GYST: Get Your Stuff Together
The Design Guy blog features articles on design, creativity, commercial photography, tech, tips, and life. I add to this journal as the mood takes me, whimsically.
I am also an avid landscape photographer based in Niagara, Canada. This is the home of my personal photography project Somewhere In Niagara, in which I travel the back roads and trails in search of the hidden beauty if the Niagara Peninsula. Enjoy.
Soccer, or to give it it’s correct name, Football… is known around the world as ‘The Beautiful Game’. It’s a game that brings joy and anguish to millions every single weekend. It’s a game that keeps on giving. GYST was recently brought in to produce […]
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It’s the little things that spoil photographs. They distract and focus attention where it is not wanted, on imperfections rather than the subject. That’s where Photoshop comes in. My approach is always to retouch for need, not attention. Done well, you will never even know […]
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GYST image galleries offer many customization combinations and choices for wall art and prints. As well as single images we print panoramas, triptychs, custom collages and more. These options allow the creation of unique complimentary layouts to decorate your walls with personalized inspirations. Curated collections […]
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In 2017 I was granted Canadian citizenship. In a ceremony I will always remember I and several others swore the oath, sang the song (in both languages, no less) and signed the paperwork. Happy times indeed. After the event my beloved and I celebrated with […]
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This weekend I had the pleasure of hand delivering 27 prints of images taken at a family reunion in Niagara On The Lake. It is always a thrill to see recipient’s faces light up when the prints are placed into their hands. The family selected […]
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As a working photographer, I get hired to shoot many things, including various events. Recently I was hired to shoot a family reunion, around 40 people. When I arrived with camera gear the guests were scattered around the property. Children playing, adults catching up in […]
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From business cards to billboards and beyond, promotional and marketing materials are the life blood of business. GYST can take scribbled logos on napkins through to finished products to grace your pockets, walls, desks, and tables. Or front yards. Coroplast yard signs are used by […]
Read moreThis year I became a proud member of the Port Colborne Optimist Club, a chapter of the global Optimist International organization dedicated to doing good in communities around the world. Check out the link to discover who they are and what we all do. Comprised […]
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