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. Enjoy.
Regular readers know that I go out with my camera most weekends to explore locations well off the beaten track. The unknown hidden gems. For examples, check out my photo gallery, Somewhere In Niagara. I shoot images which I feel reflect the character and beauty […]
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Ever since I was a boy I have been curious about things around me. How they work, why they work, can I use them to do new things? It’s been a lifelong learning curve, one that continues to this day. I love to learn new […]
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Anyone with a cell phone can and will take photos at your wedding, but for truly memorable images consider hiring a professional to take care of your wedding photography. Someone organized, that works with you and your event running order to know where to be […]
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’tis the season to be planning for end of the year parties! Event Season approaches. GYST provides individual table cards for event guests and +1s, as well as matching themed seating maps to make sure everyone finds their tables easily. From ten to a thousand, […]
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I have added a range of products to the store, based on this image of the Chateau Frontenac that I took as we exited the Levis to Quebec ferry crossing on the St. Lawrence river. Well worth pulling over and dodging two lanes of Quebec […]
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The image is a mockup I made of a logo I recently created for a local business. The logo will be used going forward on all marketing and promotional materials, as well as on the T-shirts worn by the team. I’m hoping to develop this […]
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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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