When I met Philippe

I would like to take this occasion to speak a little bit.

All the photos you have previously seen in this blog - everything further back from this point on - was shot with a Canon Powershot Sx 10 Is that I named Rogue ( in homage to the singer of a Goth band called The Crüxshadows. Rogue was purchased a fine morning of December 15th, 2008 before the last oncology exam at college. I rapidly went in the Bureau en Gros at the Gare Central de Montréal, purchased it and happily went on my way to college for the last exam before Christmas vacations.

Before Rogue, my camera was a Kodak Easy Share Z740 and it did great work - but Canon is the brand I always loved and worked with. Before the Kodak, I had a Canon Powershot A80 which I utterly adored and loved, but which broke when, once on Avenue Montroyal I was walking down, slipped on ice and fell. Later, the LCD screen too, died on me. Though, I could see through the view finder, the screen no longer worked and later again, it didn't recognized the recharged batteries. It was time to move on.

I purchased Philipe - the Canon Eos 50D - sometime in early February, and the first shots were done on February 17th, 2010. I think it was shortly after I was thanked from the Clinic. I felt broken. I needed to move on.

I named the Canon Eos 50D Philippe because I always loved that name. I cannot remember the origin of why I love that name but I know i always did.

I remember, right away it felt different shooting with him. More powerful, more control, more freedom - it felt like riding a northern winter born horse in a snowstorm and be perfectly safe and in confidence. The lens I had for him, a Sigma Apo DG 70-300mm Macro and, passing from a tourist level with automatic zoom (Rogue) made me learn to take distance from the subject and learn how to use a reflex camera. Of course, the first shots were epic fail, but with time I got used to my new stallion and how it worked, how to lead him and how to collaborate him.

With time, Philippe became my best friend, my collaborator, my undeniable ... I don't know how to define it, like an ally that I always had, since my childhood, in my dreams.

I dreamed of a professional Canon camera since I'm a kid. So, he is dream come true.

Riche comme l'Automne

Fire in the Sky

Shot on the 1st of August 2009 at 10:30 with a Canon Powershot SX 10 iS
Occasion : United States of America commonly known as USA or The States were participating in the Loto Québec summer fireworks festival in Montréal





















Technical details :

Camera : Canon Powershot Sx 10 iS
f/8 stop
exposure : 2 seconds
Iso 80
Focal length : 100 mm
Max aperture : 5.03125