Design Guy

The Design Guy blog features articles on design, creativity, commercial photography, tech, tips, and life. This is for fun. I add to this journal as the mood takes me.

As a photographer based in Niagara, Canada this site is also home to my personal photography project, Somewhere In Niagara, in which I travel the back roads and trails to discover the hidden beauty of the Niagara Peninsula. Enjoy.


Carl Green, Design Guy
Design Guy, Life

Unsolicited

At a holiday event this weekend I was unexpectedly approached by a former client I had previously worked with on… […]


A garden swing in a rural setting
Life

The Story

I have a confession to make. I take many, many photographs. That’s not the confession. It’s this: They don’t always


Welland Canal, seen from the Clarence Street Bridge in Port Colborne, at night.
Life

Runway Lights

The view North from the Clarence Street Bridge in Port Colborne can be spectacular. You would not think so during


Small church in the woods.
Life, Photography

Starlight

“Oh, Little Star Of Bethlehem”… So begins the hymn sung by generations across the globe to celebrate Christmas. Stars shine


School Bus in snow
Life, Photography

School Bus

An incredibly undervalued resource in communities across Canada and the U.S. is the humble school bus. These bumble-bee yellow transports


Ancaster Mill waterfall
Life, Photography

Ancaster Mill

Hamilton boasts over one hundred waterfalls and visiting them all involves some serious commitment in terms of energy and effort.




Gyst Services patch
Design Guy, Life

Patched

I was in a motorbike club for several years. I don’t ride. But they let me tag along and drink



Downtown Port Colborne door prize
Life, Photography

Door Prize

As a member of the Port Colborne Optimist Club I donated this framed print from my Somewhere In Niagara collection


Ride The Rainbow
Life, Photography

The Gift

My friend Jim likes to fly a Cessna around the Niagara region. Sometimes he takes me along, and I take

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