I am a working photographer, videographer, and drone pilot. I’ve been serving the Niagara region for 2 decades.
This is the blog section. It’s not about work, you can read that on the other pages and see some portfolios if you want to. This page is about the fun things in my life. Photography. Nature. Technology. And whatever else I feel like writing about. It’s about life, the universe, and everything. From Carl, your friendly neighbourhood Camera Guy.
Between Two Trees
Early one March morning, I was fortunate to be awake when the sun made a rare appearance in the leaden skies. The light rolling across the fields is subdued and soft, expanding by the moment, like a fog slowly creeping towards you. Fascinating shadow play. I like this location because the symmetry of that single…
Flight Time
Sports are notoriously difficult to photographs. People move so fast. Vehicles, at least, usually go fast in a straight line. Birds? Birds do not. They go fast. But not in a straight line. They swoop and dive, correct for wind, change direction in a heartbeat. It is instinctive, their movements come as naturally to them…
Onward
Onward is one of my favourite words. It says so much. Is life getting you down? Are you facing difficult times? Work or health issues? Did something unexpected or very unwelcome happen? Or are you ecstatically happy? Either way, onward. Onward is the word. Either leave the drama behind and move on, or roll up…
Ice Shove
The Port Colborne breakwall protects the harbour and shoreline from Lake Erie waves. It also protects it from ice. At the end of the breakwall, this automated light sits, patiently shining across the lake into darkness. When winter comes, the ice forms against and around the breakwall. The wind and waves below the surface push…
Ethical Spaceship
Not one person on this earth chose their parents. Skin colour. Religion. Nationality. We all have our origins, our personal accidents of birth. So what? Can you do what I do, better than me? If you can, you should do the job. That’s just common sense. Except, common sense is increasingly rare. Examples are everywhere,…
Sunset Colours
I have always been a Sunrise person. After ten years of driving around Niagara, I know where most of the best ones are to be found. Today, I wanted to do something different. So I went for a drive to wave the sun goodbye for the night. This is about sunset. No Difference Sunrise and…
Grain Elevators
The grain elevators at the Port Colborne entrance to the Welland Canal sit alongside the Sugarloaf Marina. This is not a natural fit. Grain elevators are hardly things of natural beauty, which boat owers would enjoy more. And those grain elevators must metaphorically look down at the marina with interest, and think it would make…
Coyote On Ice
Shortly after sunrise Nikki and I saw a dark shape moving rapidly across the ice in Gravelly Bay. At first sight, at such distance, I thought it was a common water-based critter like an otter. Nikki thought it was bigger, so we broke out the binoculars. She was right. The creature was a coyote. Not…
Breakwall Ice
March 4, 2025. Approaching sunset. After the working day I set forth West along the Port Colborne coast road to see what I could see. What I saw was a beautiful sunset in progress over lake Erie. But it was too far away to really enjoy the distant breakwall. That speck on the horizon was…
