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.
Editing Style
The camera is important. The technique is important. The editing style is most important. Any competent photographer can take a great image and ruin it in the edit. Better ones can take an OK image, and make it shine. The trick is deciding on which editing style to adopt. The decisions made can make or…
And ‘Scene’
I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. This desaturated edit suits both the image and my mood. I wanted the style for this image to be reminiscent of black and white TV shows from the 60’s set in the Wild West. I think I achieved it. I expect someone on horseback to arrive any second… and scene.…
Marshville Heritage Festival
Each labour day weekend the Marshville Heritage Fesitval takes visitors back to the 1800’s and revisits simpler (though harder) times, in the heritage village behind the arena in Wainfleet, Ontario. The Marshville Heritage Society handles the whole event. Click that link to find out more on their web site. The ample parking is free, though…
IOTW: Dewdrops
The Image Of The Week is from an early morning hike somewhere in niagara. Just after sunrise I came across this spider web in the grass near my feet. The web glistened with dewdrops, suspended precariously between the leaves. Even though they were shielded from direct sun by surrounding foliage, they evaporated slowly as I…
Somewhere Not In Niagara
As I trawl endlessly through the thousands of photographs on my computer I reflect that I am often so busy taking photographs that I often don’t actually do anything with them. They accumulate on my computer, and I have every intention of doing… something… with them, at some unspecified later date. But that often doesn’t…
Change
Legend has it that a king once asked a pauper to make a statement which would in all circumstances and at all times be true. The pauper is said to have paused for a moment before replying quietly, “this, too, shall change”. There are myriad variations on this fable. In every version, the simple answer…
Port Colborne
I moved to Canada almost 20 years ago. For all that time I have lived in the city of Port Coborne, nestled on the north shore of Lake Erie, just west of Niagara Falls. Port Colborne may not be world famous, but it has world class amenities. Including a marina, an abundance of sport and…
The Bridge Is Up
Here in Port Colborne we have three bridges across the Welland Canal, which bisects the city North to South as it runs between lakes Ontario and Erie. “The bridge is up” is a common cry, often accompanied by other word selections which I won’t enumerate here. At the Clarence Street bridge, the furthest South, there…
IOTW: Skydive
The image of the week was this tandem skydive taken at the Dorothy Rungeling Airport during the Open Day for COPA, where 87 Eagle Squadron was hoping to recruit the next intake of Air Cadets. Youngsters between 12 and 18 can learn the principles and practicalities of flight. First on the ground in classrooms, and…
