Carsten Arnold Photography

For my birthday today I'm asking all of my Facebook friends to please give me a simple and free gift. If you have a gmail account, please subscribe to my Youtube channel, Capture Reel Adventure, if you haven't already. Ask anyone in your family to do so as well. I'm looking to hit 1000 subscribers by the end of the day today! I'm at 977 as of this morning.
Please click link below, wait a second for the pop up menu to Confirm Channel Subscription, then just press Subscribe, It's easy and free, I'll be forever grateful. :) THANK YOU!!
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The inside of the home I photographed last week in Vancouver. A simple box shaped house with anything but simple interior finishes. A pleasure to photograph.

The exterior image of this home in Vancouver I photographed recently is a composite of 17 individual photos taken with different lighting and camera settings, including flash pointed at specific areas within the scene. It would be impossible to get this kind of result with just a single image. The clients are the wood working company that did all the custom cabinetry and millwork, and the interior design company that designed the entire home and landscaping. This was a stunning home inside. More photos to come.

Yet another one of my images made it to a magazine cover. This one is for Woodworking Canada and was for an amazing home I photographed on Humber Island in Belcarra, just at the mouth of Indian Arm. The client was the woodworking company that did all of the custom cabinetry and wood trim throughout. The magazine goes out to all of the custom woodworking and millwork companies across the country.

Foundations of Digital Photography. One of the full day workshops I'm teaching in June of this year. If you're struggling with the basics of photography including what subjects to photograph, best compositions, and how to deal with the photos after you take them, then this course is for you. Gain the confidence you need to create great photos using even the most basic of equipment with this extensive and unique foundations of digital photography course.

Foundations of Digital Photography Get tickets for Foundations of Digital Photography

I'm officially launching the Photography Workshops aspect of my business starting this June! I really enjoy teaching photography and helping others enjoy taking photos for fun and profit. The goal is to see how popular these workshops are before deciding to expand that next year into other parts of the province, and beyond!
These are the workshops available this year:
Foundations of Photography - June 15, Chilliwack
Photoshop & Lightroom Fundamentals - June 29, Chilliwack
Landscape Photography & The Art of Seeing - July 6, Chilliwack
Interiors Photography Basics - July 13, Chilliwack
Real Estate Photography For Realtors - July 20, Chilliwack
Real Estate Photography For Photographers - October 25,26,27, New Westminster
Architectural & Interiors Photography For Photographers - November 8,9,10, New Westminster
The Business of Photography - November 23, New Westminster

Check them out by clicking on the image below!

WORKSHOPS | Carsten Arnold Learn everything you need to know about creating your own stunning images of places, spaces, projects, builds, and listings using basic tools. 

I just had to squeeze out one more task for the last day of the year, 123123. Check it out here: https://www.carstenarnold.com/services-catalog
In case you didn't already know, the services include:
- Architectural interiors and exteriors
- Home and business interiors and exteriors
- Vacation rentals interiors and exteriors
- Drone aerials photography and video
- Drone aerial mapping, site surveys, and orthomosaic imagery
- Photo scanning
- Photo restoration
- Photo editing
- Original artwork digitizing
- Photography workshops
- Fine art home and office decor
- Fine art photo gifts

New release! Grizzly Forest. Can you see the grizzlies head? It's bearly there. 😉
Limited Edition of 5 in each size and style. https://www.carstenarnold.com/fine-art

Advanced photo restoration I did for a client recently. Trucks, motorcycle, and chair removed from the same original file. Anything is possible with the advanced AI tools available to us.

Thanks to the latest AI software I was able to recover this image from the digital trash can. A few years ago I created this image "Above The Fog" and accidentally saved the working document as a 6" high file when reducing its size to display on Facebook. The resolution was extremely poor at that size and I thought all was lost. Today,
running it through Topaz Gigapixel AI, then Topaz Photo AI, I was able to bring it back up to 19" x 45" and sharp as a tack with full details. Incredible! Do you have any digital photos you want restored this way? It does an amazing job on people as well.
https://www.carstenarnold.com/fine-art

Two weeks ago I got back from an epic 14,000km, 67 day photography and fly fishing journey to the Arctic Ocean. The drive from Chilliwack, BC took me north through Kamloops, Valemount, Prince George, Dawson Creek, Liard NWT, Watson Lake Yukon, Faro, Carmacks, Mayo, Keno City, Whitehorse, Dawson City, Fort McPherson NWT, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, West to Kluane Lake, McCarthy Alaska, Valdez, Haines Junction Yukon, Haines Alaska, Skagway, Carcross, Then south through Jade City BC, Deese Lake, Kitwanga BC, Quesnel, Williams Lake and back home again to Chilliwack.
I brought back many thousands of photos and videos and countless hours of video, all of which I'll be working on this fall and winter.
The page for the trip is https://www.facebook.com/capturereeladventure. Here you can see the daily blog that was created plus photos and video of the trip. The videos are being published on the Capture Reel Adventure Youtube Channel starting in November.
While up north I photographed for a number of lodges and vacation rental locations which kept me busy for weeks. This was also a sponsored trip. Pacific Rivers Outfitting Company and Loop of Chilliwack were kind enough to offer me some clothing and two amazing fly rods which I caught a lot of fish on. Photo Central from Winnipeg, Manitoba supplied a free Nikon camera which was most welcome. Thank you to my sponsors for your support.
The landscape and nature photos are currently be processed but will take some time to go through. I've already posted several for sale on the Fine Art page of my website. Many of the new images are available as limited editions of 5 per size and print medium. Photographic prints, canvas, aluminum, and acrylic prints are now available. Check out the latest images! New ones are being added weekly as they become available. https://www.carstenarnold.com/fine-art
The image shown is called Descendants. It represents the Past, present, and future of the land. The ghosted trees along the top are the descendants of the past, the present are the trees in the centre, and the future are descending trees in the foreground.

