GYST: A Blog


Drone pilot out exploring. Somewhere in Niagara

I am a working photographer based in Niagara though I have a passport and am more than willing to travel. A videographer. A drone pilot. A fool. I wear many hats. This blog focuses on the fun things in my life. Photography. Nature. Technology. And anything else I feel like writing about. This is GYST a blog (pun most definitely intended) about life, the universe, and everything. From Carl, your friendly neighbourhood Design Guy.

  • Between Two Trees

    sunrise between two trees

    Early one March morning, I was fortunate to be awake when the sun made a rare appearance in the leaden […]

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  • Flight Time

    Hawk in flight

    Sports are notoriously difficult to photographs. People move so fast. Vehicles, at least, usually go fast in a straight line. […]

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  • Onward

    Snow on the road

    Onward is one of my favourite words. It says so much. Is life getting you down? Are you facing difficult […]

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  • Ice Shove

    Ice shove at the breakwall in Port Colborne

    The Port Colborne breakwall protects the harbour and shoreline from Lake Erie waves. It also protects it from ice. At […]

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  • Ethical Spaceship

    Spaceship hovers over the ground as people move toward it

    Not one person on this earth chose their parents. Skin colour. Religion. Nationality. We all have our origins, our personal […]

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  • Sunset Colours

    Sunset over trees, Somewhere In Niagara

    I have always been a Sunrise person. After ten years of driving around Niagara, I know where most of the […]

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  • Between Two Trees

    Between Two Trees

    Early one March morning, I was fortunate to be awake when the sun made a rare appearance in the leaden […]

  • Flight Time

    Flight Time

    Sports are notoriously difficult to photographs. People move so fast. Vehicles, at least, usually go fast in a straight line. […]

  • Onward

    Onward

    Onward is one of my favourite words. It says so much. Is life getting you down? Are you facing difficult […]

  • Between Two Trees

    Between Two Trees

    Early one March morning, I was fortunate to be awake when the sun made a rare appearance in the leaden […]


  • Flight Time

    Flight Time

    Sports are notoriously difficult to photographs. People move so fast. Vehicles, at least, usually go fast in a straight line. […]


  • Onward

    Onward

    Onward is one of my favourite words. It says so much. Is life getting you down? Are you facing difficult […]


  • Between Two Trees

    Between Two Trees

    Early one March morning, I was fortunate to be awake when the sun made a rare appearance in the leaden […] READ MORE

  • Flight Time

    Flight Time

    Sports are notoriously difficult to photographs. People move so fast. Vehicles, at least, usually go fast in a straight line. […] READ MORE

  • Onward

    Onward

    Onward is one of my favourite words. It says so much. Is life getting you down? Are you facing difficult […] READ MORE

  • Ice Shove

    Ice Shove

    The Port Colborne breakwall protects the harbour and shoreline from Lake Erie waves. It also protects it from ice. At […] READ MORE

  • Ethical Spaceship

    Ethical Spaceship

    Not one person on this earth chose their parents. Skin colour. Religion. Nationality. We all have our origins, our personal […] READ MORE

  • Sunset Colours

    Sunset Colours

    I have always been a Sunrise person. After ten years of driving around Niagara, I know where most of the […] READ MORE

  • Grain Elevators

    Grain Elevators

    The grain elevators at the Port Colborne entrance to the Welland Canal sit alongside the Sugarloaf Marina. This is not […] READ MORE

  • Coyote On Ice

    Coyote On Ice

    Shortly after sunrise Nikki and I saw a dark shape moving rapidly across the ice in Gravelly Bay. At first […] READ MORE

  • Breakwall Ice

    Breakwall Ice

    March 4, 2025. Approaching sunset. After the working day I set forth West along the Port Colborne coast road to […] READ MORE

  • The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    At dawn one frozen March morning, a man and his dogs took to the beach. Temperature? Minus 15 Celcius. And […] READ MORE

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