Design Guy

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.

I am also an avid landscape photographer based in Niagara, Canada. This site is the home of 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.


Sunrise at Niagara Falls
Design Guy

Sunrise at Niagara Falls

Today started bright and early for me. Well, more accurately, still dark and early. At 5:00 am I got up […]

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Empire Sandy fires the canon to start Canal Days
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Canal Days 2020

The Empire Sandy cannon both starts and ends the annual Canal Days even in Port Colborne. Usually.

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The Road Less Travelled.
Life

Onward

Onward: The only direction offered by Life.

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Life, Photography

Happiness

Happiness is where you find it. Here, it’s in a quick video snippet of Nikki and I out and about

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Barn - After editing
Photography

Photo Editing: Before and After

This image gave me a bad case of nostalgia. Not for me, but for the barn. The things it must have been witness to over the years. There’s a book or two in there, I’m sure.

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Photography

Morning Mist

The morning mist over these trees caught my eye during one of my lone early morning explorations somewhere in Niagara

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Port Colborne word cube
Design

Thank You Port Colborne

While playing with the new version of Blender 3D this evening I was monitoring and enjoying feedback from my post

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The Robin Hood Sky Train
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Robin Hood Mill

Standing like a behemoth on the Northern skyline of Port Colborne is the imposing edifice of the Robin Hood Flour

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Life

Chase Your Dreams

Life is full of surprises. Some good. Some, not so much. Rolling with the ups and downs only gets you

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Port Colborne Water Tower
Photography

The Water Tower

This water tower was part of the Port Colborne skyline for a very long time. Iconic. Before it was demolished

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Peewee Collage poster
Life

Love Survives

This weekend should have seen over a hundred bikes roaring around the Niagara region partaking in the annual Peewee memorial

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