It's been almost three weeks since I left home and headed north to the Arctic. I've left BC and just arrived in the Yukon today. If you want to follow my daily posts and photos of the trip head over to https://www.facebook.com/capturereeladventure to see what adventures I've been having! There will be 7 more weeks worth of daily updates so head over there and check it out!

Capture Reel Adventure Exploring the backroads and scenic highways of BC, the Yukon, & Northwest Territories.

Just released an update to my custom rear seat storage video for the truck. The first iteration wasn’t informative enough with friends and family weighing in with their suggestions on how to improve it. Part of the learning process on how to make better YouTube videos. Check out the new and improved version here!

Add 20% more storage to the Tacoma interior! Get 20% more useable storage in the backseat of your Toyota Tacoma with this simple and easy to build custom deck. I show you the design drawings, how to rem...

The Great Northern Project Update!

Two weeks away until the August 2nd launch of my 10 week photography and fly fishing journey to the arctic through all of BC, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and even parts of Alaska. 12,000kms of adventures and challenges to come!

I'll post updates to a separate page when I have internet access. The further north I get, the less internet will be available. Follow me over there at https://www.facebook.com/capturereeladventure
Youtube videos as they become available will be posted to https://www.youtube.com/.

The intent is to create weekly videos of the entire 10 week journey. Due to the sheer amount of editing time required, these will mostly be released after I return from my trip. However I will be posting some highlights on both Youtube and Facebook including critter encounters, fishing adventures, amazing locations, and maybe even some of my attempts at rustling up some grub!

If you do follow me on Youtube, please subscribe to the channel and if you like the videos, give a thumbs up on each of them. It really helps me out a lot and would be greatly appreciated. Also, please consider sharing this post on your social media.
Thanks!👍🙂

Capture Reel Adventure Exploring the backroads and scenic highways of BC, the Yukon, & Northwest Territories.

I was interviewed for the Flyfishing97 podcast recently and we talk about my fly fishing background, photography, and travel. Check it out!

249 Carsten Arnold, Fine Art Photographer, Avid Fly Fisher Today we visit with Carsten Arnold of Chilliwack BC. He runs a fine art photography business www.carstenarnold.com/fineart. He is an avid fly fisher and has spent many years capturing the beauty of

Carmel Studios is our in house photo scanning, photo editing, photo restoration, photo colourization, and original artwork digitization service. Think your old photos are beyond restoration? Check out this recent project where the photo was extremely water damaged from being stored in a leaky attic for decades. The client went to several restoration companies and was devastated to find that none of them would even touch this image. After showing us the original they put their trust in us to bring this family heirloom back to life. Needless to say they are ecstatic we were able to fully restore this photo. More information on these services here: https://www.carstenarnold.com/photo-lab

The Great Northern Project is fast approaching! A 10 week, 12,000 km journey to the Arctic! I have a separate page for this epic journey coming up in August. Check out the progress and follow along here! https://www.facebook.com/theaframecanada/

This was such a beautiful home to photograph. The fine craftsmanship and finishing details are typical of Alderidge Construction. Always a pleasure to work with this team!

We were walking around the neighborhood yesterday to get some ideas of paint schemes for our house. With so many different styles and roof lines it's difficult to make a decision on what part of the house will get which colour. So I used my skills in Photoshop to visualize the change and this is the choice we made.

Here is the full interview that I recently did for the Virtual Summit "Break Free of the Starving Artist Mentality".

Break Free of Starving Artist Summit Interview with Carsten Arnold I’ve always gravitated towards landscapes and nature photography. This is where I discovered the compositional techniques of the “Art of Seeing”. Viewing and...

The 2023 Catalog of Services is now available! This year I've added an exciting new drone service that you or your colleagues may find useful. Photography workshops are also coming!

Aerial drone mapping or orthomosaic imaging has become a very popular way of viewing construction progress, identifying safety hazards, helping with insurance claims or coverage, analysing terrain contours for drainage issues, determining accurate cut and fill measurements or stockpile analysis, viewing 3d building and landscape models, creating detailed agriculture stand counts and crop analysis, providing roof inspections, and so much more! Ask me for more details about this exciting new service.

Photography workshops are also coming to 2023 including "A New Approach on Photography Basics", "Architectural & Interiors Photography", "Real Estate Photography", and "The Art of Seeing in Landscape Photography". Stay tuned to this page for announcements on location, dates, and times.

https://www.carstenarnold.com/services-catalog

Twilight photography is one of my favorite methods for capturing home exteriors and interiors. Each of these is made up of dozens of photos. Enjoy!

Canadian Tire head office in Toronto contacted me recently to photograph the interior of their new store here in Chilliwack, BC's largest at 95,000 square feet. They also needed drone aerial photos and video, and twilight and night time exterior ground based photos. Interior photos needed to be taken after store closing so they were taken between 9 pm and 2 am. The package of 350 photos and a 2 minute video were delivered to them this week and they were thrilled with the results.
Here are a few photos and a link to the video (no sound). https://player.vimeo.com/video/769056053

Here's a beautiful home on the Cultus Lake waterfront in Chilliwack that I photographed recently for a local interior designer and the builder. This twilight image is made up of 45 separate photos blended together with careful layering and masking!