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.
IOTW: Niagara Skyline
The Image Of The Week today is from the upper floors of the Sheraton Fallsview hotel in Niagara Falls. Nikkki and I were there overnight to photograph a company event. I had already assembled everything I would need for the main event. Being both an adventurous and creative type, while Nikki made herself ready I…
Snow Owl
With my 100-400mm telephoto lens I was able to get up close and personal with this Snow Owl without actually getting close enough to be of any concern. The critter scanned me casually with those amazing eyes while I was working the camera. I interpret the expression here to fall into the usual category. It’s…
The Tunnel
The view as one emerges from the Hydro Plant tunnel on to the viewing platform is spectacular. Or, it will be when we go back and it isn’t raining. I asked the elevator attendant, he goes out there for lunch quite often. Next time we go back, in drier weather, I will take sandwiches and…
God Is An American
This post title is the recurring refrain from David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid Of Americans”. So what? So, I have had this track as my cell phone ring tone for almost a decade. Clearly, I’m a Bowie fan. Which is why, when the Starman fell to Earth for a couple of hours on a cold November…
Niagara Hydro Plant
180 feet below the Niagara River, through millenia of rock and shale and cement and dirt and mineral… runs a tunnel. The tunnel is a half mile long. It was carved with blood and sweat and steam at the beginning of the 20th century by engineers and labourers without computers. Without CAD, any kind of…
Two Horses
This barn on the outskirts of Port Colborne has provided many shots over the years. This time, as I passed there were two horses just making their lazy way toward it to get out of the late afternoon sun. A breathless moment which invoked in me a sense of nostalgia. For some reason I was…
Door Prize
As a member of the Port Colborne Optimist Club I donated this framed print from my Somewhere In Niagara collection as a door prize. The image in this 13 x 19 print was shot using a drone (I am fully licensed and registered) and shows the view along Clarence Street bridge, which runs like an…
The Gift
My friend Jim likes to fly a Cessna around the Niagara region. Sometimes he takes me along, and I take photographs. Sometimes we have a specific goal to achieve, like getting aerial shots of events or for documentary video. Others, we roam the air and go wherever he wants. He’s steering. I’m glued to the…
