Update – March 2017
Photographing Canadians
Every year, I visit Parliament Hill on Canada Day. It’s simply wonderful! There are at least 100,000 people at any given moment and the free entertainment is incredible. You can see and hear musicians, buskers, circus acts, face painters, uni-cyclists, and anything else you can think of.
I photograph people who dress specifically for Canada Day on Parliament Hill and who want to show their pride and be different for a day. All of the people you see here were more than happy to pose with tourists and talk to everyone from around the world.
Got a minute? Have a look T the “People” photo collection and do visit the Portfolio for the complete collection.
OTHER POSTS BY MICHEL LOISELLE
Tulips on Parliament Hill – The West Block of Canada – 7 Year Parliament Project – Politically Speaking – Canada in One Photo – Senators. Listen Up! – Design and Imaging — Haunted Castle — Night Shots — Hey That’s My Image — My Canadian Pride Is Showing — Canada Day on Parliament Hill — Images in Color and in Stereo –
Finding the Right Image
Having an image in color supposes that there are other types. Because these photos are architectural, they also look great in black & white. We don’t see too many monochrome images these days, so once in a while, convert some images to black & white on your Web site for an interesting effect. Someone may even notice.
It’s from a song called “En Stéréo et en couleurs” by franco-ontarian singer/songwriter Paul Demers that I’ve applied to images. What it really means is that I create 2 versions of certain scenes to give designers more choice. For example above, Political Glow and Lunar Politics, are photographed in both landscape and portrait orientations to solve any layout problems a designer might have with space on a page.
These images, Confederation Towers and Night Politics show the same scene but in both day and night flavors. This way, you can use both files in a document and get more mileage out of the look.
Here, we’re dealing with similar images, Canadian Silhouette and Political silhouette, but in different colors, the designer is able to closely match the image to the project color theme. When you’re working with photography in reports and documents, you need to have all the tools at your disposal, and these images will help to accomplish this.
Finally, let’s look at working with different seasons. These photos, Library View and Inside Politics are an example of being there at the right time and the right season.
The Rideau Canal photos show our Parliament during summer and winter. As you can appreciate, building a seasonal photo collection takes time, but in the end, it’s all worth it.
Michel Loiselle Photos 