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.
Drone Services
GYST Services specialize in delivering high-quality drone solutions that help businesses operate smarter, safer, faster. GYST services Get Your Stuff Together, so you don’t have to. Based in Port Colborne, Ontario. Serving the entire Niagara region. Whether it’s infrastructure inspection, agriculture, or cinematic content creation, our experienced drone pilots provide reliable results that elevate your…
Whisky Run Dutch Open
The annual Dutch Open golf tournament takes place at the Whisky Run golf course in Port Colborne. This golf tournament is open to anyone. It celebrates the culture and descent of the Nieuwland family, owners of the club, that arrived in Canada from Holland in 1954. The tournament honours the memory of another Netherland native,…
Photography services across Niagara
GYST covers the entire Niagara region of Ontario. Beyond, if you cover travel and expenses. If it needs a camera, we have you covered. From on site surveys to construction inspections, agricultural overviews, to cinematic promotional materials. Photo, video, drone. GYST specialize in photography of events of any size. We capture the fleeting moments. It…
Five Alarm Fire
Driving along the coast road after an enjoyable morning cruise I saw billowing smoke on the horizon. As I got near I saw a fire truck. The road was blocked. Other than turn round and take a detour there was nothing to do but wait. Or get out and take pictures. I did the latter.…
Working Hard, or Hardly Working?
The recent golf tournament at Whisky Run in Port Colborne highlighted the joy of being an event photographer. For the duration of the event I got to run around the course in an electric cart with carte blanche to take photos of 100+ golfers. The weather wasn’t great, but the people were. Despite cold, wind,…
Horses in the mist
One early misty morning while I was out exploring #somewhereinniagara I came across these horses just hanging around waiting for the day to begin. I think they were surprised to see me. Their ears pricked up and they meandered warily toward me as I just waited. Once they realized I had no food for them…
Long Weekend
Here in Canada we are heading into a long weekend. The Monday before May 24 is Victoria Day, an annual civic holiday that sees Canadians doing all kinds of leisure activities from camping to kayaking. Some stay home in their yards and watch the world go by from the porch. Others jump on a plane…
Half A Boat
Yesterday I posted an image of the Viking Octantis cruise ship passing the Robin Hood mill in Port Colborne. Today I post another from the same shoot. One which gives a better impression of the size of this cruiser. It shows the Octantis from the bow to the first orange lifeboat. The lifeboats are at…
Big & Little
Up with the sun today, I found myself across the Welland Canal from our local grain processing facility, the Robin Hood Mill. Just as the Octantis, a cruise ship of the Viking line, came in to town. This was planned. I had looked at the shipping schedule for the canal ahead of time. The Robin…
