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.
Winter
As the worst winter storm for several decades begins to subside, and we start to calculate the cost in lives and infrastructure and property, life slowly but surely returns to whatever passes for normal. Cars are pulled from ditches. Businesses reopen. Power lines and hydro poles are replaced, and the power slowly returns to cold…
I Saw Three ships
This image, captured on Lake Ontario one wintery morning, reminded me of the old English Christmas carol, “I saw three ships come sailing by”. It seemed a fitting image to mark Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it, and a happy holiday season to those that don’t. May your bellies be full and…
Merry Christmas
To those that celebrate it, Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings to those that don’t, or follow faiths too numerous to mention. As I write, blizzard conditions are sweeping across the continental U.S. and Canada. Here, we have power lines and trees down, our doors are blocked with drifted snow and there is flooding…
IOTW: The Scow
In August 1918 a scow broke loose from the tug towing it along the Niagara river. It and the two men aboard became lodged in the rocks above Niagara Falls. It has been there now for over a century. Fast forward to October 2019. The scow, battered by a raging river for decades, succumbs to…
Calendar Collection
Last night production began on our 2023 calendars. Pre-orders are being fulfilled as fast as we can produce them and customers are either coming by to collect or awaiting delivery throughout Niagara for a flat $10 fee. Customers like this lady in the video, that dropped in yesterday. Her genuine reaction to the feel of…
Bald Eagle
A day at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy is time well spent. We love visiting this place. Located near Simcoe, it is home to a wide variety of birds of prey. As well as this wonderful Bald Eagle, we saw a Eurasian Eagle Owl, the biggest owl species on earth, and a couple of Screech Owls,…
Floatfest 2023
Looking back through my images from this year, I reminisce about the annual Floatfest festival in Welland at the Rose City on the Welland Canal. Descending as we are into the cold dark winter months, my thoughts return to the days when throwing yourself into a canal was simply a good way to cool off.…
Image Of The Week: Owl Selfie
The Image Of The Week is an extreme close-up. It is rare to get close enough to see the tongue of an owl. The detail in this image shows the fine feather textures and razor sharp cutting edge of that vicious beak. Also, my wife and I can easily be seen reflected in the eye…
Community
Today marked the return after 3 long years of the annual Community Living Christmas Dinner. Hosted (with thanks from us all) by the Friends Of Roselawn at the Roselawn Centre in Port Colborne, this sit-down event catered 70 happy diners, while, in a first for this event, another 20 had hot Turkey dinners delivered to…
