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Welcome to my Blog!

Hello & Welcome to my new photography blog!
My name is Jean Labelle and I'm a freelance location photographer based in Ottawa, Ontario.

This blog will follow my photographic endeavors and showcase some of my favorite photos from weddings, engagements, and lifestyle portrait sessions.

Most of my work consists of portraiture, children, weddings and event photography. At the moment I don’t really want to specialize in one particular field. I’d rather specialize in telling stories, showing emotions and revealing my subjects character.

If you are interested in booking a session, or have any questions or just want to say hello, please click on the "Contact" above.

Thanks for visiting and check back often to see what I'm up to!
It's great to have you here!

Jean

(ALL PHOTOS © 2009 JEAN P. LABELLE / LABELLEPHOTO.COM)

65 Roses Gala

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Because of my involvement with Heather,(1), and the impact it had on me, I recently contacted the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Canada, to volunteer my services as a photographer. Together with the foundation, the Childrens Hospital Of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa General Hospital, I have had the honour and privilege to provide photographic services to the sweetest and bravest children you will ever meet.

On Monday, February 8th, 2010, The Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, along the the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, will be holding their annual fundraiser, The Ottawa Senators 65 Roses Gala.

This also marks the 50th anniversary of the Foundation. There has been significant progress in cystic fibrosis research and care since the Foundation was established in 1960. Researchers across Canada are now studying all aspects of cystic fibrosis, including fixing the basic defect and treating the symptoms of the disease. Thanks to tremendous advances in research and treatment, people with cystic fibrosis are living longer and healthier lives.

Please take a moment and think about making a difference in the life of a child afflicted with cystic fibrosis and come on out on and support this very worthy cause.

Proceeds from this event support the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in conducting health research and supporting specialized care for children and young adults battling cystic fibrosis.

Hope to see you there!

Jean

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Patrick Carpentier

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So the story goes like this…

Yesterday I received an email from Belanger RV/Auto dealer to invite me to an event at their dealership. They mentioned that Patrick Carpentier would be on hand with his race car to sign autographs. Patrick is a Nascar driver. They also included a link to YouTube to promote the event:
http://www.youtube.com/user/belangerautomax#p/a/u/2/JxTk8zyJmCo

Knowing that my colleague Leon covers Nascar, I sent him an email letting him know about the event.

Well folks, this is where it gets interesting…
After Leon checks out the video, he writes thanking me for the heads-up and also that, in his words, “they STOLE my picture!”
If you watch the video, at the 14-15 second mark, there is a photo of Partrick that was taken from Leon’s stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/totalphoto/3876430430/in/set-72157622104096781/

So I go there this morning, bring up Leon’s Flickr stream on my phone and ask Patrick to hold it and let me take a photo of him holding my phone displaying a photo of himself.

And now… you know the rest of the story…

**P.S. The photo was not “borrowed” by the dealership themselves but by a marketing company hired by the dealer.**

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Rebekah Hard at Work

Rebekah and I had a session today with a very pleasant and popular young man who has Cystic Fibrosis. Not only did he have our photo shoot to contend with, but he also had a video conference appointment and then a filmed "biography" session… all before noon!

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Help-Portrait 12-12-09

WOW… What a day!

Our day began at 8 A.M setting up the 5 “studios” at the Caldwell Family Centre.
With 7 photographers on hand, we were raring to go when the first participants arrived at 9 A.M.
We had so much fun shooting, talking with and connecting with some of the most awesome people you can imagine.
A couple of folks were telling us they have not had their picture taken in over twenty years!
We had a couple of large families and one with 5 very young children who were a blast. The kids kept screaming at us “One More!, One More!”
There was so much laughter and joy throughout the day.
Our last session was at 5:30 P.M… it was a long day but worth every minute of it.
This is a day that I will remember always and cannot wait until next year.

Special thanks go out to Jeremy Cowart, Kyle Chowning, Annie Downs and the whole Help-Portrait team founders.
I would also like to thank all the Ottawa photographers,  Richard, who did all the leg work for this site, Peter, Christine, Mike, Julian, Graeme, and Jennifer, you guys rock! See you next year.

A few shots of our team:

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Jean Béliveau

Jean Beliveau, NHL Superstar who played with the Montreal Canadians for 20 seasons.
He has his name on the Stanley Cup a record seventeen times, including seven times as
an executive for the Canadiens 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993.
Here he is being welcomed by Mr. Herman Yeh, President of Northern Micro to the companies annual Partner Showcase.
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As an aside, back in 1968-69, while watching hockey with my father, I "chose" my favorite number, 4,
as this was Jean Beliveau's sweater number...
or maybe it was because we had the same first name???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_B%C3%A9liveau
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