney sur les Plaines d’Abraham concert in Quebec City with my cousin who has flown in from France via Sweeden (as you do) and we thought we should post the set list before we forgot what was played.
The Paul McCartney playlist
Jet
Baby you can drive my car
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All my loving
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got to [...]

Mike Fortier & Eeve was Framed @ Cafe Campus

May 7th, 2008

by Francois Fortier.

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New CSS Layout

Mar 24th, 2007

by Francois Fortier.

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Ok so I have finally finished the new CSS layout. Man this was a lot of work. I know it looks a little web2.0′ish but this is actual version 5.0 of the site since we started the site in 1999. I am pretty excited about this one and we are now using quite a bit [...]