GYST: Get Your Stuff Together
Photography. Tips, insights and fun stuff.
This water tower was part of the Port Colborne skyline for a very long time. Iconic. Before it was demolished I made time to get some shots and video of it. I love my flying camera. Of course, I’m not actually up there. I would […]
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I love to combine photography with creative illustration. To that end, a couple of years ago I started making Car Toons. Car Toons are vehicle portraits given cartoon personalities. After creating the actual portrait (a photo shoot) I use a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator […]
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I like to explore and enjoy the beauty of the Golden Horseshoe region, from Hamilton to the US border. I spend many hours roaming the back roads just taking everything in and enjoying the scenery. There is always something new to see, or new ways […]
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I am thankful for my Daily Dose of Happiness… My wife. In the days before drones, you had to go and get photos the hard way. In this case that meant climbing into an inflatable boat and rowing around the headland into and out onto […]
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At a loose end on Sunday after dropping my beloved at work, I sent up the drone. And got this. It took a few minutes of positioning to get the angle right. That was not helped by strong cross winds buffeting the little guy around […]
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As a licensed drone pilot I am able to do things others can’t. Case in point, producing this unique video of a local band. When the band started their sound check, I thought it would be fun to get a different perspective. So I put […]
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January 1st 2020 was spent working through some of my photos from 2019. It brought smiles as I looked back at some amazing memories of the things we did. Including the trip to New York. It was a whistle-stop tour. We did many things including […]
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I know a lot of people, many of them photographers. I’ve lost count of the times a conversation went along the lines of “I couldn’t take the photo because <insert perfectly valid reason here>”. I understand the frustration. Been there. Done that. There is always […]
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In 2013, Pierrette died. Each year a few of us get together for a celebration of life. This year, we did something special. We went and said hi. As the event photographer I captured the whole day in images. Link below. Being a fully licensed […]
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