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.
Comfort Maple
The oldest known Maple tree in Canada is the Comfort Maple in Fenwick, Ontario. That’s Somewhere In Niagara. Several hundred years old, this tree has a long and turbulent history. It has been hit by lightning several times. Been burned. Split asunder. Is hollow in places. Held together with wires in others. But it still…
Blue-Tailed Hawk
I took the image from the previous post (red-tailed hawk) into Photoshop and just started throwing around ideas. GYST for fun (see what I did there?) I posterized the image down to the default 4 levels with a mind to turn it into a colouring book page. Then I masked out some of that foliage,…
Red-Tailed Hawk
This Red-Tailed Hawk was perched atop a dead tree taking in the sun keeping a watchful eye out for lunch. Lunch not forthcoming, away it flew with a mind to look elsehwere. But not before I captured this. The Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey which inhabits most of North America, from Alaska and northern Canada to…
What A Difference A Crop Makes
The best photograph can be enhanced – or ruined – by the crop chosen in the edit. It’s a very important choice. The original crop may be perfect. But it may not. Most often, it can be improved. Cropping lets photographers recompose their photos to suit circumstances. The classic example is that some social media…
Somewhere In The Vortex
I shot this image at a comic con in the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls. The convention featured a Doctor Who exhibit and as a lifelong fan I took lots of shots of the Tardis, Daleks, and other displays. Extracting this Dalek from the busy convention background was childs play. The sharp lines of the…
Edit Text Shapes in Photohop
“Can I edit individual text shapes in Photoshop?” We are talking about manipulating individual letters for design purposes. Customized lettering is a huge eyecatcher in the design world, really making your message stand out. But for those on a budget without access to Illustrator, and not wanting the learning curve of Inkscape, can this be…
Rogers Centre
On a warm Summer day several years ago Nikki and I went Totally Tourist and headed to Toronto. We went up the CN Tower and had a walk around the Rogers Centre, home of the Blue Jays. We also spent a happy couple of hours at Ripley’s Aquarium. Despite all the tourists (that irony is…
Breakfast Club
This week the Port Colborne Optimist club visited five local schools to make donations to their breakfast programs, which aim to ensure children in need receive nourishing breakfasts. Donations were presented by club Treasurer and all round nice person Clarisse (Claire) Beauregard. I just tagged along to take photographs. From Clarisse: “The Port Colborne Optimist…
The Trees Of Life
I have a penchant for natural framing. It appeals to me. Two Trees naturally make just such a frame. Whenever I see two trees I look between them to see what may be seen. These two trees particularly stand out, framing the wilderness growing between them. The yellows and greens of the tall grasses are…
