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Stephen Roper

Creative Direction / Marketing

Sound Sleep Consulting

Hali is a long time friend and I was pleased when she asked me to help her create her online presence for her new Sleep Consulting business. Sound Sleep provides solutions and support for moms to be, infants and…

Hiking Travel

Indian Falls

This is another of the many waterfalls along the Niagara Escarpment. It’s only a few minutes drive away from downtown Owen Sound, and has a very nice parking lot with restrooms and picnic tables. The trail is well marked…

Hiking Travel

Hiking Old Baldy

Old Baldy is located in Beaver Valley and is part of the Blue Mountains which is the highest section of the Niagara Escarpment. Were it not for this escarpment, there would be little in the southern part of Ontario…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

I love turtles. I love being able to swim with turtles in the open water. Not particularly large compared to other sea turtles, Hawksbills grow up to about 45 inches in shell length and 150 pounds in weight. While young,…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Queen Parrotfish

Queen parrotfish are herbivores that graze the reef, using their beaks to scrape plants and algae from the reef surface. This habit involves ingesting corals and sometimes other animals as well, but they are primarily herbivorous. Through their feeding…

Sailing & Scuba Diving

Flamingo Tongue Snail

The Flamingo Tongue Snail is a small marine snail that lives on coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. For many years, I wanted to photograph one but never seemed to have my camera with me when I spotted…

Travel

St. Thomas, USVI

St. Thomas is the gateway island of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean but we used it as our launching point to the British Virgin Islands and to enjoy our last two days in the islands. The territorial…