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: The Bridge
Clarence Street bridge in Port Colborne straddles the Welland canal at this entrance to the downtown core of the City. Regular visitors will know I go up in a plane and circle the city occasionally. Which gives some amazing images. But the thing about planes is, you can’t ask them to stop while you take…
Repurposing
Tomorrow sees the annual Port Colborne Optimist Club garage sale and book giveaway. Details on that community event are on the club web site, here. The members rifled their belongings to find things to donate. An annual fundraiser, all proceeds go to community projects. Repurposing old, often beloved items, is a rebirth of sorts. Dusting…
New Look
Visitors might have noticed site content jumping around as I worked on the new look. Still tweaking. I’m a lot happier with it. I’ve been future-proofing and giving her a long needed overhaul. Much new functionality is now in place. Speed and reliability is actually better than ever as I’ve blitzed some bugs. Still some…
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…
