My little weekend at Saint-Lambert en Fête continued Saturday night, taking in two more concerts at the Scène Desjardins. My Lovely Assistant accompanied me to the shows on this night and we arrived just early enough to grab some spots at the railing in front of the stage. While she referred to our spot as the 'Groupie position', I prefer to think of it as the 'Photographer position'. The first act of the evening, was Alexandre Poulin, a singer-songwriter from the Sherbrooke area. Alexandre began playing the guitar at a very young age, released his first album in 2008 and was nominated for an ADISQ Award for Revelation of the Year. 
He followed that up by winning the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Award for Francophone Writer/Composer of the Year and has brought his music to several different halls and festivals over the years. This stop in Saint-Lambert was the final show for the tour of his most recent album, Les Temps Sauvages, which was released in 2016. Though most of the pieces were soft folk style songs, he and his band also upped the speed and volume several times while looking like they were having a ball on the stage. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/160sec ISO 800 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 63mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during the performance.
He followed that up by winning the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Award for Francophone Writer/Composer of the Year and has brought his music to several different halls and festivals over the years. This stop in Saint-Lambert was the final show for the tour of his most recent album, Les Temps Sauvages, which was released in 2016. Though most of the pieces were soft folk style songs, he and his band also upped the speed and volume several times while looking like they were having a ball on the stage. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/160sec ISO 800 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 63mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during the performance.
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 68mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 57mm
f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 65mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 66mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 34mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 59mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 34mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 48mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 28mm
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 27mm
f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 1600 at 27mm
The fun thing about these outdoor festival shows is that they introduce
me to artists who I didn't know, but who's music I end up enjoying very
much. It's also fun when the artists spot you in the crowd and smile for the camera, as the guitarist did several times. It was a fun way to open the evening, even if we were in the 'Groupie Position'.
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