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.
A Field Full of Sun
One fine Summer day last year I took the drone to a local field of sunflowers. I spent the next hour zooming backwards and forward, going off into the distance beyond those trees. And generally having a whole deal of fun. It was the time of year when sunflowers are at their height. We had…
Lake Gibson From The Air
Shot a few years ago from my drone, this is the boardwalk at Lake Gibson, in Thorold, Ontario. Just off the 406 near the Beaverdams exit. Lake Gibson is a popular place to watch the world go by. It is easily accessible and features a raised observation deck, seen in the image. The boardwalk here…
Spring Forward
Clocks, if not the humans that live their lives by them, spring forward this weekend. On Sunday at 2am (they must hope we will be asleep and not notice), clocks in Canada go forward one hour. Which means that sunrise on Saturday will be at around 6:30am depending on your time zone, and at around…
Up With The Sun
One Summer day the wanderlust came upon me. I rose early. Up with the sun, I drove for a solid couple of hours before returning home to begin the day proper. Taking photos. Watching critters. Relaxing. The long, straight road ahead always calls to me. Sometimes it can be hard to make my wheels turn…
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada. Per Ardua Ad Astra is the motto of the RAF as well as several commonwealth air forces throughout the world, including Canada. This Latin phrase translates roughly as “Through adversity to the stars”. I am old enough that Latin was on my curriculum as an elective. I elected. Let the…
Newsletters
After a recent hard drive failure I restored everything from a backup. See link. During the restore process I did due diligence and randomly checked the files to ensure all were present and correct. One of the files I opened was this newsletter I created, many moons ago. Memories. Ah, memories. The ‘Chamber News’ ran…
Canadian Houses Of Parliament
From the other side of the Rideau Canal the Canadian Houses of Parliament stand tall and proud against the Autumn treeline, in Ottawa. This unusual angle softens the view and makes the scene quite peaceful. Which is not always the case within these walls. Those believing theirs is the only correct solution to a situation…
Pebble Beach
On an 18-hour road trip from Niagara to Thunder Bay, we stopped for an hour to check out the Pebble Beach at Marathon. No sand. Just rocks and driftwood. It was an amazing experience to visit this place, though also a great place to sprain an ankle. This is one unforgiving son of a beach.…
Backup
I recently posted about the importance of having a backup plan for your digital files and devices. This is such an important part of daily digital life that I am going to say it again: Make a backup plan! Same basic info, different format. If you prefer your information bite-sized and easy to digest, this…
