With the summer season coming to an end, that means that free outdoor concerts are going to begin to be few and far between. That's why despite the over 30C heat, near 40C when you factor in the humidity, my camera and I found ourselves at the Esplande Charles-LeMoyne to photograph the group Raffy. They were there to help keep the crowd on hand entertained while they waited to enter a tent full of all kinds of donated albums from several local Québec celebrities as part of a Vente de Garage des Artistes, or Celebrity Garage Sale. The proceeds of everything sold would go to the Fondation Véro et Louis, a fondation created by arguably Québec's 
most popular power couple Véronique Cloutier and her husband Louis Morissette. The foundation's mission to raise money to help support adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, which affects one in every 42 boys, and 1 in every 189 girls. As for Raffy, they are a group that formed in the late 2000's, beginning first as mostly a cover band, but have a couple albums of original songs as well, the most recent being Libérer L'Animal which was released last year. They played two sets on this sweltering afternoon, though I was only present for the second one. It still allowed me to snap off several photographs as the band kept the crowd entertained. The crowd really grew a few songs into the set when they were joined on set by Véronique and Louis' son, Justin, who sang a pretty rocking version of the song Footloose. Though I did find it sad that most of the crowd didn't stick around for the rest of the set as the band was more than deserving of some added attention. The first photograph was taken f/5.6, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/6.3, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 200mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of the performance.
most popular power couple Véronique Cloutier and her husband Louis Morissette. The foundation's mission to raise money to help support adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, which affects one in every 42 boys, and 1 in every 189 girls. As for Raffy, they are a group that formed in the late 2000's, beginning first as mostly a cover band, but have a couple albums of original songs as well, the most recent being Libérer L'Animal which was released last year. They played two sets on this sweltering afternoon, though I was only present for the second one. It still allowed me to snap off several photographs as the band kept the crowd entertained. The crowd really grew a few songs into the set when they were joined on set by Véronique and Louis' son, Justin, who sang a pretty rocking version of the song Footloose. Though I did find it sad that most of the crowd didn't stick around for the rest of the set as the band was more than deserving of some added attention. The first photograph was taken f/5.6, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/6.3, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 200mm. Here are several more photographs that I took of the performance.
f/4.5, 1/1600sec, ISO 400 at 155mm
f/6.3, 1/320sec, ISO 400 at 168mm
f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/4.5, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 135mm
f/4.5, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 130mm
f/4.5, 1/1600sec, ISO 400 at 175mm
f/4.5, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/6.3, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/6.3, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/5, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 165mm
f/5, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/5, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 120mm
f/5.6, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 115mm
f/5.6, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 200mm
f/7.1, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 182mm
Shooting in the sunlight provided some difficulties with shadows creeping in, but I managed to play around with them and came away with some interesting shots. Capturing the younger, leaping Morissette was a nice highlight, as were the couple of shots where I managed to time the spotlights to create some cool effects shots. If this was the end of my concert season, it was a fun one to go out on.
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