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.
Cycles
The clocks have gone back. The sun apparently, magically, rises an hour earlier. Watching sunrise over Niagara Falls now means I will have to be there at 6:00am, instead of 7:00am. Which means getting out of a warm bed in the middle of the night. As the year cycles into another Winter, with wind and…
Penny Sale
Being an Optimist is a commitment both personal and civic. I commit to staying as positive as I can in this increasingly crazy world, and joined the Port Colborne Optimist Club to make a difference within my community. To that end, I donated a framed print from my Somewhere In Niagara collection to the penny…
Trapped In The Original Matrix
Some time ago a friend of mine asked me to replicate the original Space Invaders arcade machine bezel. I made it actual size, ready for placement onto plywood and cutting to fit. As he was musing on making a physical cabinet and framing it for the wall, I figured it would save time if I…
Youtube Copyright
I make an occasional video for Youtube. This page shows my latest. When making videos I am careful not to use music which will incur copyright strikes as that would be a bad thing. I use a number of music libraries for this. A monthly fee licenses all music and avoids copyright problems. All legit,…
IOTW: Relax
Working from home often means taking on more work. That early morning commute in both directions can be replaced by jumping staight into work as soon as you leap from bed. A 9-5 day job quickly becomes a 7 to 7 when you don’t have a clock to punch. And then there are the after…
Murder Mystery
On October 21st 2023 a select group assembled for a night that would end in death. Fortunately, a world-class detective happened to be attending. Nobody was allowed to leave until the mystery was solved. Fortuitously, that coincided with the 50/50 draw and dessert. The denoument revealed the killer to be… No, sorry. No spoilers. That…
Keeping Busy
As I type, my computer is importing the photos from a charity gala I shot last night. Those images will be culled, edited, then uploaded to a gallery for the organization to use as they wish for marketing or ‘thank you’ gifts to the donors from the evening. That will take time, time that I…
The Big Goose
The Big Goose is a famous landmark known to anyone that has travelled the Trans-Canada highway as it passes Wawa, Ontario. This more recent steel and concrete incarnation was photographed at sunset as we stopped for a break on our way West. The silhouette and the sun highlighting the statue is evocative of the spirit…
Gardening Leave
As a nation, Canadians spend a lot of energy and time during Summer edging drives, pruning trees, and cutting grass. Once the final cut of the season is over, nature plays it’s annual trick and drops all the leaves we haven’t pruned on to that beautifully manicured grass we cut. You can’t see the grass.…
