GYST: Get Your Stuff Together
The Design Guy blog is a personal project featuring articles on design, creativity, photography, tech, tips, and life. I add to this journal as the mood takes me, whimsically. I am also an avid photographer based in Niagara, Canada. Enjoy.
At the Port Colborne City council meeting last night, I and several other members of the Port Colborne Optimist Club were present to see Port Colborne Mayor, Bill Steele present a cheque for $4000 to club president Kim Eros. Which was kinda cool. Funds are […]
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In winter, the boat slips at Sugarloaf Marina stand empty. Winter ice makes the marina uninhabitable for boats, which are lifted out and winterized until the return of warmer weather. When Spring begins, the ice clears. It leaves behind crystal clear ice-filtered water. Those brave […]
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On a hot afternoon in July I found myself in New York with a couple of hours to kill between photoshoots. So I went up all 102 floors of the Empire State Building and enjoyed the view. It is rather spectacular. Even when repeatedly bumping […]
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A Snowy Owl thinking really deep thoughts. There is not much else to do, in a field. This item shows several images of a Snowy Owl coming in to land on a post, above the main image of the same Owl after dropping to sit […]
Read moreYou really do not have a solid understanding of the wingspan of a Golden Eagle until you see one landing less than six feet away from you. Beautiful. Inspirational. Terrifying. And beautiful again, all in the space of a heartbeat. Watching an Eagle landing is […]
Read moreToday is grey and miserable. Which makes it an ideal ‘Cute bunny playing hide and seek’ day. Taken last year during a visit to Happy Rolph’s animal farm in St. Catharines. A most enjoyable memory of time spent with my love.
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Adobe launched their generative AI modelling system, Firefly, at the recent Adobe Max. It certainly caused a stir among creatives, who seem equally excited and dismayed about the new tool. As it is a tool that I can leverage, and as I am on the […]
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I like to get outdoors. Weather does not phase me. If I can’t get out of the car I can still see and visit new places. My poor car has seen some things. I’ve put her through a lot. But she and I share something. […]
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The iconic Niagara Falls is a sight that always keeps giving. Millions visit each year and since I live so close to it (only a 30-minute drive) I myself come back regularly. The clear blue of the water flowing over Niagara Falls in winter changes […]
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